Diagnosing a non-working Mac Performa 476?

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Tue Jun 4 09:47:31 2002

> From: Brian Chase
>
> > First thing to do would be re-initialize the "parameter RAM." Hit
> > command-alt-p-r on power up. (I have seen corrupted PR cause this
> > kind of problem.) There are also a couple of things that you can
> > (very safely) reset with other hot-keys. You'll have to look them
> > up, though.
>
> ... I tried the
> command-alt-p-r thing with the existing batteries without luck, but
> then there's no Alt key on this particular keyboard (Apple Keyboard II).
> It only has command, ctrl, and option meta keys..
>
>
        There is no [alt] key, because it's a.k.a. [option] key on later
keyboards... :)

The PRAM reset sequence is [command][option][P][R]

I just may have some helpful pdf files around. Send me a note directly, and
let me know as much of the machine name/type as you can.

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