On 26 Jul 1997, Nathaniel R. Fellows wrote:
> The last thing I see on the screen is: "Video Address 0x50100800 ->
> 0xb87800."
> I have my monitor set to black and white, and I am running System 7.6.1,
> booted without extensions. I am launching the booter from a separate hard
> drive.

Try zapping your PRAM (hold down command-option-r-p while booting, until
your Mac chimes again). I have no idea why, but this often seems to fix
that problem.
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