Re: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'

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From: Alex Leavens
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 17:13

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Regarding the phantom typist and hunting it down...

The TSR Newbell.prg (which replaces the bell on the Atari with
digitized sound playback) seems to make this bug happen fairly
frequently;  all you need to do is pop up the 'About GEM' dialog
box from the desktop, click on anywhere _but_ the OK button, and
wait for the sound to stop playing.  About 1 in 4 times, you'll
get multiple playbacks of the sound, followed by a whole series
of keyclicks (the phantom typist!).  As soon as you press a key,
the typing stops.

Since Newbell uses the timer A vector, might something be going on
there?


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Subject: Re: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
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