Re: GS Question

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com>]

In article <%Ok67.37378$JN6.7296144@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com>, "william 
strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

> "Ralph Glatt" <mairsil@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> 3be3af45.0107211123.7f0c2bb0@posting.google.com">news:3be3af45.0107211123.7f0c2bb0@posting.google.com...
>> Okay, I just recently got another GS to play with. When I started it
>> up, I got the message Check Input Device. (Or something like that) I
>> tested the drives, mouse and keyboard on another GS, they worked fine.
>> So, what could be wrong with the motherboard, and how do I fix it? Is
>> it even worth bothering?
>>
>>
>
> It is looking for a boot disk.  Put in Prodos into a drive and
> it should boot up.  That message was added in the later
> ROM's.  It should have a symbol of an apple flashing across
> the screen in a line.
>
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> William R. Strutts - wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com - Whatever!

Also check which slot is set for your startup slot in the slots control
panel. By default it is set to scan, but if it has been set to a slot with
no drive in it you will get this message too.

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

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