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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!grivel!metz.une.edu.au!mlevins
  2. From: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au (Martin Levins)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  4. Subject: Re: How do you zap PRAM under Sys7?
  5. Message-ID: <1736@grivel.une.edu.au>
  6. Date: 27 Aug 92 12:36:11 GMT
  7. References: <22521@sybase.sybase.com>
  8. Sender: usenet@grivel.une.edu.au
  9. Reply-To: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au
  10. Lines: 15
  11. Originator: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au
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  13. From article <22521@sybase.sybase.com>, by bill@kirkwood.sybase.com (Bill McFarland):
  14. > What is parameter RAM, why would one "zap" it (what does "zap" mean?), how
  15. > do you know if you need to zap it?
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  17. Paramter RAM holds all those things that you don't want to reset every
  18. time your Mac gets turned on - time, date etc (and a host of other stuff)
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  20. To reset: Hold Command-Option -p-r
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  24. Martin Levins                               Internet: mlevins@metz.une.edu.au
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