On Wed, October 30 1996, "Bill Studenmund" wrote to "Yasuhiro Mitsui, ender@is.rice.edu, briggs@puma.macbsd.com, port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG" saying:

> You might try putting the serial ports in "compatability"
> mode under MacOS. It's a long shot, but it might work (I think
> there's a "Serial" Control panel, maybe "Serial Ports" or
> something).

It's called "Serial Switch", and it's available from

<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macintosh/System/Other_System/Serial_Switch_1.1.sea.hqx>

or equivalent Apple sites.

I haven't yet tested it to see if the Compatibility mode is actually honored
in a NetBSD boot, though.

-- 
Jonathan Lennox
lennox@cs.columbia.edu