Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tiamat!mjbtn!raider!dlh
From: dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US (Dana L. Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Phantom Typist
Summary: 6301 External ROM mode was (Re: Phantom Typist)
Message-ID: <187@raider.MFEE.TN.US>
Date: 6 Mar 90 21:57:10 GMT
References: <9002081431.aa03813@mopsy.Cs.Bham.AC.UK> <2891@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Organization: RaiderNet Public Access, Murfreesboro, TN
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In article <2891@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>, petey@fox.acslab.umbc.edu (Jack P. Axaopoulos; (C)) writes:
> 
> Moue crashes:
> 
> Your st will definitley crash if you hold down any of the mouse buttons
> or click a button at the wrong time during booting.
> 
> just a note...

	This is just another note. When you hold down both of the ST's
mouse buttons during boot, it tells the keyboard processor (6301) to
enter "external ROM mode". The 6301 looks for ROM to execute, but
the ST doesn't provide it with any chips, so it crashes!
	dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US