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Re: Help 6100 dead????

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From: Peter Ceresole
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 00:00
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In article <33BED90E.B984E592@s054.aone.net.au>,
Stephen Finlay <sfinlay@s054.aone.net.au> wrote:

>Unfortunately, the 6100 does have a physical 'Big Red Switch' :-), so a
>dead battery shouldn't stop it starting (at least it should display
>_something_ on the monitor).

This is wrong; on a 6100, as I said, a totally dead battery will prevent it
from starting up at all and the monitor too will remain dead (it needs
output from the computer to switch on).

So changing the battery should do it.

-- 
Peter
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From: peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole)
Subject: Re: Help 6100 dead????
Date: 1997/07/06
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