billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) (08/21/87)
I'm posting this for a friend:
Why does the "apple" blink?
A while ago, a friend noticed that the Apple Menu icon on my Macintosh 512k
enhanced was flashing? Does anyone know anything about this?
Is something wrong with my Mac?
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"Where there's a will, there's a relative..."jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) (08/21/87)
You might check Tech Note #85 "GetNextEvent; Blinking Apple Menu". The GetNextEvent filter routine pointed to by memory location $29A sets the blinking.
waldman@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (benjamin waldman) (08/21/87)
In article <1574@crash.CTS.COM> billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) writes: >A while ago, a friend noticed that the Apple Menu icon on my Macintosh 512k >enhanced was flashing? Does anyone know anything about this? > >Is something wrong with my Mac? No, nothing is wrong with your Mac. After the alarm goes off in the Alarm Clock DA, the apple menu will blink until you shut off the alarm. Ben Waldman waldman@husc4.harvard.edu ...seismo!harvard!husc4!waldman
dowdy@apple.UUCP (Tom Dowdy) (08/22/87)
Regarding a question about the blinking Apple on someone's new Mac 512e: In article <3701@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes: > You might check Tech Note #85 "GetNextEvent; Blinking Apple Menu". > The GetNextEvent filter routine pointed to by memory location > $29A sets the blinking. While this is usually a pretty technical forum, I think the original poster may have been a bit surprised at the answer to his "simple" question. I somehow expect that the original person was simply asking how THEIR Apple menu started blinking. The "blinking Apple" is used to indicate that your Alarm Clock has gone off. You can set the time of the Alarm with the Alarm Clock Desk Accessory. You may also use this to turn off the Alarm Clock (and hence the blinking Apple) Tom Dowdy CSNET: dowdy@apple.CSNET Apple Computer MS:27Y AppleLink:DOWDY1 20525 Mariani Ave UUCP: {sun,voder,amdahl,decwrl}!apple!dowdy Cupertino, CA 95014 "Plus ca change, Plus c'est la meme chose."
howard@mtunj.ATT.COM (H. Moskovitz) (08/23/87)
In article <1574@crash.CTS.COM> billk@pnet01.UUCP writes: > >Why does the "apple" blink? > >A while ago, a friend noticed that the Apple Menu icon on my Macintosh 512k >enhanced was flashing? Does anyone know anything about this? > >Is something wrong with my Mac? > When the apple blinks it's telling you that the alarm clock is set. To turn off the blink go into the apple menu, select alarm clock, click on the the little flag in the right top corner. Select the little alarm clock, click on the slide switch (on the left). Close alarm clock. The blink is gone. So is the beep you hear when you boot the machine (just before is gives you control of the mouse. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Howard Moskovitz AT&T Bell Labs @ Liberty Corner, NJ ihnp4!io!howard
afoster@ogcvax.UUCP (Allan Foster) (08/23/87)
The normal reson for the blinking apple is that the alarm clock has gone off!!! You did know that the mac had an alarm clock, didn't you? If you open the alarm clock da you can turn off the alarm and the apple will stop blinking. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC Arthur C. Clarke. Allan Foster afoster@ogcvax
fritz@phri.UUCP (Dave Fritzinger) (08/24/87)
In article <1574@crash.CTS.COM> billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) writes: >Why does the "apple" blink? >A while ago, a friend noticed that the Apple Menu icon on my Macintosh 512k >enhanced was flashing? Does anyone know anything about this? My guess is that your alarm clock was set and you didn't bother to turn it off. I saw the same thing with my mac when that had happened. Hope this helps Dave Fritzinger allegra!phri!fritz
hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett) (08/24/87)
In article <1574@crash.CTS.COM> billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) writes: >I'm posting this for a friend: > >Why does the "apple" blink? > >A while ago, a friend noticed that the Apple Menu icon on my Macintosh 512k >enhanced was flashing? Does anyone know anything about this? > >Is something wrong with my Mac? > After it blinks 500 times, it will denote a thermonuclear explosion that should destroy half of the civilized world or at least all unscrupulous Apple dealers. With that in mind, why don't you leave it on a couple of nights :^)? By the way, I'm just kidding. Try turning the Alarm Clock's alarm off. It never shuts itself off. When the alarm goes off, if the AC is not the active accessory, it just sets the Apple Menu to blinking instead of beeping. Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arnone@cooper.UUCP (Chris Arnone ) (08/26/87)
in article <1574@crash.CTS.COM>, billk@pnet01.CTS.COM (Bill Kelly) says: > > I'm posting this for a friend: > > Why does the "apple" blink? It blinks because your alarm clock has gone off.
photo@trwspf.TRW.COM (Brian Girvin) (07/29/88)
The other day as the image of the clock danced around on my Mac Plus,
I heard a beep. Oh, I thought, I must have lost contact with a
MacServe Server. But when I moved the mouse I did not see the standard
alert box associated with the temporary MacServe error. What I did
see was really strange...I saw the apple in the menu bar blinking from
regular to inverse with a black box around it. It blinks once a second.
