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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 13:37:19 +0200
From: Johan Claesson <Johan.Claesson@uab.ericsson.se>
Organization: Ericsson AXE Research and Development
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To: port-mac68@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: LC/Performa 475 boots (serial console)
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Robert Leenheer wrote:
> 
> >Hi folks!
> 
> >Since I have modified the motherboard, the problem was that the booter
> >couldn't recognize what kind of Mac model to use while booting.
> >So to go round this issue I downloaded the Booter sources (vers. 1.10.0)
> >and hard coded the MACHID to 89. The gestalt function otherwise would
> >coolect the MACHID 90. First I tried to boot this without the serial
> >console, and was so dissipointed of my (Brand) new Booter.
> >So I thougt "let give this serial console thing" a try.
> >SUCCESS!
> 
> I experienced similar problems when upgrading my LCIII from 25 to 33MHz. But an extensions
> exist called
> ' Who Am I?' which changes the gestalt value to any machine ( or value ) you want.
> If I use this extension and boot
> NetBSD my LCIII gets properly recognised as an LCIII.
> 
> ( I forgot where I downloaded this extension but an archie or web search will probably
> find it )
> 
> Robert

Yes I did try that one first, but since "Who am I?" current version
1.1.3 only works with MacOS 7.5.5 an lower, and I am running MacOS 7.6.1
there didn't go so well.

/Johan