mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) (01/26/91)
A friend's computer is having some very odd problems. She just had an
early model 520STfm upgraded to 2.5 megs with JRI's simm board and a
double sided drive.
When she got it home, whatever she typed was purely random. Nothing
would be consistant. [I checked a couple of disks for virus but didn't
find any btw] She took it back to the dealer (yeah, we have one! :-)
and had him check it out again. Of course it worked fine at the store.
She brought it back home and of course it acted up again.
So I come over to calm her down and see what I can do. Through some
damn luck, I found that unplugging the Mouse Master would stop the
problem. Strange... So I took the computer and the MM back home to
try them with my computers. Of course, they have worked flawlessly.
What I am suspecting is one of the joysticks which I know to be
sometimes very flaky with the ST. ( I don't have it with me to
test it ). What I am really wondering is why? How?
Could it be a flaky joystick that is sending in all these inputs and
confusing the keyboard processor? Might it be a cable under the keyboard
that gets pushed when we un/plug the MM? Or does it sound like a virus
people know about?
I really appreciate all your help! Either e-mail or posting is fine.
Marshall
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Agnes Nutter, Witchscale@abode.UUCP (Luis Outumuro) (01/26/91)
Hi Marshall, You might want to check to see if all the socketed chips on the motherboard (yes, that means removing the cover and RF shield; have your dealer do it if you are unsure) and the keyboard controller are all properly and firmly seated in thier sockets. It may be possible one of them has shaken loose. Just an idea, bye...........
ripley@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Hans-Ch. Eckert) (01/27/91)
In article <62522@brunix.UUCP> mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) writes:
Could it be a flaky joystick that is sending in all these inputs and
confusing the keyboard processor? Might it be a cable under the keyboard
that gets pushed when we un/plug the MM? Or does it sound like a virus
people know about?
I remember something about certain kinds of joysticks heavily
disturbing the kbd-processor if plugged-in during bootup.
So, try to plug it in after the desktop shows up.
Greetings,
RIPLEY
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Hans-Christian Eckert | Regensburger Str. 2 | (ripley@tubopal.UUCP)carter@cat47.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) (01/29/91)
Hey wooow, I would get a priest right away guy. This system is obviously posessed. But, seriously, make sure the joystick is electrically contact NEATURAL, that is, it isn't leaning in anyway, and the fire button is not depressed or shorted when you turn the machine one. Your ST doesn't like to be informed that your playing a game while its trying to boot up, it thinks your being a prude, and can get quite angry. --Gregory
mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) (01/31/91)
Thanks to everyone who responed! The problem was an auto-fire joystick
made by Best Electronics. It happened to be that my friend bought the
stick at the same time she picked up the computer after it had been
upgraded. She immediately blamed the memory upgrade. Sigh.
Anyway, thanks again to all of you!
Marshall
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Agnes Nutter, Witch