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From: dano@farcomp.UUCP (Dan Callaway)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Timbuktu and headless MacIIci
Keywords: Timbuktu, Farallon, IIci
Message-ID: <94@farcomp.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 89 15:48:27 GMT
Reply-To: dano@farcomp.UUCP (Dan Callaway)
Organization: Farallon Computing Inc. Berkeley, CA
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We tried to run Timbuktu 3.0 on a "headless" IIci here at Farallon, and
found that the machine will not boot without a monitor attached! 
Caveat: The IIci we have right now is not a real, production unit, 
but a "DVT 2" pre-release model, with beta ROMs.

If we installed an external video card, or if we simply attached
an un-powered monitor to the built-in video port, the machine would
boot and Timbuktu will work fine. It seems that if certain pins on the
video out port are jumpered, the IIci will be fooled into thinking
that there is a monitor attached, and allocate screen memory, which
Timbuktu can use for its SoftScreen operation. After the machine
has booted up, you can remove the monitor and cable, and everything
will work. 

We will know more about the situtaion when we get a real, production IIci
in to test, and may be able to post a work-around here shortly.

Dan Callaway
Farallon Computing
Technical Services
dano@farcomp.com
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