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- From: ujfrye@mcs.drexel.edu (Jason Frye)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: new IIsi kerplunk?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.234620.9633@mcs.drexel.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 23:46:20 GMT
- References: <1jmueeINNmd5@morrow.stanford.edu>
- Organization: Drexel University
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- In article <1jmueeINNmd5@morrow.stanford.edu> HF.PEC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Doug Peckler) writes:
- >I have some concerns about the new IIsi that i got last week. It
- >came with a very light version of Hypercard called Hypercard Player,
- >which I gather is supposed to inspire people to buy the Hypercard
- >Development software. Anyway I was trying to use the 'magic'
- >command that someone said allows one to develop stacks without buyng
- >the software. I never succeeded but did succeed in having the
- >computer freeze up while in the application. There are no reset
- >buttons on this Mac. Doing command-control-shift-escape didn't do
- >anything. I had no choice but to turn off the power.
- >Since then i've noticed that when I turn on the computer, it whirrs
- >and then makes a very audible 'kerplunk' sound before starting up.
- >Another IIsi I have access to doesn't do this. Also, I installed
- >Word 5.1a. I notice the balloon help for Word is very slow,and so
- >is deleting after selecting text.
- >
- >I'd love any suggestions or diagnoses. Did turning the power off
- >injure the computer? Should I contact Apple?
- >
- >P.S. The Mac came with system 7.1. and this is the 5 mb ram
- >configuration. Also the bookstore wasn't able to get the 80 mb
- >drive that came with the bundle offer, so I was given a 160 mb
- >drive, which delights me, especially if i can fix the above
- >problems.
- >
- >PPS. Am I posting to the right newsgroup?
- >Thanks a lot.
-