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From: qman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Charlie Kuehmann)
Subject: Re: Quadra 900 startup w/out monitor...ya right.
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References: <1qutla$91m@umcc.umcc.umich.edu> <1993Apr20.104310.22861@tdb.uu.se> <1r1p2r$gv2@umcc.umcc.umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 22:20:40 GMT
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In article <1r1p2r$gv2@umcc.umcc.umich.edu>, chungkuo@umcc.umcc.umich.edu
(Shawn FitzGerald) wrote:
> 
> In article <1993Apr20.104310.22861@tdb.uu.se> Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se writes:
> >Shawn FitzGerald (chungkuo@umcc.umcc.umich.edu) wrote:
> >: Is there a fix for this? We have a Quadra 900 that will NOT finish startup
> >: unless there is a monitor connected. This would be no problem, but since
> >: we're running it as a file server, there is no need to have a monitor
> >: connected all the time.
> >
> >I've seen a control panel made for this. I don't remember the name, where I
> >saw it, or on what Quadra models it will work. But I do know it exists :)
> >
> >/Mats
> >
> >-- 
> >Mats Bredell                                   Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se
> >Uppsala University Computing Center (UDAC)     Ph:  +46 18 187817
> >Department of medical systems                  Fax: +46 18 187825
> >Sweden                                         Think straight - be gay!
> 
> I will poke around in the U of M archives and see if I find something. If
> anyone else finds this, please post the location! :-)

I think I found what your looking for on ftp.apple.com in the
/dts/mac/sys.soft/video directory and is called "Virtual Monitor Switch
1.0".  Hope this helps.

Charles Kuehmann
Northwestern University
Steel Research Group
