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From: ted@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ted Jardine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with a Mac II and a Mac Plus.  Possible virus?
Message-ID: <1871@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 18:47:59 GMT
References: <2654@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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Summary: To reset Parameter RAM on a Mac II you can use ZapPRAM

In article <2654@bsu-cs.UUCP>, mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
writes:
> Hello!  Here is my problem: Starting about two days ago, we began to have
> problems with a Mac II and a Mac Plus in our one lab.  We would insert a
> disk, watch the computer smile, then spit the disk back out at us and 
> reset itself.  ... [detailed description omitted]
> ...  We decided
> that it may be a problem with the parameter RAM, so we disconnected the power
> from the Mac Plus and popped the battery out of the back to try to restore the
> default settings.  Presto!  No more problems.  So we were going to do the same
> thing to the Mac II.  One problem:  The battery (actually 2 of them) in the
> Mac II is permanently attached to the motherboard.  It can't be removed.  So
> we have a $3000 machine that will not work.  ...
> Any comments will be appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> Michael Niehaus
> Ball State University
> UUCP: ..!{uunet,pur-ee,iuvax}!bsu-cs!mithomas

There is a utility application that came with the CMS hard disk (I believe) on
my Mac II called ZapRAM.  It is specifically designed to handle the problem of
being able to reset the Parameter RAM on a Mac II since the 'long life battery'
is 'soldered' to the board.  You may be able to get a copy from a local dealer.
If not, let me know and I'll send you a copy of mine if the authors of ZapRAM
have no objection.  I haven't had a real occasion to use ZapRAM, but did set
Parameter RAM with some new values, then ran ZapRAM, and displayed PRAM after
that.  The defaults were restored as advertised.

TJ {With Amazing Grace} The Piper
aka Ted Jardine  CFI-ASME/I
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TJ {With Amazing Grace} The Piper
aka Ted Jardine  CFI-ASME/I
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