qqc@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Dm Forsyth) (06/19/91)
The screen saver program EXPLOSIV, which I got from cbip, works great on my Zenith 248 with Groundhog Graphics Shadow VGA (1Meg) card and samsung monitor, except it will not interrupt Microsoft Word. (Anyone know a fix?) However, it will only work in white on black on our Zenith Z159 with a color CGA monitor (zenith card?). And on another Z159, with Sysdyne monitor and card (I think), it only gives distorted color 'rolling' of screen, no explosions -- ie, not working right at all. Can anyone offer any help or advice? (Perhaps the author?) Nice program on MY machine.
monkey@wabash.engin.umich.edu (Monkey King) (06/25/91)
Explosiv works quite well on our Gateway 486 w/ VGA card too. Only one thing: when I use MS Windows 3.0, it turns the screen off after the specified time even the keyboard is not idle. Any fixes? -- Xinbing Liu Ultrafast Science Lab University of Michigan
sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) (06/26/91)
monkey@wabash.engin.umich.edu (Monkey King) writes: > Explosiv works quite well on our Gateway 486 w/ VGA card too. Only one thing > -- > Xinbing Liu > Ultrafast Science Lab > University of Michigan Even "real" (uSoft) screen savers like IdleWild do this IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE WORKING IN A NON-WINDOWS APPLICATION (either windowed or fullscreen). Apparently, the non-windows application (4dos.com) grabs the keyboard interrupt and windows cannot tell whether the keyboard is active or not (or, more likely, it assumes that it is inactive). I doubt that there is a fix for this other than (perhaps) Windows 3.01. Regards, -- sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) !Path: ...!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!sophist Brainiac BBS -- (615)333-1243 -- Open 24 Hours a day! -- Nashville, TN 37211
supat@orion (Supat) (06/28/91)
sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) writes: >monkey@wabash.engin.umich.edu (Monkey King) writes: >> Explosiv works quite well on our Gateway 486 w/ VGA card too. Only one thing explosive use vga screen. so if any software use different screen then explosive is not display but it work. ============================== >> -- >> Xinbing Liu >> Ultrafast Science Lab >> University of Michigan >Even "real" (uSoft) screen savers like IdleWild do this IF YOU HAPPEN TO >BE WORKING IN A NON-WINDOWS APPLICATION (either windowed or fullscreen). >Apparently, the non-windows application (4dos.com) grabs the keyboard >interrupt and windows cannot tell whether the keyboard is active or not >(or, more likely, it assumes that it is inactive). >I doubt that there is a fix for this other than (perhaps) Windows 3.01. >Regards, >-- >sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) >!Path: ...!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!sophist >Brainiac BBS -- (615)333-1243 -- Open 24 Hours a day! -- Nashville, TN 37211