On Sat, 31 May 1997, Michael Peters wrote:

> 
> ^ZOverflow on /dev/null: Please empty the bit bucket.
> 
> On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Jaime Kikpole wrote:
> 
> > > when I said the chime is normal, I was implying yhat the chime that he
> > was
> > > getting is normal for a Mac with no ram.
> > > 
> > 
> >       Hrm...  I haven't gotten another kind of chime yet.  What other
> > reasons might cause such a chime?  A broken mother board?  (please no
> > please no please no....)
> > 
> >                                                 Jaime
> 
>   Sounds like you're getting the mac's death chime which means if it were
> able, it'd be showing you a big ole sad-mac.  Try getting ahold of some
> sort of disk-drive (I think used drives are like $35) and a bootable
> floppy.  You should be able to use the built-in video port on the IIvx
> with your handydandy vga-mac adaptor, as it could be the video board the
> mac's disagreeing with.  One would think that no disk drive would still
> boot the machine and just give you a 'diskless' icon, but I've gotten
> sad-mac before when severe system software problems were present.
> 
>   Also, check the battery on the motherboard, it may be dead... try using
> the pram-zapping keys (I forget what they are, sorry) when you turn it on.

<command>-<option>-P-R

> If all else fails, go over the motherboard with a fine-tooth comb... it
> may be physically bad, but possibly repairable if you know some basic
> electronics.
> 
>   Hope your mac comes to life for you,
> 
> -MDP
> 
> 

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