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Re: Getting old & slow



c.j..settles@juge.com (C.J. Settles) wrote:

>It seems that my faithful ol Apple //e is, like, me getting old and
>slow.  Recently when its turned on it doesn't boot the Focus HD in s7
>presenting only a blank screen with Apple //e at the top.  A
>OA-Cntl-Reset then does the job and it starts up just fine.  On two
>occasions in the past week or so the initial "blank screen" has also
>displayed at the lower left conner a upper case P inversed and
>flashing.  Again... a three finger salute gets it up and running.
>
>What's happening here?  Is it rotting away here?  What is to be done?

The inverse P might signal a memory problem.  Run the self test
(solid apple-control-reset, I think).