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From: svpillay@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kanthan Pillay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Problems with a Mac II and a Mac Pl
Message-ID: <2641@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 23 Apr 88 22:03:10 GMT
References: <2654@bsu-cs.UUCP> <76000191@uiucdcsp>
Reply-To: svpillay@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kanthan Pillay)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <76000191@uiucdcsp> gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Get out a resistor and temporarily short your battery.  If you do it
>just briefly, you can probably zero the PRAM before you kill the
>battery.  You probably don't have to lower the voltage to zero to
>scrozzle the PRAM, 2.5 volts or lower is probably enough.  However, if
>the PRAM chip has a capacitor across its power line, maybe you'll have
>to short this too.

I don't know what this discussion is all about. I do know that there are
easier ways of zapping the PRam. Hold down Opt-Command-Shift-Tab and
select Control Panel...
						Kanthan.








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