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Article #18451Re: Blinking Apple
From: Jeff R Hallett
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1987 13:12
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1987 13:12
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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
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"The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many"
-- Kirk (STIII)
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Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault
for giving me this thing.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!macbeth!hallett From: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Blinking Apple Message-ID: <7071@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 09:12:14 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.7071 Posted: Mon Aug 24 09:12:14 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Aug-87 05:31:23 EDT References: <1574@crash.CTS.COM> Sender: root@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: hallett@macbeth.UUCP (Jeff R Hallett) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 37