Re: Apple IIGS Won't Enter Control Panel

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
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: ><msean@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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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
: >
: >Only 2 ways, Open-Apple/Control/Reset, or by holding Option
: >while starting it up.
:
:     You must have meant Option-Control-Reset.

No, actually I meant OA-Control-Escape.

: >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.

Oh, I'll have to find that in my hardware reference, Thanks.

: >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.

Never did a Option-Control-Reset combo. I should try that once.

:     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.

Some programs can block it out. A newly developed one that is in
beta test seems to do that. Maybe that was unintentional, but still,
the combination doesn't work while it's running.

:     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).

I have never had trouble hitting  all three at once.
Your way is best for someone who hasn't done it before though.  :o)

:     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.

It's even more fun with a II+ when the Repeat key is stuck down.  :o)

Thank you for the enlightenment Mitchell.

Apple II Forever, Apple II Together
Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez
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