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From: hermens@ted.cs.uidaho.edu
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Subject: Re: virus or weird behavior - hardware or software
Keywords: repeating key, virus
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Date: 1 May 91 02:22:37 GMT
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We are running a IIci with 8 Meg and system 6.0.7 and haven't seen the
problem desribed below.  Also, we use SAM and AccessPC INITs.

Leonard

 article <1991Apr30.231326.29812@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> rsherman@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (Roby Sherman) writes:
>In <1991Apr30.201630.10118@fcom.cc.utah.edu> ulall@pub.uwrl.usu.edu writes:
>
>>I'm having a weird problem with my mac IIx
>
>>various keys - in particular o and sometimes v, arbitrarily start repeating
>>when pressed once
>>other keys like shift, option and cloverleaf appear to be stuck periodically.
>
>I have seen the exact SAME problem with two IIsi's. Both machines have
>different memory configurations and software installed. The only thing in
>common is 1> They are both IIsi's  2>They are both running system 6.0.7
>
>When the problem occurs, the Keycaps DA will reveal random keeps "STUCK"
>down. It must be some bug in system 6.0.7. Does ANYONE know what the heck
>causes this? I thought it might be Easy Access, but even if it's deleted, it
>re-occurs...