pff@thumper.bellcore.com (Peter Ferris) (05/02/89)
Greetings,
Thanks to the MANY people that responded to my "non-color Mac logo" query.
I greatly appreciate the time that the many people responding took to reply.
The "Grand Prize Winner" was the following entry:
From ric@arizona.edu Mon May 1 23:40:24 1989
Date: Mon, 1 May 89 20:38:54 MST
From: "Ric Anderson" <ric@arizona.edu>
To: pff@thumper.bellcore.com
Subject: Re: Color/Non-Color Mac Logo at Start-up - What duz it mean?!
News-Path: arizona!noao!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!bellcore!faline!thumper!pff
References: <1546@thumper.bellcore.com>
Status: R
Pete:
Quit playing with the Shift key!!!!!!!!! (or bag Easy Access).
Reference Page 166-169 of the Macintosh System Software User's Guide:
If the Easy Access module is present in your system folder, (it looks
like a classic mac with a wheel chair on the screen), then pushing
the shift key 5 times turns easy-access on or off. If EA is on, it
puts a small "U" looking icon on the right edge of the menu bar. The
icon can turn solid or grow an arrow depending on what modifiers
(like command or option) are active.
Drag Easy Access out of the system folder to the trash, empty the trash
and reboot if you want to be rid of it forever.
If you upgraded to 6.0.x using the MINIMAL mac-ii script, it doesn't
copy in the color icon to the system file to save disk space. Pasting
in the cicn resource from another system file, or re-installing
using the standard mac-ii script should fix the B/W startup icon;
assuming you monitor is set for color :-)
Hope this helps,
Ric
Ric Anderson Bitnet: Ric@Arizrvax
Member of the Technical Staff Internet: ric@cs.arizona.edu
Department of Computer Science AT&T: (602) 621-4048
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
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As you can see, Ric hit both nails on the head(s)! I CONFESS!!! I <<DID>> run
the Installer for the MINIMAL II system... my gaff! I was missing the 6.0.3
disc ("MAXIMAL" ?!) at the instant I needed it so I used the "MINIMAL"
installation.
To clarify something: the Easy Access problem was on one machine (WORK).
All other problems relate to my HOME machine (of course!). HOWEVER, I still
don't know why I'm getting fairly frequent bombs. There doesn't seem to be
any special rhyme or reason to it. Not always repeatable,
eg; "Whenever I do...", etc. Again, this is in a Mac IIX, w/ 8MB.
YAP (Yet Another Problem): This probably isn't related (or IS it?!): I'm
having a devil of a time copying files from floppy to my HD. Using the usual
finder level "select & drag" method results in some files (usually the smallest
of the bunch) getting copied, but the bigger files die - I get a "Error
writing file -- (Disk Error)" with a "Continue" or "Cancel" button selection.
The above verbage is approximate, but should ring a Bell(R) with the Mac gurus
in the audience. Watching the "meter" (the little 'How much has been copied so
far' display - the error occurs at the instant it stops reading the big file and
before it begins writing it to the HD (or IMMEDIATELY after it TRIES to write
it). I feel both of my internal floppies are working (both are relatively new
and clean, can boot software, read / write files, etc; just a problem copying
FROM the floppy TO the HD. Could be the HD I s'pose :-<. Yet, using MacTools
or almost any other copy program seems to work BETTER but NOT perfectly. In
other words, I have a higher success rate using a utility copy then a finder
copy. Running drive diags (SUM, 1stAid, etc;) all say the drive is alive and
well). In light of all the other problems, I guess I need to re-install the
"MAXIMAL" system, and see what problems that cures.
Ya know, it ain't a good week for computing!!
As always, insert your favorite thanks lines here!
E-mail works best...
Regards,
Pete
pff@thumper.bellcore.comhammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert J. Hammen) (05/03/89)
>If you upgraded to 6.0.x using the MINIMAL mac-ii script, it doesn't >copy in the color icon to the system file to save disk space. Pasting >in the cicn resource from another system file, or re-installing >using the standard mac-ii script should fix the B/W startup icon; >assuming you monitor is set for color :-) This might not be the cause of the problem in this case. One of the first things I noticed when I got my Mac II was that it didn't always display the color icon, but in the middle of startup it would switch over to the color mode. This is caused by the Mac's PRAM not matching up with the settings in the Monitors cdev, as someone mentioned it: simply go to the Control Panel, turn color off (go to B&W 2-bit), close the Control Panel, and then open it again and set it back to 256 (or whatever) colors. >HOWEVER, I still >don't know why I'm getting fairly frequent bombs. There doesn't seem to be >any special rhyme or reason to it. Not always repeatable, .... >YAP (Yet Another Problem): This probably isn't related (or IS it?!): I'm >having a devil of a time copying files from floppy to my HD. Using the usual >finder level "select & drag" method results in some files (usually the smallest >of the bunch) getting copied, but the bigger files die - I get a "Error >writing file -- (Disk Error)" with a "Continue" or "Cancel" button selection. >The above verbage is approximate, but should ring a Bell(R) with the Mac gurus >in the audience. Watching the "meter" (the little 'How much has been copied so >far' display - the error occurs at the instant it stops reading the big file and >before it begins writing it to the HD (or IMMEDIATELY after it TRIES to write Judging from the problems you seem to be having, I'd bet one of the following things is happening: your System is corrupted, and/or your hard disk is corrupted (judging from the write errors that you're getting trying to copy files to the disk, I suspect the latter, though you never know. It's amazing sometimes how the Mac can continue to function somewhat when the System file is trashed). Call me paranoid, but I don't modify my System file often (thanks to Suitcase II), so I keep a couple of backups on floppies, and then restore a "fresh" copy every couple weeks or so. Robert /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen | hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu | uwmcsd1!uwmcsd4!hammen / / Delphi: HAMMEN | GEnie: R.Hammen | CI$: 70701,2104 | MacNet: HAMMEN / / Bulfin Printers | 1887 N. Water | Milwaukee WI 53202 | (414) 271-1887 / / 3839 N. Humboldt #204 | Milwaukee WI 53212 | (414) 961-0715 (h) / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////