PowerMac 7200/75 and "Open Firmware"

From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu May 2 11:19:35 2002

>I assume you researched it already, so I won't get into asking if you are
>sure the 7200 will go into open-firmware. I thought it predated OF. I
>didn't think they started that until PPC's... but I'm not really sure
>(and seeing as the 7200 is PCI, it is a good candiate to be an early unit
>with OF).

        According to this link, it states that OF on the 7200 doesn't
drive the display and that a serial cable must be constructed to
access it by terminal. It doesn't give specifics on the connection
though.

        http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aturner/7200boot.html

        There are also other links there that may be useful. It
looks like OF on the 7200 has quite a few bugs.

        Jeff
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