rdp@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) (06/21/88)
On my Mac II the startup screen used to appear in color. That is
the default startup picture with the little mac sketch. Now it
appears in plain old B&W. The system still comes up fine after
that with no other (obvious) problems.
Any ideas??
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San Francisco, CA 94105 |*| {ames,sun,att,bellcore}!pacbell!pbseps!rdprdp@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman) (06/28/88)
In article <116@pbseps.UUCP> ** I ** wrote: > On my Mac II the startup screen used to appear in color. That is > the default startup picture with the little mac sketch. Now it > appears in plain old B&W. The system still comes up fine after > that with no other (obvious) problems. > > Any ideas?? I received a number of replies, mostly repeating the same theme, which I will now share for the benefit of others who may (or may not) care. There is general disagreement on the cause, but the cure is simple... Open the control panel, select monitor and reset the video to 2 bit B&W, select any other cdev, then reselect the monitor. Now choose the color option you want and close the control panel. One person suggested an init called "PRAM Fixer", or something to that effect, which is (functionaly) supposed to be included in System 6.0. Well, if it is (included) then, it doesn't work, at least as far as preventing the problem I had, since I'm running 6.0. -- Richard Perlman * pbseps!rdp@PacBell.COM || {ames,sun,att}!pacbell!pbseps!rdp 180 New Montgomery St. rm 602, San Francisco, CA 94105 |*| (415) 545-0233
clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) (07/05/88)
In article <118@pbseps.UUCP> rdp@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Richard Perlman) writes: > >In article <116@pbseps.UUCP> ** I ** wrote: >> On my Mac II the startup screen used to appear in color. That is >> the default startup picture with the little mac sketch. Now it >> appears in plain old B&W. The system still comes up fine after >> that with no other (obvious) problems. >> >> Any ideas?? Since I saw your message, a friend's Mac II arrived, and we ran into the same thing with a colour test startupscreen. So, I reset Parameter RAM (affectionately known as PRAM) by holding down command, option and shift keys simultaneously while opening the control panel. A dialog comes up asking whether the user is sure he/she wants to reset PRAM. Something curious with the Mac II is that PRAM seems to get clobbered a LOT when a program crashes. I never find this happening on my Mac SE. Is this a common problem? I've ordered a Mac II and need to know some of the idiosyncrasies of the II. Jason Haines, President Club Mac - Australia's Largest Macintosh Users Group - 1000+ members Phone Home: +61-2-73-1016 OZ Post: Box 213, Holme Building, Sydney University, NSW, 2006, Australia Internet: clubmac@runx.ips.oz.au UUCP: uunet!runx.ips.oz.au!clubmac
gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (07/08/88)
1. If your PRAM on the Mac II gets clobbered frequently, then get the PD "PRAMFix" init (from Utilsecs) to prevent this from happening. My PRAM hasn't been clobbered since I installed this INIT! 2. If your startupscreen appears in b/w, perhaps you have set your monitor to B/W mode? That would certainly do it....