Re: Odd Mac+ behavior

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From: David Phillip Oster
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1986 17:11

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In article <328@hydra.riacs.ARPA> julian@riacs.ARPA (Julian E. Gomez) writes:
>Here's a weird one that just started last night.  When I double click a
>certain folder on my hard disk the system forgets to update the cursor

You should back up your files, and rebuild the desktop (reboot holding
down the option and clover keys.)  The Finder is a strange and wonderful
assembly language program.  If it follows a bad pointer, so that it
accesses a particular spot in the Macs hardware registers, mouse
interrupts will be disabled and you'll get the behavior you are
getting.

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From: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: Odd Mac+ behavior
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 13:11:27 EDT
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