What does this mean???? Is it from the System or is it from some software
program playing a joke on my Mac? The Apple menu works find when you click
on it. I am running Finder 6.0 and System 4.2.
By the way, someone else in our lab said that the apple in the menubar of
her Mac SE has always blinked from the first day she got it about 6 months
ago. She thought it was suppose to.
I can't stand the stupid blinking. How do I STOP it ???
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In article <806@trwspf.TRW.COM> photo@trwspf.UUCP (Brian Girvin) writes: >...I saw the apple in the menu bar blinking from >regular to inverse with a black box around it. It blinks once a second. >What does this mean???? Is it from the System or is it from some software In my experience, this is always caused by someone setting the ALARM CLOCK Desk Accessory. It seems that at any given moment about 50% of the Macs in the labs here have blinking apples. It can be confusing, since the system floppy currently in use may not have the Alarm Clock DA on it, and therefore can't turn the alarm off (the clock settings are held in the battery-backed parameter RAM and stay in effect until changed). Solution: get a disk with the Alarm Clock DA on it, and shut off the alarm! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Boyd Ostroff, Technical Director :: System Operator, "The CallBoard" :: Department of Theatre, SUNY Oswego :: - Serving the performing arts - :: Internet: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU :: (315) 947-6414, 300/1200 baud, 8N1 :: Voice: (315) 341-2987 :: UUCP ...sunybcs!oswego!cboard!ostroff :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
dcc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Daniel C. Carr) (07/31/88)
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dcc@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Daniel C. Carr) (07/31/88)
In article <2040@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> dcc@ncsuvx.UUCP (Daniel C. Carr) writes: > > daniel carr > sorry about that last posting. the first line got chopped. i meant to say that it was the alarm clock (Desk Accessory) daniel carr
jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) (08/02/88)
photo@trwspf.UUCP (Brian Girvin) writes: [re a blinking apple in the menu bar:] >I can't stand the stupid blinking. How do I STOP it? [with the Alarm Clock] Now for a harder one. How do you stop the insertion-point cursor in a word processor (I use WriteNow, but they all do it) from blinking? Ideally, how do you stop it but leave yourself the option to reactivate it while the program is running... or am I fantasizing? -- ARPA: jack%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk USENET: jack@cs.glasgow.uucp JANET:jack@uk.ac.glasgow.cs useBANGnet: ...mcvax!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!jack Mail: Jack Campin, Computing Science Dept., Glasgow Univ., 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, SCOTLAND work 041 339 8855 x 6045; home 041 556 1878
photo@trwspf.TRW.COM (Brian Girvin) (08/02/88)
Sorry for such a stupid question...but thanks too all who responded.
I found a copy of the Alarm Clock DA, installed it and turned off the
Blinking Apple.
My next question will be more interesting...
