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From: ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Not the Phantom, but the Joker Typist!
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Date: 27 Jan 91 08:03:58 GMT
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In-reply-to: mjv@brownvm.brown.edu's message of 25 Jan 91 17:01:51 GMT
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In article <62522@brunix.UUCP> mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) writes:

    Could it be a flaky joystick that is sending in all these inputs and
   confusing the keyboard processor? Might it be a cable under the keyboard
   that gets pushed when we un/plug the MM? Or does it sound like a virus
   people know about?

I remember something about certain kinds of joysticks heavily
disturbing the kbd-processor if plugged-in during bootup.

So, try to plug it in after the desktop shows up.

Greetings,
				RIPLEY
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