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Article #29784Re: IDLE - replaces NITE
From: Smee
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1987 10:54
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1987 10:54
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Well, watching a (known) video buffer allows you to magically bring the screen back to life when you get new output from the computer, as well as when you press a key. I can see that whether this extra 'feature' is useful or desirable depends on how you use the machine, and for what. Still, it *is* an extra capability that simply sitting on the palette and watching for keypresses won't cover.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!dcl-cs!bath63!pes From: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: IDLE - replaces NITE Message-ID: <2030@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> Date: 17 Dec 87 10:54:03 GMT References: <3167@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <2478@usceast.UUCP> Reply-To: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) Organization: AUCC c/o University of Bath Lines: 7 Keywords: IDLE NITE screen saver