Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

mflynch (mflynch@msn.com) wrote:

: I had my Apple ][e on and I had the cover off.  I accidentily hit one of =
: the cards and it froze.  When I restart, nothing happends and I get a =
: bunch of white lines.


: HHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!

: - procos3@geocities.com -

Step 1:
Relax!  Get a hold of yourself.  No, that's not what I meant...!  8-)

Step 2:
With the power off, remove ALL of the cards from their slots and attepmt
to restart.  You should get a [BEEP!] and the "Apple ][" splash screen,
with an Applesoft prompt directly below.  If this is the case, then you
DIDN'T fry your computer.  I think this is likely.

Step 3:
Shut the power off and one by one, reinstall all of the cards, restarting
and checking the machine after each card insertion.  Start with the
80-column board, then move on to the disk controller, then on to any other
cards.  

IF YOU ARE LUCKY--
Then nothing is fried...you will get everything installed and everything
will work just fine.  This is actually very likely.

IF YOU ARE UNLUCKY--
Then when you install one of the boards, you won't be able to power up the
machine.  This usually indicates a bad expansion board.  I think it is far
more likely that one of the boards became unseated, and everything is
probably OK.  Let us know what happens!

Step 4:
Find yourself a newsreader and/or email program that doesn't leave that
HTML crap in your messages!  Thanks!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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