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From: wagener@max.bnl.gov (Richard Wagener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Phantom typist again
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Date: 21 Dec 90 14:47:32 GMT
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A while back there was a discussion in this group about a nuisance
crash (slow death) where pretty much at random the keyboard would stop
responding.  This would occur most frequently while typing away in
WordPerfect.  Some people found (as did I) that moving the mouse a
little after each keystroke would generally give you enough time to
save your file and reboot.

Question: Does this occur only with a particular version of TOS?

I am encountering this problem now with WordPerfect 4.1 on a 520ST
upgraded to 1 Mb and running TOS 1.2.

I have an older 1040ST at work running TOS 1.0 and I would like to
know whether swapping the two would solve the problem.

Alternatively, has anybody ever found a satisfactory solution
(software patch) to this problem?

And finally is there an archive someplace that saves such solutions to
common problems?

Eternal thanks to the kind soul that answers my questions!
Tschuess ...rick...
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