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In article <> alexis@panix.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
>In article <1083@diemen.cc.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz.au@munnari.oz (Ben Lian) writes:
>>In article <35975@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>>>Actually, from talking to people I know at Microsoft, that *have* a Desk
>>>Accessory called "monkey" that will type in random keystrokes and mouse
>>>movements. It is part of their testing procedure -- just fire it up and let
>>>it whap away like a three-year-old would....

Yup, "Monkey" is a real, uhhhh "unique" DA!
I especially enjoyed watching it go down three folders deep one time renaming 
folder/files/apps such easy mnemonics as:"#&5*()zffb _|{" etc.!!

>>
>>I could be gullible enough to believe this. It's so far-out that it could
>>almost be true! Are you serious, Chuq? Confirmation would really make my
>>day, and heaven knows how much I need cheering up right now.
>
>Surely someone remembers???
>
I do! I do!

>Monkey was written by someone at Apple in 1983, before the Mac came out.
>There's even a low-level global somewhere that refers to it (I forget why).

(Hmmm, didn't know that!  Anyone know specifically what / why?)

>I'm surprised that this bit of ancient MacHistory still works. If it does,
>it should really be availablefrom APDA- it has the potential to save some
>people hours and hours of testing time...
>

Last time I ran Monkey DA on an HFS oriented system it pooped out - unexpectedly
quit, didn't do anything, etc.  Everything but what it was , uhh, "supposed"
to do!

As I recall, it started by a dialogue box - showing a monkey sitting at a terminal, asking you for a number and/or a "seed".  Then the fecal material hit the
ventilating device!

It WAS a riot in a sick sort of way!  I only ran it on systems I didn't 
especially care about!

I think of "Monkey" as a semi-sane virus/worm-like DA.  It can eat your lunch 
if you blink! It wasn't the kind of DA you'd install on the department
secretaries Mac and walk away and expect never to hear from her again - if you
know what I mean! :-)

I probably still have a copy somewhere - for sentimental reasons if nothing 
else.  If someone knows a fix to get it to run under 6.0.3 I'd love 
to hear it... :-)

>Alexis Rosen
>alexis@panix.uucp
>cmcl2!panix!alexis

Pete Ferris
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