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Article #1302Re: Screen Saver (was Re: idling in the interpreter)
From: Mark Lord
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 14:19
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 14:19
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In article <25ed7a61.29c1@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> tbechtel@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (TrevorB) writes: >(if < EGA). While the screen is blank, the screen saver won't stop >any program that's currently running, but will latch on to the >keyboard or mouse interrupt. And, of course, when the keyboard/mouse >interrupt is caught, you simply restore the screen by restoring the >palette (if >= EGA), or copy the screen back into video memory (if >< EGA). Ok.. I'll bite. Does anyone know of a screen saver that REALLY succeeds in this endeavor? EVERY one I have tried (10+) has flunked the graphics + mouse test. Ie.. there I am, working away with a graphics program + mouse (FRACTINT), and .. kapooeee.. the screen goes blank, regardless of mouse activity! -- ______Mark S. Lord______________________ ______________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!carrsc!mlord | These are only MY opinions. | | or: bnr-rsc!mlord@bnrgate | I charge for official views. | |________________________________________|______________________________|
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!bnrgate!bigsur!bnr-rsc!mlord From: mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Screen Saver (was Re: idling in the interpreter) Message-ID: <2276@bnr-rsc.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 90 14:19:50 GMT References: <PAS.90Mar1120125@saffron.lcs.mit.edu> <25ed7a61.29c1@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 20