Re: Got my GS, Need to identify specific parts

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 01:23:47 GMT, "get bent"
<yougottabedreamin@aol.com> wrote:

>Should I plug it in without the keyboard and will it even boot properly?

I will just answer those questions that haven't been answered yet.

Yes, it will boot fine without a keyboard or mouse plugged in.  You
can't do much without them but if you don't have a bootable disk, that
won't matter much.  :-)

>Since I haven't plugged it in yet, is there something I should look
>for/watch out for on first startup that will tell me if it works?

When you first turn it on it will display the text "Apple IIgs" at the
top of the screen.  If it is a ROM 1 or a ROM 3 then it will display
some copyright information and the ROM version at the bottom of the
screen.  If you don't have a disk drive plugged in or don't have a
bootable disk in a connected drive, it will probably quickly switch to
a screen that says "Check startup device!" with an apple bouncing from
left to right.  If you do have a boot disk in a connected drive, the
IIgs will attempt to boot it.

This will at least let you know that the machine is starting up
properly.

If you want to check more of the systems functionality you can run the
self test but this will require you to have a working keyboard plugged
in.  You have two ways to start the self test:

1) turn on the machine while holding down the Command (Open-Apple) and
Option (or a strange symbol; don't know how to describe it but it is
pretty rare)

2) if the machine is already on you can hold down the Control, Command
and Option keys then press and release the Reset key (triangle
pointing to the right) then let go of the other keys after the self
test starts

Let the self test run and it will eventually end with a message at the
bottom of the screen saying either "System Good", which means the self
test passed, or "System Bad" with a hex number, which means something
is wrong and the hex number tells you what it is.  If you get a System
Bad just post the hex number here and someone can tell you what it
means.

Also, you turn the machine on while holding down the Option key to get
a menu that will allow you to enter the Control Panel, set the system
to standard values at 60 Hz, set the system to standard values at 50
Hz or continue rebooting.  If you have any video problems, you might
want to change the frequency which should most likely be at 60 Hz.

Another way to enter the Control Panel is after the machine has
started, hold down the Control and Command keys then press and release
the ESC key then let go of the other keys.  The Control Panel lets you
set up things like date, time, border colour, background colour, text
colour, sound volume, keyboard layout, text font, slot assignments,
RAM disk and a whole bunch of other stuff.  Once you get an operating
system going, you'll be able to set these things using the Control
Panel NDA as well.

Have fun.  :-)

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