jeffb@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jeffrey C. Buchsbaum) (02/06/89)
I want to buy Pyro, since it is supposed to be very well behaved and it
allows one to have printing and stuff going on in the background. I wanted to
know if it can use two monitors. I have two monitors, of the Apple variety, and
I wanted the fireworks to go between the two. One monitor is virtually atop the
other. Is there a way to hack it once I buy it. I am asking this because I
have tried it via a friend, and I want to buy it. When I tried it, it only used
the main monitor (as defined by menu placement in the Monitors cdev).
I use Moire v2.xx, and it is very nice. It does seem to stop printing in
progress...though this could be my fault.
Thanks.
I am at arpanet: jeffrey.buchsbaum@dartmouth.edu
or
jeffb@eleazar.dartmouth.edustuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) (02/09/89)
In article <12100@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> jeffb@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Jeffrey C. Buchsbaum) writes: | I want to buy Pyro, since it is supposed to be very well behaved and | it allows one to have printing and stuff going on in the background. | I wanted to know if it can use two monitors. Pyro will black out both screens, however the fireworks will only display on one screen (the primary screen). | I use Moire v2.xx, and it is very nice. Moire will not only black out both screens, but the pattern will move and change colours between both screens. The problems related to background printing went away in a recent release, if I recall correctly (forget which rev though). I'm not sure if John reads this news group anymore, so if you don't get a response directly from him, send me some e-mail and I'll give you his e-mail address. Stu. __Paths to my door:_______________________ microsoft!stuartb@beaver.cs.washington.edu - Usual disclaimer, that all microsoft!stuartb@uw-beaver.arpa - the above is pure fantasy microsoft!stuartb@uunet.UU.NET - and Microsoft only [DE01HB]stuartb@DASNET# {from AppleLink} - gave me the Mountain Dew stuartb@microsoft.uucp {well connected} - to dream it all in a D2012 {@applelink.apple.com - shared acct} - caffeine haze :-) __________________________________________________________________________
dean@aoa.UUCP (Dean Wormell) (02/17/89)
In article <506@microsoft.UUCP> stuartb@microsoft.UUCP (Stuart Burden) writes: >In article <12100@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> jeffb@eleazar.dartmouth.edu >(Jeffrey C. Buchsbaum) writes: > | I want to buy Pyro, since it is supposed to be very well behaved and > | it allows one to have printing and stuff going on in the background. > | I wanted to know if it can use two monitors. > >Pyro will black out both screens, however the fireworks will only display >on one screen (the primary screen). > Another problem with Pyro! (version 3.3) happens when using Excel. If you are entering a formula and Pyro! activates, either by moving the mouse to Pyro!s hot corner or by its timeout, the formula gets erased. This has happened to me several times and is generally just annoying. Might we see an Pyro! Updater 3.4, Steve? :-) -- Dean Wormell ...!{harvard,ima}!bbn!aoa!dean
meese@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Tim Meese) (02/18/89)
In article <683@aoa.UUCP> dean@aoa.UUCP (Dean Wormell) writes: >> >Another problem with Pyro! (version 3.3) happens when using Excel. If you >are entering a formula and Pyro! activates, either by moving the mouse to >Pyro!s hot corner or by its timeout, the formula gets erased. This has >happened to me several times and is generally just annoying. > Speaking of screen blanker problems, Fade-to-Black and Excel 1.5 users beware! I was using Excel 1.5 last night and put the cursor in the upper right corner to tell Fade-to-Black to fade immediately and Excel gave me a blank dialog box and crashed. Very frustrating. I also believe that FtB may be causing problems with Dark Castle. Has anyone had any similar experiences? -- Tim Meese | Usenet: meese@vax1.acs.udel.edu Electrical Engineering Department | UUCP: <gateway>!udccvax1!meese University of Delaware | Phone: 302/738-1658
rudolph@m.cs.uiuc.edu (02/18/89)
I have another problem with Pyro! 3.1: It doesn't seem to catch every keystroke. When I'm doing something which doesn't require much typing or mousing, such as paging through a long file with 'more' on a terminal program, it will often blank out within seconds of when I hit the space bar to see another page, particularly if I've spent close to 2 minutes (my blanking time) on the current page. config: Mac Plus, system 6.0
brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher) (02/23/89)
In article <683@aoa.UUCP>, dean@aoa.UUCP (Dean Wormell) writes: > Another problem with Pyro! (version 3.3) happens when using Excel. If you > are entering a formula and Pyro! activates, either by moving the mouse to > Pyro!s hot corner or by its timeout, the formula gets erased. This has > happened to me several times and is generally just annoying. Excel just isn't prepared to update a forumula-in-progress. Note that in this state it disables DA items in the Apple menu, beeps when you click anywhere that doesn't update the formula, etc. It won't let you do anything that would cover the formula. So I would rephrase the problem statement thus: "Another problem with Excel happens when using Pyro!." > Might we see an Pyro! Updater 3.4, Steve? :-) Probably. But not for this problem. -- brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)