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From: davis@clocs.cs.unc.edu (Mark Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Joyfile.joy ????
Summary: Non lethal legitimate file
Keywords: Not trojan viruse or otherwise bad
Message-ID: <2762@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 19 May 88 01:50:22 GMT
References: <618@speedy.mcnc.org> <1180021@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
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I noticed a file "JOYFILE.JOY" in my home directory.  I was worried
about the source.

In article <1180021@hpcvlx.HP.COM> bill@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Frolik) writes:
>
>Sounds like it might be some application's way of remembering the
>calibration of a joystick...

He was right.  The program "Think Quick" from The Learning Company
writes joystick zeroing information there.

Thanks for the help - Mark (davis@cs.unc.edu or decvax!mcnc!davis)