shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) (07/25/90)
I find that when I boot my IIgs, if I hold the OPTION & OA keys down, when the thermometer get to the "L" in the "Welcome to the IIgs" message, the ExpressLoad message appears. What exactly does this do. The system doesn;t appear to be booting any faster, though I haven't really timed it to see if there is a difference. ============================================================================= | Chris Shatara | Internet: shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com| | Opinions expressed are | DEC Easynet: islnds::shatara | | mine and mine only! | UUCP: ...!decwrl!islnds!shatara | =============================================================================
jonah@amos.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich) (07/25/90)
In article <1790@mountn.dec.com> shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes: >I find that when I boot my IIgs, if I hold the OPTION & OA keys down, when >the thermometer get to the "L" in the "Welcome to the IIgs" message, the >ExpressLoad message appears. What exactly does this do. The system >doesn;t appear to be booting any faster, though I haven't really timed it >to see if there is a difference. > >| Chris Shatara | Internet: shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com| I've heard that this doesn't do anything--it's just a little logo to tell you it's there. There's some way to make it ALWAYS appear (without you having to hold down OA & Option) that has something to do with setting the auxType of one of the system files to the hex values for RT, or something like that. You can also you this to make the text startup screen always appear. I'm sure someone will post saying which file it is you have to play with.... Jonah jonah@amos.ucsd.edu
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (07/26/90)
In article <1790@mountn.dec.com> shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com (Chris Shatara) writes: >I find that when I boot my IIgs, if I hold the OPTION & OA keys down, when >the thermometer get to the "L" in the "Welcome to the IIgs" message, the >ExpressLoad message appears. What exactly does this do. The system >doesn;t appear to be booting any faster, though I haven't really timed it >to see if there is a difference. It doesn't matter whether you get the ExpressLoad message or not...if you have the file *:System:ExpressLoad on your boot disk and have more than 512K of RAM in your system, ExpressLoad is already being used. If you change the auxiliary type of ExpressLoad to $5254, you'll always get the message when it's loaded. If you change the auxiliary type of START.GS.OS to $5254, I believe you get the text screen with version numbers automatically, without having to hit a key at the beginning of the boot. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II Developer Technical Support | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) (07/27/90)
In-Reply-To: message from shatara@islnds.enet.dec.com If you have the EXPRESSLOAD file in your system directory, it will always be loaded (if you have more than 512K, I believe) and it is always there. It loads files that are saved in expressload format MUCH fast (The difference in AWGS is amazing). ^^^^ faster. As far as I know, the OA-SA when you boot just lets you know that expressload has been found and loaded... UUCP: crash!pro-grouch!rond ARPA: crash!pro-grouch!rond@nosc.mil INET: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com