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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 6.0.3 Power-up Problem
Message-ID: <15500@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 10 Sep 89 02:24:44 GMT
References: <1989Sep8.234354.10321@mentor.com>
Reply-To: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
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In article <1989Sep8.234354.10321@mentor.com> bruceh@mentor.com
	(Bruce Holm) writes:
>I recently upgraded my Mac Plus (2Meg RAM) to System 6.0.3 from 6.0
>and all went well till I tried to power up the next time.  Now, 
>EVERY time I power on my Mac and hard disk, it shows the "smiley
>Mac", then displays my startup screen (where Welcome to Macintosh
>usually appears if no startup screen is used)...fine so far.  Then
>just before it starts to load my INITs, a dialog box pops up and 
>says, 
>
>    "The alternate AppleTalk driver could not be found.
>     The built in network will be used instead."
>
>It then has a single button for "OK".  After clicking the OK, all
>works like it should...INITs are loaded and the desktop appears.
>
>When I ran under System 6.0, it never did this to me.  What gives?!!
>If you have a suggestion or better yet, an answer to this problem,
>please let me know!
>

     Somehow your extended parameter RAM has been configured for use of
an alternate AppleTalk driver such as EtherTalk.  I have seen this
dialog on my Mac II, after selecting EtherTalk in the Control Panel, and
then either deleting or moving the EtherTalk file.

     One way to fix this problem is to get a copy of the Network cdev
file, and use it to select the "Built-in" AppleTalk driver.

     If you cannot get a copy of the Network file, then you can reset
the parameter RAM by removing the battery for five minutes with the Mac
turned off.  After replacing the battery, you will have to set the
time, mouse speed, etc. but you should be free of the "alternate
AppleTalk" message.

>I have a 40M h/d connected to my aftermarket SCSI port.

     Are you sure this is a Plus?  My Plus has a built-in SCSI port.

Earle R. Horton