[geeks] KVM dilemma...

[Mark Benson]

On 27 Nov 2006, at 19:42, Mike Hebel wrote:

> Since that's an old-world-mac and doesn't use OpenFirmware

Pedants correction (sorry I had to), *all* PowerMacs with PCI slots  
use OpenFirmare. The beige boxes use n older strain called 'Old  
World', whereas the later machines use 'New World'. These were so  
names becuase 'New World' was designed from the ground up to support  
the new Mach kernel system used in what eventually became OS X. 'Old  
World' machines require the use of the  BootX patch to get around  
their limitations when using OS X. Needless to say this is why Apple  
quickly dropped support for 'Old World' hardware in OS X.

All PCI machines do also support USB with the correct OS installed  
however (8.5 or later?) so using USB Keyboard and mouse is not an  
issue and as correctly stated you only need to attach an ADB keyboard  
to access boot-time key functions.

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