[Watford] Fwd: Discombobulating a Macintosh

[Cliff Deamer]

Hi Dave, I'll bring the 75 ohm resistors to the meeting.
See you there.
Cliff

On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 22:11 +0100, David Pead wrote:
> Toby, that last link looks like just the job... and not a soldering
> iron in sight. I think I've seen one of the old VGA/Mac adapters in a
> box of junk in our server room at work :D
> 
> 
> Nice one... if get a chance to get some 75ohm resistors and another
> VGA adapter I will bring them along just for the crack XD
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info. It's good to have a fellow Mac sympathiser in
> WLUG
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> PS what was that game site you maintain..?
> 
> 
> On 1 Aug 2007, at 13:55, Toby Deans wrote:
> 
> > http://www.ilpi.com/help/headlessmac/
> > 
> > Another solution here without solder.
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Toby Deans <plumocelot at gmail.com>
> > Date: 01-Aug-2007 13:27
> > Subject: Discombobulating a Macintosh
> > To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> > 
> > http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternative-operating-systems/296206/headless-mac-mini-server-using-bootcamp/ 
> > 
> > The link above is an interesting hack for this problem. I have a
> > spare VGA to DVI adapter I got with my Mac laptop you can probably
> > have. According to this forum - you can short out the correct pins
> > with resistors to fool your mac into booting headless. Allegedly,
> > you can attempt this without soldering if like me you tend to wreak
> > destruction if you go anywhere near a soldering iron. The resistors
> > you should be able to pick up at Maplins. 
> > 
> > More tales of headless woe here:
> > 
> > http://www.antbrown.com/geek/?p=6
> > 
> > Ichabod Crane. 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I plan to get along to the next meet (7/8/07). Cliff mentioned the 
> > possibility of setting up the venue with broadband and a web site,
> > Perhaps we could brainstorm along those lines and get a proposal
> > together along with costs etc? An internet connection would be nice
> > for future meets, no? 
> > 
> > Dave "The Noob"
> > 
> > PS I think I've found out the restart problem with my box (Ubuntu on
> > a silver G4). It appears that I 'have' to have a monitor plugged in
> > for a reboot!
> > 
> > This is what I believe I need to run a headless server on my mac: 
> > http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.info/english/dummy_e.htm
> > 
> > With refernece to the above link, I seem to remember some of you
> > members being from an electronics background, any chance you've got
> > a
> > few (3)  75ohm resistors kicking around and a soldering iron with a
> > bit of solder? I'll find an unused VGA connector we could pull
> > apart! 
> > 
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