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From: demarsee@ICARUS.CNS.SYR.EDU (Darryl E. Marsee)
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Subject: Re:  Timbuktu (was :Increasing RAM on AppleShare Server)
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Date: 13 Oct 89 19:49:26 GMT
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>>Timbuktu does not work on a headless IIci through the built-in video.
>>It still has to have a video board.

>This is not true. Timbuktu will operate on a machine that has no video
>card whatsoever. I've been Timbuktu-ing headless II's, IIx's, and
>IIcx's for quite some time now.

 Yes, I know it will work with a II, IIx, and IIcx without the video
 board.  This is because Timbuktu recognizes that there is no video
 board and allocates memory for the video image using it's SoftScreen
 routine.  The question had to do only with the IIci, since it functionally
 has a video board without RAM on the motherboard, and doesn't allocate
 the RAM for it unless it detects a physical monitor attached to the
 port.  Whether the SoftScreen routine works under these conditions
 is the question.

 Darryl Marsee
 Syracuse University