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From: danno@css.itd.umich.edu (Daniel T. Pritts)
Subject: Re: Sys 7 little bucket in upper right corner
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.013535.29428@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Keywords: easy access at work!
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References: <1991Jun5.233110.1753@cs.sfu.ca>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 01:35:35 GMT

In article <1991Jun5.233110.1753@cs.sfu.ca> shell@cs.sfu.ca (Barry Shell)  
writes:
> Has anyone had the following funny thing happen:
> A little tiny bucket appears in the upper right hand corner of the
> menu bar with an arrow pointing down into it. If you hold down the
> option and command keys the bucket fills up with a nice beep. Doing
> it again empties the bucket with a different sounding beep.
> I was using a combination of pagemaker, Excel, McSink, Its Only a Clock,
> had extensions like HP Deskwriter, SFScrollInit, SF Vol Init 1.5, had
> Virtual memory and 32 bit mode off. May have had the scrapbook open.
> It didn't harm anything and went away as I was closing applications, but
> can't remember which one.
> Is this part of system 7.0? Does it mean the bucket (?) is getting full?
> Has anyone else seen this. It's cute.
> Mail answers to me: shell@cs.sfu.ca
> If anyone has the difinitive reason, I'll post it.
> Barry

This is easy access's "sticky keys" feature.  For those who dont' know,
easy access is a handicapped persons' aid for the mac...it's a control
panel.  

dan pritts    danno@um.cc.umich.edu   userdano@umichum