Re: "borken" computer

[n9443656@henson.cc.wwu.edu]

I assume that I misspelled broken on my original message, since all E-mail replies
had Re: borken in the subject.

I will E-mail all the responces that I can, saying thanks.  If you replied to me, and
don't get E-mail, then I'm sorry but I deleted your message by accident, when
trying to delete a FLASH-type mail bomb I received.

	I appreciate this group's response to my problem.  Quick glances through
the replies showed people suggesting to hit Ctrl-Reset to see if BASIC worked
(but that just ran the test again), and other things.
For those who missed the original posting, my computer ran the test mode that
gets run whenever solid-apple-control-reset gets hit, whenever I turned it on,
or hit ctrl-reset, or open-apple-ctrl-reset.

I found the problem, though, before reading the replies.  I don't know what that
spark I saw (if I saw it) nor the light bulb-burning out sound was from, since
all my computers and equipment seems to work perfectly.

The solution: Unplug the joystick.  I found a joystick which had plugs for both
an IBM and an Apple2.  I had the bottom switched to Apple2, and it worked.
However, I guess when it's plugged in it screws things up.  I don't know if this
is due to the joystick doing weird things, or if its expected.  I am kinda
interested in reading the E-mail I got to see if anyone suggested it.

Is the joystick broke?  Well, it works, except that it's got two buttons on the
base (which work) and one on top of the switch, which is stuck physically in
the down position but which acts as if it were constantly up (not pressed).

And why the joystick affects what happens on reboot, I have no idea.

--n9443656@henson.cc.wwu.edu