equipment

arranging to prevent discomfort 125–126

cleaning 135–137

guidelines for handling 129–133 illustration 2, 40–41

setting up 1–8

error messages. See also troubleshooting “Application program can’t be found”

66, 89

“Application program can’t be opened because a file can’t be found” 66, 90

blinking question mark icon 80–81, 110

“bomb” icon/message 75, 77, 86, 96 “Can’t open a document...” 89 “Could not create a socket” 60 disk with an X icon 81

“Not enough memory” 66, 85 “sad Macintosh” icon 82

“This is not a Macintosh disk: Do you want to initialize it?” 94

“Unable to locate host” 60 what to do about 75, 76–77, 86

Escape key 152

Ethernet network, connecting to 59–60 Ethernet ports 40, 41

eWorld program 99–100 expansion bay, illustration 40 expansion card

installing 139–149

power requirements of 140 expansion card cover 144, 148 expansion slots 139, 145–147 access covers for 41, 145

extended miniplugs 43

Extensions Manager control panel 78, 85, 86, 94, 97

external stereo speakers, connecting 47–48

eye fatigue from computer use 123, 125, 127

F

fatigue, tips for avoiding 127 FDDI networks 59

File menu

Eject CD command (AppleCD Audio Player program) 69, 92

Put Away command 69, 92 files. See also documents

backing up 65

file sharing, CD-ROM discs and 72 Finder, activating 28, 35 floating-point unit (FPU) 85 floppy disk drive, illustration 40 floppy disks

backing up 65

can’t eject 83–84, 134 computer can’t read 83 repairing 108–109 safety instructions for 131

folders. See System Folder; Utilities folder

Foreign File Access extension 94, 95 formatting a hard disk 103–105 frozen pointer 87

Function keys 152

furniture, arranging to prevent discomfort 125–126

G

graphics, using Photo CDs 71 grave accent (`), typing 154 grounding the computer 6, 129 Guide menu. See also Macintosh Guide

Shortcuts command 37–38 Show/Hide Balloons command 36 using 18, 19, 25, 27–28

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