FEP on Serial
Getting the FEP display on the serial port isn't hard - as long as you want to use the serial port built onto the console. So »
Symbolics Filesystems (Updated)
Update 1: Added FEP Kernel image. ams asked me for a few clean filesystems so he can analyze how they work. Happy to oblige. They're here. »
Genera 8.3 Setup, Part 2
Good evening with the XL1201 tonight. TL;DR: Got NFS working on Genera, mostly Need to fix UIDs Showed editing a file on NFS server Showed »
Setting Up Genera 8.3, Part 1
I'm setting up Genera 8.3 on the XL1201 using a clean hard drive. Literally all this hard drive has on it is Genera 8.3 »
XL1201 Power Consumption
I was asked how much power is used by the XL1201. Here are a few data points... XL1201 with only SCSI2SD: 222-233W Console: 106W With the »
Console Internals
This is a Symbolics Model PE36-PCONS, Part No 365404 Rev C console. My serial number is 21811. ("There are many like it, but this one is »
3-button Mouse on MacIvory Fail
TL;DR: Still no luck using 3-button mouse on MacIvory. Need to find MouseKey 1.0 or 1.1 software. My MacIvory III in a Quadra »