In a message of 14 Aug 96 Derek Woodlands wrote to me:

 AS>>      I've had success with bringing up the boot option screen and just
 AS>> leaving it sitting there for a few minutes while it validates, then
 AS>> continue from there.

 DW> That can work but I've had some really spectacular crashes (due to
 DW> Emplant) that would not allow me to even get into the boot menu.  Then
 DW> the disk method id the only way.

     Id dat right?

     I had a real spectacular crash the other day - one of my HD's wasn't
even recognised.

     I tried a floppy boot - still nothing. I was starting to get a bit
worried at that stage. But I turned the system off for 15 minutes, booted
it up, and voila, all was fine.

     It's happened a few times before - I can't understand why turning it
off for a decent period should make a difference - unless fully discharging
everything in memeory is the thing.

        // Cheers 
      \X/  Arthur

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