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I'm posting this item for a co-worker -- any replies
should go to him at whuxj!abm, not to me.

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Subject: ATARI 800 TRANSIENTS

	I also have an Atari 800, and experience a different
	transient problem. Occasionally the TV picture begins to
	get fuzzy and break up, but I cure it quickly by changing
	the TV channel off Channel 2, then back. This indicates
	a problem with the TV, rather than with the Atari, yet it
	never happens while I watch TV. I have never had the screen-wide
	stripe of fuzz described by Mark Young.

	However, I have had a much worse problem with my Atari, and
	would like advice if anyone knows what's wrong. Occasionally
	for no apparent reason--usually after I have been writing
	a program for 4 hours!--the d**m machine suddenly refuses to
	respond to the keyboard. The cursor sits there, refusing to
	move or make a sound when you hit any key. Thus, I can't save
	the program. I can't even list it to see what I've done! I suspect
	the problem is related to typing too fast, or hitting a particular
	combination of keys. Could it be a bug in the operating system?

	This problem is VERY rare. Otherwise, I'm quite satisfied with
	the Atari 800, especially its graphics, though I confess it's
	not easy for an amateur like me to unravel all the mysteries
	of color registers in various graphic modes. I especially like
	having the ability to invoke up to four different voices at once.
	Does anyone know how to get anything but square waves out of an
	Atari? I'd like to use wave forms of my own design...
		Andy Myers
		HL 3B-222
		(whuxj!abm)