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Re: Flaky mouse

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From: Bob Fischer
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 01:47
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Stephen Matson (stevem@solbourne.com) wrote:
: 
:  Recently my mouse has started to act less then obedient. It will work fine
: for hours (or sometimes just minutes) and then , badabing badaboom, every
: direction is reversed, up is down, down is up, left is.... well you get the 
: idea. The only way to fix this is to save what I'm doing and cold start it.
: 
:  Could this just be my mouse or is it something inside my box? 
: 
:  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think this is an Atari virus.

--- Bob Fischer
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Subject: Re: Flaky mouse
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