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From: rdp@pbseps.UUCP (Richard Perlman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II StartupSceeen is B&W (should be color)
Message-ID: <118@pbseps.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 88 20:56:27 GMT
Reply-To: rdp@pbseps.PacBell.COM (Richard Perlman)
Organization: Pacific Bell Separations, San Francisco, CA
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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.


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