Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!amdahl!pacbell!pbseps!rdp 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 Lines: 28 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