Re: Apple IIgs - strange behavior

[none@no.no]

On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:34:20 -0800 (PST), Toinet
<antoine.vignau@laposte.net> wrote:

>On 25 d?c, 11:16, applebite <l...@them.appls> wrote:
>> Trying to boot from a GS/OS 6.0.1 floppy... The welcome message is
>> shown briefly, for less than 1 sec, but after that a grid of pinkish
>> rectangles appear and constant clicking sound comes from the speaker.
>> Then it just stays that way.
>>
>> Is it just a bad floppy or does this indicate a hardware problem?
>
>- Did you try with another floppy?
>- With no floppy, what is the IIgs behaviour a couple of minutes after
>you turned it up? Does it freeze?
>- What does the IIgs internal self test (I forgot the key sequence to
>activate it) say?
>
>antoine

Antoine,

I only have another bootable floppy - Deluxe Paint II. With that one I
can reach Apple IIgs Program Launcher screen. The mouse works at that
point, but nothing loads after that, leaving me with an empty desktop.

With no floppy I get `Check startup device' animation. I can get to
Control Panel or BASIC prompt with no issues, the system appears
stable, no freezes, etc.

System Self-test runs fine, giving `System Good' at the end. (To run
it, you need to press down Open-Apple and Option keys upon powering up
the machine.)

Thanks!