Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!killer!usl!usl-pc!jpdres13
From: jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: lockup -- mouse lock & infinite key repeat -- Help!
Keywords: Mouse, Keyboard, Lock, keyboard chip
Message-ID: <827@usl-pc.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 88 06:33:11 GMT
References: <826@usl-pc.UUCP>
Reply-To: jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert)
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Lines: 26

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In response to my own earlier plea for help, I have found that the reason
for the keyboard & mouse lock up was, sure enough, loose chips.

I opened the 1040, went under the drive & pushed down on all the chips.
One of the two 24 pin chips next to the sound chip was not seated all the way
down.  I looked up the chip in an "Internals (Abacus)" book and sure enough,
it was the chip for the keyboard, mouse, & timer.

Better yet, I am once again breathing normally, pulse rate near normal, brew
in hand, and everything is working normally.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the snow that hit the deep South of 
Louisiana last night for the first time since 1973?  Maybe the change in
barometric pressure popped that chip up just a tad... And if I would have
had a computer in 1973 (Altair dreams?), it would have popped up 
a chip also?


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