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I tried the Alarm Clock on a Mac Plus under 6.0: I got an Apple alternating with a little clock once the alarm went off. Kent Borg kent@lloyd.uucp or husc6!lloyd!kent
ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) (08/04/88)
In article <109@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes: >I tried the Alarm Clock on a Mac Plus under 6.0: >I got an Apple alternating with a little clock >once the alarm went off. > Neat! They are using the Notification Manager now for that! Basically, the notification manager, which is in sys 6, allows you to display an icon in succession with the apple in the menu as well as put a diamond next to the requesting-attention da or appl. -Andy Andy J. Williams '90 |Ack Systems: ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu| _ /| Software Development +--------------------------------------+ \`o_O' ACK! Kiewit Computation Ctr |Hello. Set $NAME='Iinigo Montoya' You | ( ) / Dartmouth College |kill -9 my process. Prepare to vi. | U
bldflame@pnet06.cts.com (Stuart Burden) (08/05/88)
jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes: >Now for a harder one. How do you stop the insertion-point cursor in a word >processor (I use WriteNow, but they all do it) from blinking? Ideally, how >do you stop it but leave yourself the option to reactivate it while the >program is running... or am I fantasizing? I don't know if you can stop the blinking in any of the commercial WP's (you'd probably have to write your own code to do it), but you can slow down the blink rate. This is an adjustment in the control panel. Stu. __________________________________________________________________________ ______________ - -- --- / __________ / "Now we send forth Jen. - --- / / # # / / Watch over his dangerous quest" --- -- -- / / / / / - - --- --- / / \__/ / / _________________________________________ -- -- --- - / /_________/ / ARPA: hodge!pnet06!bldflame@crash nosc.mil -- --- -- / # ___ / UUCP: hodge.cts.com!pnet06!bldflame - --- - - /---------------/ INET: bldflame@pnet06.cts.com -- --- - /_______________/ _____________________________________________ All of these opinions are mine and therefore a reflection of my own sanity not necessarily that of anyone else on the face of this earth :-) __________________________________________________________________________
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (08/05/88)
Go into the DA called "Alarm Clock" and click on the circle in the right hand corner, and the window will get bigger. Then click on the icon of the alarm clock in the lower right. Then click on the button in the middle and on the left. This turns the alarm off. The beep you heard was the alarm (the exact time it went off) and the blinking Apple is to tell you that the alarm went off even if the Mac was not on at the time. Hope this helps. Oh, you get out of the alarm clock by simply clickin the close box. Mark Cookson
Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com (08/05/88)
You don't stop the insertion point from blinking. The most you can do is slow it down. But that also makes the time it is off longer. I find that if you put it on the fastest setting it ok to look at. Forgive my spelling, it is late... Mark Cookson
benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) (08/06/88)
Have you tried checking the ALARM CLOCK Desk Accessory? Sounds like the symptoms of someone setting your ALARM, and never turning it off...
tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) (08/11/88)
In article <9663@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes: >In article <109@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.camex.uucp (Kent Borg) writes: >>I tried the Alarm Clock on a Mac Plus under 6.0: >>I got an Apple alternating with a little clock >>once the alarm went off. > >Neat! They are using the Notification Manager now for that! Basically, the >notification manager, which is in sys 6, allows you to display an icon in >succession with the apple in the menu as well as put a diamond next to the >requesting-attention da or appl. Good to see someone noticed! BTW, PrintMonitor also uses the Notification Manager. _emt
bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) (08/15/88)
If you want to make the cursor not blink, you can try this: Hit the interrupt switch to get into the debugger. Set the longword at location 2F4 to a very large number (say 0FFFFFFF). Exit the debugger. Now enter your favorite word processor. The cursor should now not blink. What you've actually done is set the caret blink time to be very long. The cursor is still blinking, but in ultra slo-motion. Warning: the cursor may disappear with this technique - when it is in the hidden part of the blink cycle. Clicking somewhere should make it come back. You can use the control panel to change this back. Bob Hablutzel BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU
tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) (08/30/88)
In article <9750@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> ack@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Andy J. Williams) writes: >Which leads me to a question: Is there any hooks in the system that allows you >to use a similar beast for non System 6.0 users? I would like to be able to >alert 5.0 (and below) users of new mail in this subtle way (Yes, I could use >a Dialog box, which is what we do now, but it is really imposing to some people) >Is there any way to use either the NM or something that acts similar to it on >earlier systems? 'Fraid not. The NM is entirely new for 6.0. Unfortunately Apple has not devised a way to change system software without shipping a new version. Now that would be a trick. If you plan to use the Notification Manager, you will either have to insist upon 6.0 or later, or be prepared to deal with its absense. _emt
gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu (08/31/88)
Why can't APPLE overwrite the apple menu with an alarm clock, instead
of just blinking the d*mn thing!?!? This would give most users a
PRAYER of figuring out what is going on!
I can't believe Apple doesn't have a user-interface design group that
hasn't solved this confusion problem! Or do the user-interface people
at Apple have no say any more??
Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801
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ummm....errr,, like, well, if you're running System version 6.0 or
later the Notification Manager does just that. It make the menu title
alternate between the standard (or rainbow) apple and a teeensy weeensy version
of the alarm clock.
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XYZZYGLORPstevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (04/10/90)
In article <10748@wpi.wpi.edu> macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) writes: >I guess this question has floated around in the past, but my friend back >home has a Mac, and he is complaining that the Apple in the Apple menu is >consistantly blinking, yet there is NO Alarm Clock DA installed. > >He's running a stock Mac Plus with no inits other than suitcase and pyro. >Any ideas? The Alarm Clock DA doesn't have to be installed for the little apple to flash. The alarm on that particular Mac was set somehow and has only now decided to go off. Go find a copy of the Alarm Clock DA and turn it off. It's annoying. steve :-)