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Re: G4 boot failure

From J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: G4 boot failure
Date 2014-04-09 12:53 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <li3tte$j9a$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 4/9/14, 12:49 PM, J Burns wrote:
> On 4/9/14, 2:16 AM, David Lesher wrote:
>
>> One issue appears to be the Open Firmware was NOT recognizing
>> the various keyboard commands, i.e. C for CD boot, OPTION for
>> a choice, PR, OF, etc. But T was, usually. I've seen this before
>> with non-apple keyboards, and used to keep an original Bondi
>> Blue one around for this reason. Now I can't find same, Grrr.
>>
> When I want to use a keyboard command on startup, if it's a Windows
> keyboard, I have to remember to press the second key from the space bar,
> not the adjacent key.
>
Uh-oh, I see C doesn't require the command key, at least on my computer.

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G4 boot failure David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2014-04-09 06:16 +0000
  Re: G4 boot failure J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-09 12:49 -0400
    Re: G4 boot failure J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-09 12:53 -0400
    Re: G4 boot failure David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2014-04-11 19:30 +0000
  Re: G4 boot failure J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-04-12 07:52 -0400
    Re: G4 boot failure David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2014-04-21 02:30 +0000

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