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Re: Blinking Apple

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From: Jeff R Hallett
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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From: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Jeff R Hallett)
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Subject: Re: Blinking Apple
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 09:12:14 EDT
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