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From: griffith@hpavla.avo.hp.com (Jeff Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: A500 shutdown!
Message-ID: <16970001@hpavla.avo.hp.com>
Date: 25 Mar 91 20:44:48 GMT
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I've also noticed various forms of this problem; sometimes only the 
screen goes blank (I've memorized the save seqeunce), other times the
entire system locks up (no gurus, no "ticking" when the disks are removed
and no way to save anything).  Personally, I've only noticed it when playing
Empire (version 2.03? from June '88) and I thought it was a bug in the game.
Usually, it happens about when the number of playing pieces is at a maximum
and conflict is extensive, but it always fails when I move or click the mouse.
Perhaps a system queue is getting trashed?

						Jeff Griffith