Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!att!linac!midway!djsx@midway.uchicago.edu From: djsx@midway.uchicago.edu (Dan Swartling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Keyboard light wierdness Message-ID: <1991Jun22.230530.1421@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 22 Jun 91 23:05:30 GMT References: Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 47 In article , peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes: > > > In article <1991Jun22.032730.26062@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Lanett) writes: > > resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes: > > > > >I was always disappointed that the keyboard lights for num lock and > > >scroll lock did not do anything too nifty with most programs. Well, > > >now, under system 7, all three lock lights, seem to like to go on and > > >off in different wonderful patterns whenever the heck they feel like > > >it. Has anyone else seen such behavior? I am not running anything > > >particularly strange, so I would like to hone in on what is causing > > >this. > > > > Probably someone's dropped an init like KeyLights into your machine. Leaving > > your machine unprotected, Pete? > > Could be, but on my machines at home (completely protected - except > from cats!) I've often observed my num lock LED getting turned on. > This behavior predates System 7. > > > -- Michael Peirce -- outpost!peirce@claris.com > -- Peirce Software -- Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place > -- Macintosh Programming -- San Jose, California 95117 > -- & Consulting -- (408) 244-6554, AppleLink: PEIRCE > > If you boot up with Hebrew system 6.0.7, all three lights are on. I haven't seen this behavior for other versions that I have tried. ########################################################################## # # # Dr. Daniel J Swartling Internet: djsx@midway.uchicago.edu # # The Ben May Institute Compuserve: 71620,1300 # # The University of Chicago America Online: CHEMSTUD # # 5841 S Maryland Ave, Box 424 ACS Organic BBS: DASTMAN # # Chicago, IL 60637 Applelink: DSWART # # # # ergo cognito zoom- I think, therefore I go fast # # # ##########################################################################