On 11/13/02 6:39 PM, "the pickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At 18:24 -0500 on 13/11/02, Ian Johnson wrote:
> 
>> On 11/13/02 6:12 PM, "the pickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> At 17:38 -0500 on 13/11/02, Ian Johnson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I unplugged my Mac IIsi running System 7.1 to move it. When I plugged it
>>>> back in, my 256-color desktop background was replaced by the generic black
>>>> and white checkerboard. When I went into the General Controls to change it
>>>> back, it only presented my with a selection of black and white backgrounds.
>>>> I've never had this problem before. Does anyone know how to fix it?
>>> 
>>> Buy a new PRAM battery :)
>> 
>> Yes, but what is causing this problem? If I buy a new battery, I'll still
>> need to get my background back.
> 
> That *is* the problem.

Hmm. By the way, it was the "Denim" background from System 7.5.x. I couldn't
get it with General Controls, so I manually added it to ppat resource 16.
Would this have anything to do with it?


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