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From: rka20423@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Rubio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple virus?
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Date: 25 Apr 91 00:16:14 GMT
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smcafee@jarthur.claremont.edu (Sean McAfee) writes:

>My apologies is this has been discussed here before; the sheer volume of
>articles on this newsgroup prevents me from reading it more than
>sporadically.  Anyhow:  within the last few weeks I have been having a
>problem with my communications software: ProTerm version 2.1.  At
>irritatingly regular frequencies when using ProTerm, my keyboard has either
>(a) locked up completely, and/or (b) spontaneously sent a large number of the
>same character to the mainframe to which I was connected, on one occasion
>deleting two lines of a file I was editing with Jove.  Both of these
>conditions typically necessitate turning the power off and restarting; the
>keyboard freeze extends to the control-open apple-reset combination.
>Lately, I can count on at least one of these maladies striking my computer
>at least every half-hour; in fact, it happened twice while I was writing
>this very article (!).

>>Actually, come to think of it, this problem is not entirely restricted to
>>ProTerm; a few weeks ago when the problem was first manifesting itself, the
>>keyboard froze when I was running SoundSmith.  This was odd, because while
>>the keyboard was completely frozen, the mouse, which runs through the
>>keyboard, was functioning normally.


This happens somewhat frequently to me, as well.  The problem in my case
seems to be power fluctuations: the monitor will flicker for a second, and
when it's over my keyboard has (a) locked up, (b) sent a random character or
three, or (c) sending an endless string of whatever character I happened to
be typing when the flicker hit.

It happens most frequently using ProTERM, but has happened in AppleWorks
and other programs.

Sound familiar?
Hope This Helps(TM),

--rubio  (rubio@uiuc.edu)