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> It appears that after I run an application program, the double-click
> feature to open a drive/application program is disabled (or at least
> set to a very high speed, higher than I'm able to invoke it).  I had
> to go into the control panel and reset it to make it work again.
> 
> Has anybody else experienced this?
> 
> - Robert Ling   <rling@uw-june.ARPA>
I don't have an ST, but you may find the following amusing:

 DTACK GROUNDED,  The Journal of Simple 68000/32081 Systems
 Issue #45 (and last)  September 1985  Not Copyrighted

 :::(From Page 4):::
"The very brief operating manual explains that 'click' means to press the
 left button on the mouse and to quickly release the button.  That seems
 to work fine, as well as the use of the ball on the bottom of the mouse
 to drag the arrow around on the screen.  But then the introduction tells
 us to 'double click', without defining the term.  By experiment, we learned
 that 'double click' apparently meant to click both the left and right button
 simultaneously.  However, we could only get this to work right one time in
 three attempts.  We decided we were clutzy and let James S., who was watching
 the proceedings with amusement, give it a try.  Same result.  So we invoked
 the Control Panel and changed the response time setting of the mouse.
 No difference.  Something is either wrong with us or the 'double click'
 software.  (Yes, we tried placing one finger over both buttons to improve
 the simultaniety of the 'double click'.  Didn't help.)  By the way, after
 about 2.5 hours, the middle finger of our right hand, the one we would like
 to use to display the Italian fertility symbol to the mouse's inventor, got
 cramps from repeated unsuccessful 'double clicks'.
 [The next day:  by changing the response time of the mouse we can improve
 our average success rate on double clicks to about 70% - still annoying.]"

 :::(From Page 28, Left Column):::
 "THIS NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY:

	DIGITAL ACOUSTICS
	1415 E. McFadden, Ste. F
	SANTA ANA  CA  92705		"

 :::(From Page 28, Right Column, End):::
 "SUBSCRIPTION FULLFILLMENT:

 Most of your subscriptions expire with issue #48.  Since we don't want
 Death March Dunkerson to get terminal hard-cramp writing $4.50 checks,
 we are negotiating with another newsletter writer to fill out your
 subscription.  Since this guy is a better writer than we are, you will
 come out ahead on the deal.  Different arrangements will be made for the
 several subscribers with a LONG time to go on their subscriptions.

 If YOU decide to write a newsletter, remember that the
 real trick is to stop writing EXACTLY at the end of the"		[sic]

My comment:  Well, I figured this would happen.  Ole' FNE is going to be a
real hard act to follow.  I would advise strongly against flaming Digital
Acoustics or the FNE over this, as anyone who was a subscriber got their
money's worth once they had their hands on even one issue.  The real pity
is that we'll probably never see a FNE style cross-evaluation, normalized
as to features/dollars, between the ST and the yet non-existent Amiga.
I wish the new editors success in their effort, and I sincerely hope they
keep the same spirit that was the brilliant life-force of DTACK Grounded.
								     Howard Hull
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