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From: omalley@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: How to zap the PRAM in System 7? (here's how)
Summary: New & improved(?)
Message-ID: <7613@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 31 May 91 14:35:10 GMT
References: <1991May28.015727.10213@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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In article <1991May28.015727.10213@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
gross@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes:
>
>Does anyone know how to zap the pRAM now?

Haven't tried this myself, but our regional Apple Systems Engineer
recently sent this to me:
 
1) Locate the following keys on your keyboard - Command, Option, "p", and
   "r".  You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 2.
 
2) Restart your Macintosh and press the Command-option-"p"-"r" key
   combination.  You must be pressing this key combination before you get
   to the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen.
 
3) Hold the key combination until the Macintosh restarts itself.
 
4) Your Macintosh's parameter RAM will be reset to the default values.  The
   clock setting will not, however, be changed.


-John
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John O'Malley          / Macintosh  / Purdue University / (317)
omalley@cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-1787