khym@azeotrope.org wrote:
> BTW, not being able to boot without a monitor is a long-standing
> problem. There's a thread from 1996 about the same thing:
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-mac68k/1996/01/26/0007.html
> 
> Most of the responses seem to suggest just wiring up a jumper so the
> Mac thinks there's a monitor attached (or plug in a Mac->VGA adapter,
> which'll have the same effect). It's possible that the problem you're
> running into now isn't the same as the one people were having back
> then... so running monitor-less was working for you with NetBSD 2.1?

I have several VGA adapters I use for this purpose with my old Macs.  I 
tried the paper clip trick once with a IIsi and couldn't get it to work, 
and in fact, the IIsi later refused to boot at all.  I might have killed 
it somehow...

Tim

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