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    Mac OS on ANS - Modding a ROM DIMM

    bitsavers website has PowerSurge Flash ROM pictures and schematics. http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/powerpc/PowerSurge/ROM_Flasher/
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    ATI Graphics Accelerator extension isn’t loading with flashed 9200

    Maybe you need something from here? https://gona.mactar.hu/ATI_Mac/ Search for 9200 and follow the recommendations.
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    7600 Can't get into OpenFirmware

    On New World Macs, NVRAM is stored on the same flash chip as the ROM. The ROM is a flash chip and therefore can be modified. On Old World and New World Macs, NVRAM is 8KiB and there's a section reserved for PRAM settings and a section reserved for NVRAM settings and a section reserved for non...
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    Mathey MSATA-13UMAC IDE/SATA card

    Here's the Open Firmware Extender I've been working on (only for Open Firmware 2.4) 1) Search product/install_of_extender2.4.txt for load ide/disk and change the partition number (currently 15) to the partition number (in decimal) of a HFS Standard partition on the master IDE drive of the first...
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    Using large monitors with a dual-link DVI-D Power Mac video card

    Remind me, what Mac, OS, GPU, miniDP-to-HDMI adapter, cables, and display are you using? Power Macs don't have DisplayPort so a miniDP to HDMI conversion isn't useful.
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    Geethree G4+ “Stealth Serial Port” PCI slot bracket

    I wonder if that PCI bracket was cut and stamped or if it was cut, stamped, and then cut again for the smaller radius.
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    Geethree G4+ “Stealth Serial Port” PCI slot bracket

    You could design a 3D printed mini DIN holder. Print it out of plastic or metal. Make it as thick as you like so it can't break or sandwich the mini DIN holder between the PCI bracket and a metal plate (if you don't want to expend the effort to make a mating radius in the metal plate). PCI slot...
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    Geethree G4+ “Stealth Serial Port” PCI slot bracket

    The PCI slot cover needs 3 or 4 holes. One big hole for the miniDIN. One small hole (beveled) for the existing screw. Two holes for the stiff bit of sheet metal (two holes so it doesn't rotate). Attach with machine screws (and nuts if the PCI plates are not threaded). Instead of wedging, use a...
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    Daniël's Conquests

    Get the ROM checksums from Open Firmware to see if it's an exact match to the Apple ROM? https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/apple-network-server-macos-based-roms-found.4756/post-41390
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    Geethree G4+ “Stealth Serial Port” PCI slot bracket

    Can the backside of a PCI bracket be made to have the same shape as the backside of the cutout for a modem jack to receive the bracket of your mini-DIN-8? If the mini-DIN-8 is bolted to a bracket, un-bolt it from that bracket and bolt it to a PCI bracket? My idea was, if you could not figure...
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    updated firmware for new world ppc32 macs that allows booting from usb from the boot picker

    Dumping the entire 8K of NVRAM is overkill. Setting the entire 8K is probably dangerous. In Mac OS X, use the nvram command to view, change, or create nvram variables. In Open Firmware, use printenv and setenv. For the nvramrc variable, use nvedit, arrow keys to move up/down lines, additional...
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    Geethree G4+ “Stealth Serial Port” PCI slot bracket

    This looks like something you could attach to a PCI bracket (if it's not too wide?): https://vetco.net/products/pan-md-67000-9s_9_pin_mini-din_female_panel_mount_jack The 9th pin is for Geoport. 8-pins should be sufficient. Maybe have a look at JamPort? http://alexhixon.com/jamport/index.html...
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    Power Mac 6500 USB and ethernet cards

    Unzipping "6500 Bridge FW Patch.zip" on modern macOS puts the resource fork in a separate file. The zip doesn't appear to include FinderInfo (it assumes all the FinderInfo exists in the resource fork)...
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    Power Mac 6500 USB and ethernet cards

    Make a serial connection to the modem port of the Power Mac 6500. On the other computer, startup a serial terminal app. Boot into Open Firmware, gather some info with this command. dev / ls unselect-dev " devalias" evaluate " printenv" evaluate dump-device-tree words Maybe try without the...
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    Mathey MSATA-13UMAC IDE/SATA card

    I'm working on a method to load fcode images from disk for PCI cards. It's currently only for Open Firmware 2.4 but can be adapted to other Open Firmware versions. It won't work for PCI cards that read their own ROM which is probably what the fcode for this SATA card does to load the real NDRV...
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    The Kanji ROM NuBus Card

    @Arbee , from your dumps, it appears the 4KiB DeclData is in a separate rom chip (341-0607-A.bin) than the 1MiB data. Therefore, SlotsGrab should not be used to grab the ROM because the DeclData uses only byte lane 3 while the rest of the memory space may be using all 4 byte lanes (32-bits)...
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    Help with identifying some cables and adapters

    #3 only has 5 pins. #5 has 8 pins. Check continuity to see if the 5 pins are the same in both?
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    The Kanji ROM NuBus Card

    SlotsDump only grabs the part of the ROM that contains the DeclData. SlotsGrab was updated to round the size to the nearest power of 2. You could modify the last commit in my SlotsDump GitHub repository to make SlotsGrab capture 1 MiB or 16 MiB or whatever. Since the address is FExxxxxx then 16...
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    Wallstreet laptop

    The 77D.41F6 ROM (1998-08 - B46FFB63 - PowerBook G3 Wallstreet PDQ) has these two items in the Universal Tables: gestaltPowerBookG3Series (312) ; PowerBook G3 “WallStreet” (cpuIDRISC|$3042) gestaltPowerBookG3Series2 (314) ; PowerBook G3 “WallStreet” (cpuIDRISC|$3046) The earlier 077d.41f5 ROM...
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    ROM diagnostic mode on a Wombat Quadra?

    ROM Maps for both of them exist in my fork of 68k-mac-rom-maps My fork of rom_fiend with my fork of HexFiend can be used to view the Universal Tables with the Product Info, Decoder, box flags, hardware present bits, etc.
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