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From: nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Weird Bug in System 7.0b4
Keywords: System 7.0b4 communications modem programs bug weird
Message-ID: <49981@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Mar 91 19:37:11 GMT
References: <1991Mar7.043930.25863@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1991Mar7.043930.25863@agate.berkeley.edu> dburr@ocf.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) writes:
>
>I'm running into a weird bug when using commmunications programs under
>System 7.0b4.  This has happened with both ZTErm 0.85 and White Knight 11.10.
>

  "That's not a bug!  That's a feature!" 

>I'd be typing away, and everything would be normal.  Then all of a sudden,
>my speaker makes a weird noise, like an ascending whistle kind of sound.
>Then, things are OK for a while, until that sound sounds again.  Then my
>keyboard starts doing weird things, like everything I type is shifted.
>Not only are lowercase letters shifted to uppercase (as if the CAPS LOCK
>were down), but numbers are also shifted (like a 1 becomes a !, a 2 becomes
>a @, etc.)  Usually pressing either left, right, or both shift key(s) simul-
>taneously will cause the speaker to make the whistling sound again, and the
>problem ceases (i.e. keyboard returns to normal).
>

  What's happening is that you are somehow activating Easy Access, which has
audio feedback in System 7.  Here's what can activate Easy Acess:
  Hitting the shift key five times in rapid succession activates Sticky Keys.
(I found out that I had a habit of playing with my shift key when I'm waiting
on my Mac because of this feature.  It's the only reason why I keep Easy
Access around...  :)
  Pressing Command-Shift-Clear activates Mouse Keys.
  Holding down the return key for about ten seconds activates Slow Keys.

  -- Dean Yu
     Bluer Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc.
     Apple Computer, Inc.
     My opinions and so on and so forth...