User`s guide

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029- After installing my ZipGS along with the ZipGS CDA
and other software I've noticed that my ZipGS settings
never seem to match the ones I originally set via the on-
board DIP switches!?
There are two likely explanations. One is that your interpretation of the
settings is confused due to the rather poor explanations provided in the Zip on-
disk HyperStudio 'manual'. It does not help that names/descriptions of the
settings are not quite the same in the 'manual' and in the CDA or NDA.
For info on setting your on-board DIP switches, see question 001.
Another possibility is that when you installed the ZipGS software, you
installed ZipInit in your SYSTEM/SYSTEM.SETUP folder. If you did, then whatever
settings ZipInit is set up for will be the settings for your ZipGS after
booting. That is, ZipInit will over-ride your DIP switch settings.
ZipInit is intended for use on diskettes which, when booted, will set up
the ZipGS in some special way to match the software on the diskette. For
example, you might want to turn OFF the ZipGS or reduce its speed when booting
an arcade games diskette.
The cure for unwanted influence from ZipInit is to delete it from your
SYSTEM/SYSTEM.SETUP folder.
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030- I have a ZipGS. Usually, it runs like a champ; but,
sometimes when I power-ON my GS, I get an all-white
screen and the computer just 'hangs'. What's going on?
It may be that your ZipGS card is not making good contact in its Slot
socket. This is a fairly nasty problem which has led users to pursue a number of
false cures.
With power OFF, pull your ZipGS board and inspect the bottom-of-card
connectors. What you will, most likely, notice is that the connector traces end
approximately 1/8 inch or so from the bottom of the card.
Unfortunately, the GS Slot sockets make contact rather near the bottom of
cards plugged into them-- roughly 1/8 inch or so from the bottom. The reason
your GS sometimes hangs is that, sometimes, the ZipGS card is not making good
contact with all Slot connectors.
One 'cure' is to make sure the ZipGS card's contacts are clean and that the
card is thoroughly plugged in-- i.e. well lined-up with Slot contacts and
inserted as far as it will go into the Slot socket.
A mildly tricky additional step is to use a small jeweller's screwdriver to
reach into the Slot socket and _carefully_ twist/pull/bend-out each contact very