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The '''Apple IIGS Owner's Reference''' (Apple Computer, Inc.) is Apple's owner-level manual for the [[Apple IIGS]]. It is cited on this wiki chiefly for the machine's documented battery symptoms.

== What is in it ==
* Control Panel settings are held in '''battery-powered RAM''' which keeps them with the machine switched off. "If the battery is running low, the Control Panel automatically restores the [factory] settings."
* Troubleshooting: if the Control Panel options revert to their factory settings and revert again after you reset them, "the computer's battery is running low. Have your authorized Apple dealer replace the battery."
* Time: "If you notice that the clock isn't keeping accurate time, ask your authorized Apple dealer to install a new battery."

Both symptoms are routed to a dealer rather than to the owner because the battery is soldered to the main logic board. Those two symptoms are also the earliest warning a IIGS gives that a battery is on its way to leaking - see [[Apple IIGS]].

* The Control Panel, Slots, RAM Disk and port chapters are the reference for what the machine's firmware settings actually do, including which slot settings conflict with which built-in ports.

Download: [[:File:Apple IIGS Owners Reference.pdf|Apple IIGS Owners Reference.pdf]]

== See also ==
* [[Apple IIGS]]
* [[Apple IIGS Hardware Reference]]
* [[Battery Explosion, Capacitor or Corrosion Damage]]

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