Reset on the IIgs

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

In article <3sc099$2fh@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
> 
> In my ][e, I made a little keyboard modification...cut an hourglass jumper
> and solder across a diamond jumper...which does the same thing to that
> machine.  It's really nice to be able to reset with one finger, and
> re-boot with two.  In fact, I've been known to use SA-RESET-RESET to
> reboot when the OA and RESET keys were just too far apart for my free hand...
> 
> Now if I could just figure out a way to do the same with my IIgs... 8-)

What - not having to press the Control key?  Assuming you have an ADB
keyboard, it should be possible to reach the reset key from the
control key with one hand.

There is a software option that can be set in the ADB microcontroller
to tell it to not require Control for the next Reset.  Unfortunately,
it has to be told again after the reset!

If you have a ROM 3, there is a handy way of doing a one finger reset:
turn on Sticky Keys by pressing the Shift key five times, then press
Control, Apple and Reset separately.  I have done this a few times
when one hand is busy feeding me.  :-)

I haven't tried it with Easy Access on a ROM 1, and I don't think it
would work properly, because the Apple key wouldn't appear to be down
after the reset.

> (can you tell that my favorite key on the ][e is RESET?  Especially when
> running Apple Writer ][e, since RESET will always send you back to the
> editor, even when you do something stupid, like try to print to a
> non-existent printer...)

Note that IIgs native programs cannot generally recover from
Control-Reset.  GS/OS forces a reboot if you try to do a warm reset,
and most of the desktop toolsets will force a crash if you try to
reset them.
-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand