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From: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
Message-ID: <2429@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 15 Feb 90 12:38:34 GMT
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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.

The phantom typist effect also occurs without the assistance of UHRLI.
Pure coincidence, you guessed it.

Claus Brod