Re: Apple IIGS Won't Enter Control Panel

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

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>: Hi, I just bought a IIGS ROM 3 and for some reason it won't let me
>: enter the Control Panel with apple-ctrl-esc. I tried a different
>: keyboard with the same non results. Is there possibly another way to
>: enter the Control Panel?
>: Thanks, Mike
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>Only 2 ways, Open-Apple/Control/Reset, or by holding Option
>while starting it up.

    You must have meant Option-Control-Reset.

>Also, next to slot 1 and in front of the power plug from
>the supply, there is a header marked "W1". 

    The "W1" jumper is specific to the ROM 00/01 motherboard and 
affects the sound circuitry. It changes the polarity of the clock signal
fed to the Ensoniq DOC and Sound GLU. There's no real world use
for shorting it. To the very best of my knowledge, there's no software
or hardware that is affected by swapping the polarity, and it has no
effect on the preformance/quality of sound.

    You're thinking of the ROM 3's "S1" jumper and that's located
on the opposite side. I believe it's below slot 7, between the SCC
and Fast RAM bank.

>If this is jumpered or touching together, you can't enter control panel. 
>Check it. If it is closed, open it, and you should be able to then.

    Actually it does two things: The "Control Panel" listing will disappear
from the Classic Desk Accessory menu, and holding down 'Option' at
boot (or Option-Control-Reset) is ignored, preventing you from getting
the menu options.

    It has _no_ affect on the graphical Control Panel in the IIgs Finder.

>This is there to safe guard the settings from kids, like in
>a school environment, or at home, or simply from the curious
>employees in large companies.  :o)

    Incidentally, there is no reason he shouldn't be able to access the
Control Panel through the Apple-Control-Esc key press.

    Try first holding down 'Apple' (Command), then without letting go
of the first key press 'Control', then while holding the first two down,
finally press 'Esc'. That is press ONE KEY AT A TIME (it's a bit timing
sensitive).

    If it's still not working, I'd unplug everything from the joystick port
in back. Button-0 and Button-1 are mapped to the 'Apple' and 'Option'
keys and so sticky buttons could be confusing the machine. I've also
encountered motherboards where the ADB micro has been zapped,
thus making the IIgs thinks 'Apple' or 'Option' is always held down.

Mitchell Spector