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From: jonah@amos.ling.ucsd.edu (Jonah Stich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Help!! Fried GS
Summary: Are you sure?
Message-ID: <6776@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu>
Date: 7 Jul 89 08:52:52 GMT
References: <8907070214.AA26799@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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Reply-To: jonah@amos.UUCP (Jonah Stich)
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In article <8907070214.AA26799@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KMILES@CC.USU.EDU ("Kurt Miles, VAX Consultant") writes:
>I have a buddy with a Apple gs.  He apparently ran a static charge through
>the joystick port and now the gs thinks the Open Apple key is on all the
>time, even with the joystick unplugged.   
Are you sure thathis is what happened? I had the same apparent problem just lastweek, and it turned out that the ADB connector on the back of the computer wasn't making contact with the keyboard cable. All I had to do was wiggle the cable a the problem went away. Maybe you should try this...

Jonah