Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!runx!clubmac From: clubmac@runx.ips.oz (Macintosh Users Group) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac II StartupSceeen is B&W (should be color) Message-ID: <1639@runx.ips.oz> Date: 5 Jul 88 14:59:57 GMT References: <118@pbseps.UUCP> Reply-To: clubmac@runx.OZ (Australia's Largest Mac Users Group) Organization: Club Mac. Sydney, Australia. Lines: 28 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