Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!stevec
From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: System7 & PRAM !
Message-ID: <54368@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 91 00:40:28 GMT
References: <15811@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <43709@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
Lines: 22

MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi) writes:
>ty@dnalounge.Eng.Sun.COM asks:
> 
>>Is there a way to or a need to Zap the PRAM in system 7.0 ?
> 
>Indeed there is, and it's rather cool. Hold down Cmd-Opt-P-R just
>after restart and keep the four keys held down until the machine
>restarts again.

You should qualify that statement.  It's a feature of the IIci, IIfx, LC,
and IIsi ROMs, not of system 7.  If you have something a bit older, it'll
just ignore you...

And is there a need to zap PRAM?  Well, I haven't had to on any of the
machines I've installed 7.0 onto.

steve

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Steve Christensen			Never hit a man with glasses.
  stevec@apple.com			Hit him with a baseball bat.