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Article #41619Re: Phantom Typist
From: Dana L. Holt
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 21:57
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 21:57
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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
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!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 Lines: 14