Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sm.unisys.com!csun!polyslo!dorourke From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Sad Mac 00..04 00..00? Message-ID: <6691@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Date: 16 Dec 88 16:00:25 GMT References: <1902@erix.ericsson.se> Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo Lines: 25 In article gtww2z9z%gables.span@umigw.miami.edu (Jason Gross) writes: >In article <1902@erix.ericsson.se>, Goeran Baage writes: >> The Mac is about half a year old and bought in the US but used in Sweden. > >The Sad Mac is an indication of something very wrong with the workings of your >Mac. The fact that it works when you hold down the option or command (the >clover) keys leads me to believe that it could be some INIT or Cdev causing >the problem, though I've never heard of a Sad Mac coming from one of those. The sad Mac indicates something very wrong with your Macintosh and it should be taken to a dealer for service right away. But I do remember reading somewhere a long time ago that the option-command key will bypass most/all of the system checkout at startup. I don't believe that an INIT can cause the system to do a sad mac, but it could cause a system error. .... ..... ...... ....... -- David M. O'Rourke dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu "If it doesn't do Windows, then it's not a computer!!!" Disclaimer: I don't represent the school. All opinions are mine!