Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) (01/07/90)
Bruce Nelson writes: >I finally got through to Supra's Tech Support. They said there's a new >"feature" in Tos 1.4 which causes the ctl-shift-alt not to work. But, there's >a workaround - place the floppy in it's drive about half way. Then, using >three hands :-}, hold the ctl-alt-shift while turning on the computer. Now, >after the light comes on the drive, and before the hard drive boots, push >the floppy the rest of the way in. >Now, could someone at Atari tell me why it works, and why the old method >(just the keys) doesn't? I could be wrong, and this is just my own experience, but I think (??) that Supra is wrong. I have TOS 1.4 in a Mega2 that was upgraded to 4 meg of memory. By allowing the light on the floppy drive to flick on|off then pressing the <CNL><ALT><LEFT-SHIFT> key, then I can boot off of my floppy. Whether the floppy has programs in /AUTO/ folder or not, the floppy will take priority. No partial removal of floppy--nothing. This is with the ICD 4.x software, by the way. Maybe Supra hasn't upgraded yet or something. Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>
nelson@kodak.UUCP (Bruce Nelson) (01/07/90)
In article <900106.22071062.039461@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: >Bruce Nelson writes: > >>I finally got through to Supra's Tech Support. .... Larry Rymal writes: > I could be wrong, but I think (??).... that Supra is wrong. > I have TOS 1.4 in a Mega2 that was upgraded to 4 meg of memory. By >allowing the light on the floppy drive to flick on|off then pressing >the <CNL><ALT><LEFT-SHIFT> key, then I can boot off of my floppy. > >Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET> Supra's procedure (which I won't repeat here) worked, but, as several other netters also pointed out, your procedure is the correct one. Thanks, everyone, for your responses. Bruce Nelson