Re: Hopefully last dumb newbie question.

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

>     Usually you'll see a screen filled entirely with the number "2".
> I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or Apple had it purposely used
> to give a hint to the user, instead of random garbage on the screen. :)

It is deliberate.  Text page 2, hence a text screen full of "2"
characters.  The memory area in question ($E0/0800-$E0/0BFF) is
initialized like this when the machine is cold booted (probably part of
the Memory Manager initialization).

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand