Re: Screen Saver (was Re: idling in the interpreter)

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From: Stanley T.H. Chow
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 16:06

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In article <2276@bnr-rsc.UUCP> mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) writes:
>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?
>

Hi Mark. 

Well, the screen saver that comes with PowerPak from MultiSoft does 
this correctly. All you should have to do is load the mouse driver
first.

I am not sure if it blanks the screen by playing with the palette, but
it does read both the keyboard and mouse.

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From: schow@bcarh185.bnr.ca (Stanley T.H. Chow)
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Subject: Re: Screen Saver (was Re: idling in the interpreter)
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