On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> At 11:44 AM +0000 11/15/02, Jon Whitlock wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >Thanks to everyone who responded (it is indeed an MS-DOS floppy I
> >was using as was inferred in the original post).
> >
> >Unfortunately, whilst setting up the env variables again after a
> >'PRAM zap' I mis-counted zeroes and cunningly set the real-base env
> >variable to F000000 instead of F00000 (ooops).  The lovely machine
> >is apparently now a lovelier doorstop.  So I am unable to test the
> >command kindly posted by Henry - well not until after a trip back to
> >Apple I think - unless someone knows a way round this...
>
> No it's not nearly that bad because you don't have any eeprom, just
> nvram.  All you need to do is take the battery off the motherboard
> for a few hours with the machine unplugged and you'll be fine.

Yes. See the posts about this in the past. I did this EXACT thing once to
my beige G3. I unplugged it from the wall, removed the battery, and
actually gently shorted the battery clip terminals together for a few
minutes. Sitting for an hour or so would work too; I was in a rush. ;-)

> I think the real-base is preventing OF from getting started to read
> the C-O-P-R reset from the keyboard.

Yep, that was my experience.

Take care,

Bill