>BTW - another question -- when the Mac Classic boots, it shows the
>smiley disk and I hear the internal HD working. The screen goes >light
grey with a pointer on it. This is displayed for a few seconds >and
then I get the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen. This remains this >way
for as much as 10 minutes (I didn't wait longer). Is this >normal?
Definitely not. Try starting with extensions off (hold down the shift
key up until it shows that screen). Normal boot on a Classic should be
under a minute.
>Also, there are two buttons on the left side of the case... one
>apparently does the mac equivalent of the three-fingered-salute on
>PCs... the other one causes the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen to go
>away and be replaced by one which lookes the same (banner background)
>but with a '>' sign...
>
>What is this?
>
You're right about the salute, the second one is a debug button. The >
sign is a prompt, at which you can look at memory and stuff. Typing 'G
FIND' will jump to the finder if it is running, which it isn't yet on
your system. The finder is a shell like command.com. It is completely
modular and can be replaced by another program, though not common. BTW,
how much did you pay for it?
> Megan Gentry
> Former RT-11 Developer
>
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