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- “READ ME” for Zap!, version 1.0
- ============================
- Copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.
- February 26, 1992
- Font: Geneva 12
-
- This document must go wherever Zap! goes. Please do not distribute
- Zap! without this documentation. Please do not modify this document.
-
- REGISTERING ZAP! AND THE 7.0 PLUS UTILITIES
- ===========================================
- Although Zap! is free, most of the 7.0 PLUS Utilities aren’t. If you use
- any of them, you must register them, one copy per person who will use them.
-
- 7.0 PLUS Utilities is a package of all System 7.0 utilities I have written.
- You can get the disk with all of them NOW (not wait until I decide to
- upload the next program) by sending $29.95 to me. This will register
- you for all the software, will get you a disk of the software, and an
- update to the PLUS Utilities when it rolls around. It’s a pretty good
- deal. You should register your software, anyway, so why not do it
- like this? And it’s a lot cheaper this way.
-
- See the documentation which should be accompanying this file for
- more information on the 7.0 PLUS Utilities. A registration form should
- also accompany this file. Please use it to register the software.
-
- USING ZAP!
- ===========
- • If you use Zap!, please please please send me a note. My addresses
- (post and e-mail) are given below in “About the Author”.
-
- What Does Zap! Do?
- ------------------
- • Zap! provides you with a means of resetting the Parameter Ram
- without restarting your machine.
-
- • Normally, this can only be accomplished by zapping the PRAM with
- the command-shift-option-P-R key sequence (yes, hold them all down
- at once) on startup, or by using the old control panel, again with a weird
- key sequence and then restarting. Or you could pull the battery (only a
- good idea on a Mac with a battery that isn’t soldered on) — but this also
- resets the date and time.
-
- Using Zap!
- ----------
- • Double-click on the Zap! icon under System 7, or open the Control Panel
- DA and select the Zap! icon under System 6.0.X to open the Zap! window.
-
- • Click the Reset Parameter RAM button to Zap the PRAM. The flash that
- you see is just to show you that something has happened. Zapping the
- PRAM really doesn’t do that. You can hold down the option key while
- hitting the button to bypass the alert.
-
- • Click on the Zap! logo for information on the program.
-
- • System 7 Note: Although Zap! is a Control Panel, it does not have to be in
- the Control Panels folder to function properly.
-
- WHAT IS THE PARAMETER RAM?
- ============================
- Information that needs to be preserved when the Macintosh is off is stored
- in Parameter RAM. The battery-powered clock chip stores this information
- along with the current date and time so they will be present at the next
- system startup.
-
- The Parameter RAM contains much of the information that you define through
- the standard Control Panels, including mouse, keyboard, speaker, alarm, and
- menu settings, monitor color depth, the default application font, the default
- startup volume, and serial port and AppleTalk information.
-
- When the Parameter RAM is reset (zapped), all of the parameters are reset
- to their default values. Remember to set them back to the desired settings.
-
- WHY WOULD I ZAP THE PRAM?
- ==========================
- Sometimes the PRAM can get corrupted, and a corrupted PRAM can do many bad
- things. For instance, it may cause your Mac to be unable to boot. (If this
- happens, Zap! won’t be of much use. Try the key sequence I mentioned above.)
- If your Mac seems to be crashing all the time or in random locations, you might
- want to Zap your PRAM just to be sure.
-
- Other damage, such as disk and data damage have been attributed to a corrupt
- Parameter RAM as well. While this may be the case, don’t attribute all of your
- problems to your Parameter RAM.
-
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- ==================
- If you use this program, have any comments or suggestions, or ideas for
- other programs, please write me a note, e-mail or post.
-
- Please remember to contact the author for registration and licensing.
-
- Robert Gibson E-Mail:
- RR#1 Carrying Place CIS: 71261,2236
- Ontario, CANADA Internet: 71261.2236@compuserve.com
- KØK 1LØ
-
- This program is not to be included in any software collections other than
- BBSs and on-line services (e.g. CD ROMs, PD Disks, etc.) without prior
- written consent from the author. Any distribution MUST MUST MUST
- include this document, unmodified.
-
- Zap! copyright © 1992 Robert Gibson. All rights reserved.