In the Apple IIe and IIc, the reboot hotkey was Open Apple + Control + Reset. I don't remember what it was on a IIgs since I didn't have one of my own (I always wanted to though), but I guess you can try Command + Control + Reset.
The IIGS used an Ensoniq 5503 Digital Oscillator Chip with 64K dedicated RAM (wavetable music synthesis), not a Yamaha FM chip.
ProDOS 16 was not a true 16-bit OS. It was replaced by GS/OS, with the final release found in System 6.0.1 in 1993. It * vastly * speed up load times, graphical redraws on screen and offered features very similar to MacOS 7.
You would not have any trouble with disk swapping if you had a SCSI II card and a Hard Disk Drive. I have them fairly inexpensively, at some only Apple II hardware dealers.
Holding the Option (aka Solid-Apple) key yields the reset to defaults menu. It's the Command (aka Open-Apple) key that just restarts. (Holding both initiates the system test.)
In any case, it's necessary to hold them for a moment after releasing Ctrl or Reset, as the system needs a chance to look at them during its reset routine. That trips people up sometimes; they release them all at once, and only get a warm reset.
jescis0: Yes, the Option key is equivalent to the Closed Apple key, and the Command key (the cloverleaf symbol) is equivalent to Open Apple. Most keyboards have both symbols on each key.
that's for the Apple IIe or less. The Apple IIGS uses an option button in replacement to the closed(black) Apple key. and thus for the Apple IIGS it's control+option key+the power/arrow key on the top of the keyboard next to the Apple logo :)
In the Apple IIe and IIc, the reboot hotkey was Open Apple + Control + Reset. I don't remember what it was on a IIgs since I didn't have one of my own (I always wanted to though), but I guess you can try Command + Control + Reset.
RobertoCPR 10 months ago
FYI...
The IIGS used an Ensoniq 5503 Digital Oscillator Chip with 64K dedicated RAM (wavetable music synthesis), not a Yamaha FM chip.
ProDOS 16 was not a true 16-bit OS. It was replaced by GS/OS, with the final release found in System 6.0.1 in 1993. It * vastly * speed up load times, graphical redraws on screen and offered features very similar to MacOS 7.
Apple2gs 11 months ago
You would not have any trouble with disk swapping if you had a SCSI II card and a Hard Disk Drive. I have them fairly inexpensively, at some only Apple II hardware dealers.
davidsaunders0 1 year ago
Holding the Option (aka Solid-Apple) key yields the reset to defaults menu. It's the Command (aka Open-Apple) key that just restarts. (Holding both initiates the system test.)
In any case, it's necessary to hold them for a moment after releasing Ctrl or Reset, as the system needs a chance to look at them during its reset routine. That trips people up sometimes; they release them all at once, and only get a warm reset.
ueberRegenbogen 2 years ago
jescis0: Yes, the Option key is equivalent to the Closed Apple key, and the Command key (the cloverleaf symbol) is equivalent to Open Apple. Most keyboards have both symbols on each key.
vwestlife 2 years ago
that's for the Apple IIe or less. The Apple IIGS uses an option button in replacement to the closed(black) Apple key. and thus for the Apple IIGS it's control+option key+the power/arrow key on the top of the keyboard next to the Apple logo :)
jescis0 2 years ago
The restart command is Ctrl-Open Apple-Reset.
(Of the two Apple logo keys, "Open Apple" is the one that is just an outline, as opposed to "Closed Apple", which is filled in black.)
vwestlife 3 years ago