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From: jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
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Date: 15 Feb 90 13:30:34 GMT
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In article <1990Feb13.114858.5081@bath.ac.uk> exspes@bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:
>
>I heard rumours some time ago that this was a side-effect (maybe or maybe
>not intentional) of an early PD program called UHRLI.ACC, which when
>selected would put a small digital clock display inside a tiny window.
>I certainly have not seen the problem since I bought a cheap digital
>watch to hang beside the computer, and stopped using UHRLI.  May just
>be coincidence, though.
>

I am afraid it probably was coincidence.  I've just caught onto this
topic which is currently of great interest to me as last night I had
just this sort of problem while using TIMEWORKS.

As far as I am aware, these disks have never been anywhere near any other
software (except 1stWord) as I always switch off before using business
progs.  I do not have a hard disk so I suspect the problem is not viral.
However, I am going to try to reproduce the problem and also check out
the floppies.

The symptoms I had were-
	Selection of menu items required slight mouse movement after
	the click to take effect.
	Keyboard strokes also required slight mouse movement for the
	character to be displayed.

Any tips/help etc would be appreciated, preferably by e-mail as I
cannot always guarantee to read the net within our 3 day expiry.
Equipment is 1040 STe.

John.

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