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Re: IIGS startup pause?
- Subject: Re: IIGS startup pause?
- From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 03:33:02 -0600
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: SBC Internet Services
- References: <942s37$90t$1@news.fas.harvard.edu>
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Benjamin O Zotto writes ...
>
> Hi all,
> Thanks to those who offered hard drive suggestions. Here's my next question:
>
> My IIGS (ROM3) pauses at the startup screen for a good minute or so when I
> turn it on before attempting to boot off either floppy drive. If I do Ctrl-
> Reset, I can get a prompt (and thus boot with PR#x directly), but this is
> getting sort of tedious. Is this typical behavior? The box also has a RamGS
> card in it and some other random audio card whose function is beyond me.
>
....
You could check your BatRAM battery (and whatever other batteries may be
present on any cards).
With power OFF, you could try removing cards to see whether or not the
delay is associated with the presence of a particular card.
Rubywand