[Ham-Mac] Alarm clock

[Jens Miltner, DL2NCA]

Am Montag, 27.01.03 um 12:23 Uhr schrieb Cleeve:

> Good morning,
> 	I am seeking advice on a problem related to the "Alarm Clock"
> accessory, that was supplied by Apple, in the operating systems prior 
> to
> 7.6.1.
>
> 	I have an old PowerBook Duo, which been upgraded to OS7.6.1, and
> dedicated to log keeping, and it has been out of use for several 
> months.
>
> 	When I tried to power it up, it refused, so I pressed the reset 
> button,
> at the back, and tried again. This time, it powered up, and loaded the
> appropriate software, however, the Apple logo, top left hand corner of
> the screen, was flashing alternatively with a small clock.
>
> 	The small clock is an indicator that the "Alarm Clock" facility  has,
> or is, operating, and appears to be a relic of an earlier operating
> system
>
> 	My problem is, that I cannot switch this off,  for the control panel,
> which relates to the alarm clock, no longer exists, it is not a feature
> of the later operating systems......
>
> 	So, does anyone have the solution to this problem, if you have, then I
> would be grateful for your advice.....sincerely, John. G3JVC.

AFAIK, the alarm clock information is stored in PRAM (the small 
non-volatile RAM that contains certain system settings that need to 
persist across reboots & shutdowns).
Did you try to zap your PRAM (hold down cmd-opt-"P"-"R" when rebooting 
and keep them down until you hear another chime; best keep them until 
you've heard the additional chime 3 times to make sure PRAM is 
completely zapped)?
Oh, well, I hope the PowerBook Duo already had this hotkey - not too 
sure about this, after all that's a while since the Duo was sold ;-) 
Anyway, I'd give it a try...

HTH,
-jens, DL2NCA