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From: jeremym@brahms.udel.edu (Jeremy A Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: colors on startup
Message-ID: <21734@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 28 May 91 13:37:48 GMT
References: <1991May27.235154.27784@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1991May27.235154.27784@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Napalm) writes:
>
>My friend recently purchased a 500 system <much like mine> but when he turns it
>on, occasianally a purple color will show, then grey then white. I remember
>reading about different colors meaning different things and unless its a shade
>of grey its not normal/good. This doesnt happen under a warm reboot, only cold
>ones and as I said doesnt usually occur. any help?

>sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu            \\ // Amiga makes it possible


My 2000 does that too.. When I asked Dave Haynie (the a2000 god)
...he said that sometimes in certain computers, the video warms
up faster than the rest of the machine causing the purple effect.

ie: NOTHING TO WORRY 'BOUT.

Red, Green and others are Highly bad... but purple is O.K.


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