[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Hercules Screen Saver

chao@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi Chao) (08/06/89)

Thanks to all who responded to my search of Hercules screen savers.  Many
people recommend BURNOUT.  However, most screen savers, including BURNOUT,
don't work with Hercules graphics mode.

Hercsave by Benjamin Diss is the only program I have found that specifically
supports Hercules, both text and graphics.  Version 1.3 can be found on
Simtel20.  The current version is 2.0 and can be downloaded from CompuServe
IBMHW section.  If anyone is interested, I can upload it to
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  The program has been distributed for over 14 months,
and the author has not heard of any problems. 

Please note that Hercsave requires a very Hercules-compatible card.  I use
a mono/CGA switchable card from Swan (TCP), and it doesn't work too well
with Hercsave.  

Chia-Chi       chao@cory.berkeley.edu