Re: Did my Apple iiGS Die?

[kynrek <kynrek@gmail.com>]

On Nov 13, 6:13 am, "ict@ccess" <gids...@sasktel.net> wrote:
> On Nov 13, 1:30 am, kynrek <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 13, 1:25 am, Vladislav Korotnev <vladkorot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Whiew!! Thanks guys, I will have my wife test when she gets home (I'm
> > > > out of town on business) I'll let you know how things turn out.
>
> > > So, were you able to test it?
>
> > Ok so unplugging all cables including keyboard except monitor did not
> > help. Removing ram card did not help cleaning the motherboard did not
> > help. Oddly enough if I plug my serial to USB adaptor into the 9pin
> > game port the system will boot! Is the screen supposed to have a blue
> > background? I want to fix the problem but I'm still clueless as to why
> > this fixes the problem. I have the motherboard removed from the case
> > and don't see any obvious issues. Any ideas?
>
> A blue screen happens when your computer gets reset to its factory
> defaults.  If you can boot with the serial to usb adapter, hold down
> the option key before power on.  If you are able to get into the
> control panel, you can check the settings.
>
> Did you have anything plugged into the game port when previously
> booting?  A way to check if the computer is sensing if the paddle
> buttons are being pushed even when there is nothing plugged in is to
> go into the system monitor with a "CALL -151" and type C060 or C061 at
> the the star prompt.  Any value greater than 80 indicates that the
> paddle buttons are in its pressed state.
>
> Rob

Ok I confirmed it was set to blue in the control panel

I ran c060 multiple times wile the adapter was plugged in and got:
FF
80
A0
A0
FF
80
A0
A0
80
A0
A0
80
E2


Then unplugged the adaptor and got:
A0
80
80
B0
A0
80
80
80

C061 with adaptor:
20-{
20-L
00-.
20-.
20-
30-r
20-

C061 without adaptor
00
7F
00
00
20
20-1
00
00