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Article #97Re: Screensaver that doesn't interrupt
From: Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)5...
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:02
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:02
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In article <bassman.720293986@class1.iastate.edu>, bassman@iastate.edu (Bass Genius) writes... >In <trimble.720291806@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu> trimble@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu (Chris Trimble) writes: > >>tims@bvc.edu writes: > >>>I'm in need of a shareware or freeware screensaver that will NOT interrupt >>>the printing process or modem transfers. Are there any available? Moire >>>3.22 interrupts my PageMaker documents unless I use the apple drivers and >>>print in the background. Any suggestions? > >> I think "The Darkside" with the simple blank (i.e. turn the screen to black >> ) screensaver will not interrupt the current process. > >Afterdark (commercial) will not kick in during printing or file transfers >because it checks CPU activity also. The same is true of Pyro; you can configure it to disallow sleep when the CPU is busy or receiving data. Susan Kayser NCF::KAYSER or kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC Greenbelt, MD
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!nsisrv!nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov!kayser From: kayser@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673) Subject: Re: Screensaver that doesn't interrupt Message-ID: <29OCT199212022794@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center References: <1992Oct28.094815.2501@bvc.edu> <trimble.720291806@ph-meter.beckman.uiuc.edu> <bassman.720293986@class1.iastate.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 17:02:00 GMT Lines: 22