diff --git a/A2Mac/ViewController.swift b/A2Mac/ViewController.swift
index 842aaf5..8e49184 100644
--- a/A2Mac/ViewController.swift
+++ b/A2Mac/ViewController.swift
@@ -102,18 +102,22 @@ class ViewController: NSViewController  {
     
     var workItem : DispatchWorkItem? = nil;
     @IBAction func Power(_ sender: Any) {
+        
+        upd.suspend()
+        halted = true
 
         //------------------------------------------------------------
         // Animated Splash Screen fade out and (Text) Monitor fade in
         
+        hires.isHidden = true
         displayField.alphaValue = 0
         displayField.isHidden = false
         splashScreen.alphaValue = 1
         splashScreen.isHidden = false
 
-        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) {
             NSAnimationContext.runAnimationGroup({ (context) in
-                context.duration = 1.0
+                context.duration = 0.5
                 // Use the value you want to animate to (NOT the starting value)
                 self.displayField.animator().alphaValue = 1
                 self.splashScreen.animator().alphaValue = 0
@@ -122,6 +126,11 @@ class ViewController: NSViewController  {
                 self.displayField.alphaValue = 1
                 self.splashScreen.isHidden = true
             })
+            
+            m6502_ColdReset( Bundle.main.resourcePath, ViewController.romFileName )
+            
+            self.halted = false
+            self.upd.resume()
         }
         //------------------------------------------------------------
         
@@ -141,15 +150,8 @@ class ViewController: NSViewController  {
             DispatchQueue.global().async(execute: workItem!);
         }
         #else
-        upd.suspend()
-        halted = true
-        usleep(100000);
         
-        m6502_ColdReset( Bundle.main.resourcePath, ViewController.romFileName )
-                
-        halted = false
-        upd.resume()
-
+        
         #endif
     }
     
diff --git a/src/cpu/6502.c b/src/cpu/6502.c
index 7596aa2..cbde300 100644
--- a/src/cpu/6502.c
+++ b/src/cpu/6502.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ unsigned long long int inst_cnt = 0;
 const unsigned long long default_MHz_6502 = 1.023 * M; // 2 * M; // 4 * M; // 8 * M; // 16 * M; // 128 * M; // 256 * M; // 512 * M;
 const unsigned long long startup_MHz_6502 = 32 * M;
 unsigned long long MHz_6502 = default_MHz_6502;
-unsigned long long clk_6502_per_frm =  startup_MHz_6502 / fps;
+unsigned long long clk_6502_per_frm =  default_MHz_6502 / fps;
 unsigned long long clk_6502_per_frm_set = default_MHz_6502 / fps;
 unsigned long long clk_6502_per_frm_max = 0;
 
@@ -1008,13 +1008,10 @@ void m6502_ColdReset( const char * bundlePath, const char * romFileName ) {
         
     };
 
-    
-//    memcpy( RAM + 0x1000, counter_fast, sizeof(counter));
-//    m6502.PC = 0x1000;
-    
-    clk_6502_per_frm_set    = saved_frm_set;
-    clk_6502_per_frm        = startup_MHz_6502 / fps;
-    diskAccelerator_count   = 15;
+
+    // set the default speed
+    clk_6502_per_frm_set = clk_6502_per_frm = default_MHz_6502 / fps;
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/dev/disk/disk.c b/src/dev/disk/disk.c
index 0bb19c9..5eac939 100644
--- a/src/dev/disk/disk.c
+++ b/src/dev/disk/disk.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ disk_t disk = {
 };
 
 const int diskAccelerator_frames  = 2;
-int diskAccelerator_count = 15;
+int diskAccelerator_count = 0;
 int diskAccelerator_speed = 25 * M / fps; // less than actual CPU speed means no acceleration
 //const unsigned long long clk_6502_per_frm_diskAccelerator = 25 * M / fps; // disk acceleration bumps up CPU clock to 25 MHz
 //const unsigned long long clk_diskAcceleratorTimeout = 1000ULL;
diff --git a/src/dev/mem/mmio.h b/src/dev/mem/mmio.h
index 66a4621..3800042 100644
--- a/src/dev/mem/mmio.h
+++ b/src/dev/mem/mmio.h
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ void resetMemory() {
     // 64K Main Memory Area
     memset( Apple2_64K_RAM, 0, sizeof(Apple2_64K_RAM) );
     memset( Apple2_64K_MEM, 0, sizeof(Apple2_64K_MEM) );
+    // text memory should be filled by spaces
+    memset( Apple2_64K_AUX + 0x400, 0xA0, 0x800 );
+    memset( Apple2_64K_RAM + 0x400, 0xA0, 0x800 );
+    memset( Apple2_64K_MEM + 0x400, 0xA0, 0x800 );
     // I/O area should be 0 -- just in case we decide to init RAM with a different pattern...
     memset( Apple2_64K_RAM + 0xC000, 0, 0x1000 );
 }