Re: Changing screen colors on PowerMac 5200/5300

Michael Hewitt (mhewitt@telis.org)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 13:35:01 EST

TyAnn Morehead wrote:
>> Another annoying problem is when certain key combinations ( pressed by
>> mistake) brings up a small window with the > and the only way to get out
>> is to restart or to turn the switch to off.
>
>A while back Jim Tobin from Apple offered a solution to that pesky problem:
>If there are any characters other than the > delete them, type "G" (for go)
>and press return. I don't remember all of the details of Jim's explanation,
>but it had something to do with the power-on and command keys invoking a
>debugger.

A bit of clarification here...the actual sequence to type is <G
FINDER> and that will in MANY cases take you back to the Finder
level. However, it doesn't always work and sometimes you will need
to do an emergency shut down which is best completed using the
ctrl-command-power key (triangle) key sequence. As I understand
that will produce the least possible damage to the hard drive.
Using the three-key combination is preferable to just using the
on-off switch. Mr. Tobin can correct me if I am wrong: ) (If so, I
would like to know!).

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