[comp.sys.mac.misc] How to recover from "frozen cursor"

barvian@ece.cmu.edu (Scott Barvian) (04/22/91)

This is related to the "recovery from lockup" question that was just posted.

Is there a similar way to re-enable the mouse/cursor when it freezes up?
Sometimes the cursor just stops moving.  Usually I can close up my
current application with command keys, but I can't get to any other 
applications under Multifinder to close them before rebooting.  I don't
recall whether the "sm 0 a9f4" magic word (can anyone explain what that
really means?) unfreezes the cursor or not, but in either case my other
open Multifinder applications are screwed up.

sb
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==== Scott Barvian ============ Department of Electrical/Computer Eng. ===
==== barvian@ece.cmu.edu ====== Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA  ===