[juneau-lug] Re: Stephen, a question about that PowerPC

  • From: Nels Tomlinson <nelstomlinson@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 07:28:53 -0800

Hi, James,

I just got up and turned on the box for no other reason than to ask you 
if I could get a copy of stuffit.  And maybe a copy of Netscape.  And 
maybe any useful Linux stuff you had lying around.  Yes, please, I would 
very much like a CD.

I've found out that I need to run something called bootvar or so to fix 
things like the default display device.  I've also learned that this 
particular model may not boot if I try to use the console as the default 
display.  So, that will be interesting.

I found the pinouts for the Apple RS422 and for the RS232 on the other 
end.  Apple was always trying to do something a little different.  As I 
recall, it is possible to make a cable which lets the two talk to each 
other.  RS422 used differential signaling, as I recall, and that was the 
main extension beyond RS232.  I supose that Apple properly implemented 
RS422?  If so, it'll use high enough voltages to damage the crappy old 
out-of-spec serial ports we used to find on a lot of cheap PC's. 
 Hopefully, my fancy new boxes have proper serial port chips, rather 
than using ttl to drive the serial port directly.  Maybe I should check 
before I hook it up.

Anyway, James, let me know when I can pick up that CD.

Thanks!
Nels



James Zuelow wrote:

>>Do you need Stuffit just to install BootX or is it used to decompress 
>>the kernel on boot like LiLO does with a bzipped kernel? In other 
>>words, could you uncompress it on a newer machine with a newer 
>>Stuffit, burn it on a CD, and load it on the hard drive?
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Stuffit is only needed to decompress bootx.  BootX loads the kernel.
>
>Nels, I have Stuffit here if you're having problems.  I also have Netscape 
>3.04 for MacOs 7.x if you're having trouble finding a browser.  I *also* have 
>a 2.4.21 PPC kernel image if you don't want to get it from ppckernel.org.  
>Want a CD?
>
>Cheers,
>
>James
>
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