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Post #8 by PowerMac2001
Source ForumG3 to new G4 with ethernet crossover cable and ONE monitor — #8
CategoryNetworking
Post DateTue, 1 Oct 2002 - 18:08
Original URLhttps://web.archive.org/web/20050522191813/https://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=125771
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Originally posted by tooki:
Sometimes they boot anyway at 640x480@67Hz, but it's hit-or-miss... officially, they won't boot with nothing connected to the video port, and most of the time, that's exactly what happens.


The proper term for it is called headless booting when you don't have a monitor plugged in. Officially, headless booting for almost every G4 desktop is a supported feature at least under OS 9. Its referenced in Apple TIL's if you do a search. For the earlier G3 desktops, several models did need at least a video terminator for headless booting.

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