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From: mccann@rbdc (Mike McCann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
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Date: 23 Feb 90 08:49:58 GMT
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hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:

>Lets try to catch and fix this.

>Does anyone having the problem also have a memory switcher?
>If so, when the problem hits, if you can talk to the switcher, SAVE the
>memory image.  Perhaps we can pass the image around and many more people can
>look at the problem, and if its constant with the image, maybe even
>get Atari interested.
I've got an idea. My theory is that this may be a HARDWARE problem. Because I for one have NEVER seen it, and neither has a friend of mine. If you're getting it a lot, why not get a replacement IKBD and perhaps some other chips, and try swapping them till it quits.

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