At 12:08 AM +0100 4/1/03, Alan Hourihane wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've accidentally set the load-base to a low value on my Apus 2000 (c500)
>box and
>now the machine no longer boots or gives me an open firmware prompt.
>
>I've tried the cuda switch and the Option+Command+P+R keys, but it doesn't
>reset the PRAM either.
>
>Is it actually possible to overwrite the firmware on these machines ? It
>only
>mentions in the NetBSD faq that it's possible on OF3 machines, but not on
>OF2 machines.
>
>help..... :(

If it's not been overwritten (you have nvram not eeprom) then you 
just need to unplug the power and remove the motherboard battery for 
a while (try overnight).
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