aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gary "Gnu" Aochi) (09/12/90)
I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility for windows...I was running something called "vgazap" which simply blanked the screen after a specified interval without a keystroke. But, Win3 and vgazap don't like eachother (besides vgazap does not recognize mouse movements), so I was wondering what is available for windows, as shareware and retail, as in screen blankers, glitzy screen savers...whatever. Gary Aochi
cb@sequoia.execu.com (Christopher D. Brown) (09/12/90)
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Physical: Execucom, 108 Wild Basin Road, Two Wild Basin, Austin, TX 78764ron@woan (Ronald S. Woan) (09/12/90)
In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gary "Gnu" Aochi) writes: Gary> I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility Gary> for windows...I was running something called "vgazap" which Gary> simply blanked the screen after a specified interval without a Gary> keystroke. But, Win3 and vgazap don't like eachother (besides Gary> vgazap does not recognize mouse movements), so I was wondering Gary> what is available for windows, as shareware and retail, as in Gary> screen blankers, glitzy screen savers...whatever. There are/were two nice ones that I am aware of, screenpeace and magic. You should be able to pick these up off of cica.cica.indiana.edu. hDC first apps also has one if you are looking for a commercial package. Ron +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan@soda.berkeley.edu + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
kperson@plains.NoDak.edu (Kerry Person) (09/13/90)
In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes: >I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility >for windows...I was running something called "vgazap" which >simply blanked the screen after a specified interval without >a keystroke. But, Win3 and vgazap don't like eachother (besides >vgazap does not recognize mouse movements), so I was wondering >what is available for windows, as shareware and retail, as in >screen blankers, glitzy screen savers...whatever. > >Gary Aochi ScreenPeace is an excellent (and sometimes fascinating) screen saving program that allows you to choose from many different interesting "events" to take place on your screen after a certain (user-defined) length of time. You can also move your mouse cursor to the extreme upper-left corner to start the saver immediately (you can also define which corner activates it). On cica.cica.indiana.edu in subdirectory pub/pc/win3/util, get scrpe12.zip (the saver program), and also spx2.zip (more extensions, for more choices on saver display). Kerry Person (kperson@plains.NoDak.edu)
c60c-3fz@web-2c.berkeley.edu (In Sik Rhee) (09/13/90)
In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes: >I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility >for windows...I was running something called "vgazap" which >simply blanked the screen after a specified interval without >a keystroke. But, Win3 and vgazap don't like eachother (besides >vgazap does not recognize mouse movements), so I was wondering >what is available for windows, as shareware and retail, as in >screen blankers, glitzy screen savers...whatever. > >Gary Aochi hDC FirstApps has, as part of the package, a screen saver that I think is cool... you can choose it to do a bunch of polygon's (like the X11 SUN's do) with different colors (you specify the # of vertices and the # of polygons before it starts erasing), or you can have "rocks" (kind of like flying in space type, but I found it boring quickly), or you can have a bitmap blink around the screen (I have a clip-out of Paulina's face which I like to use for this)... anyway, it works, and it's good (the polygons will sometimes mesmerize me, I just sit there and watch it for minutes, then again, I do stupid things like that)...
uchuck@pelham.med.unc.edu (Charles Bennett) (09/13/90)
Just ran across an ad in InfoWorld. "Shades by smartAPPS", screen blanker
for Windows 3.0, all kinds of options; immediate blanking by mouse
position, animated graphics, extensible graphics library, DOS aware,
flashing icon before blanking, optional autoexecution, etc., etc.
From: smartAPPS
213 Elms Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95066
408-459-0856
408-425-1709(FAX)
NOW for the best part - $9.95 + $2.00 shipping and handling (not free but
cheaper than most shareware).
Chuck Bennett
uchuck@unc.bitnetrdg@virtech.uucp (Roger D. Gough) (09/13/90)
In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gary "Gnu" Aochi) writes: > I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility > for windows... hDC FirstApps and hDC Windows Express both include a screen saver. Also, if you run Windows under DESQview, its screen saver will work. At least one of these (and I forget which) does detect mouse movement. -- Roger D. Gough +1 703 689 1692 Sequel Technologies uunet!virtech!rdg
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (09/14/90)
> > There are/were two nice ones that I am aware of, screenpeace and > magic. You should be able to pick these up off of > cica.cica.indiana.edu. hDC first apps also has one if you are looking > for a commercial package. > I'm playing with 'magic' now. But it seems like there is no time-out screen saver (I mean it doesn't work, I know there is a time out parameter to set). I need to specifically park my mouse pointer in the sleep area to get the screen to blank and display the kaleidoscope (sp ?). Anyone to dispute my observation ? Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include <standard_disclaimer.hpp>
bg11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Brian E. Gallew) (09/14/90)
Why don't you try magic?
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-gt3070b@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeff Watkins) (09/16/90)
I have been running magic for about 3 months and my only complaint is that occasionally it will blank the screen for a moment and some system activity will awaken it. I can find the activity, but I suspect it is an ill behaved applications with a timer. The other complaint is that while reading news, my timeout of 2min occurs during long posts. I am waiting for the version that has built in life sensors to let it know if there really is someone at the console... other than these two complaints... Magic is great... jeff -- Jeff Watkins gt3070b@prism.gatech.edu Convergent Media Systems (404) 315-0105 voice (404) 315-0231 data "I speak for no-one. AND NO-ONE SPEAKS FOR ME... oh, yes, _dear_...I gotta go..."
daly@ecs.umass.edu (09/16/90)
My own experiences with screen savers (I haven't used a Windows one yet, though) have not been very pleasant. A VGA screen saver caused Turbo C to crash on me, necessitating a reboot, several times. On a Macintosh, a screen saver caused file transfers to abort as soon as the saver kicked on, a half hour into the transfer, causing me to waste several hours before I figured out the cause. I also see talk about various bugs in different versions of Windows screen savers. I would like to use one, but if they cause problems like I have mentioned above, it isn't worth it. My questions are: do Windows screen savers operate reasonably trouble-free? Will a file transfer be messed up when the saver turns on? Thank you, Bryon Daly daly@ecs.umass.edu
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (09/18/90)
> I have been running magic for about 3 months and my only complaint is that > occasionally it will blank the screen for a moment and some system activity > will awaken it. I can find the activity, but I suspect it is an ill behaved > applications with a timer. The other complaint is that while reading news, > my timeout of 2min occurs during long posts. I am waiting for the version > that has built in life sensors to let it know if there really is someone at > the console... > Ahhh !!!! .... I think I know why magic doesn't timeout on my machine. I have a clock program sitting in one corner. It is the program given in Petzold's book. Why should magic bother with timer anyway ? I thought it should only detect mouse, keyboard and screen activities (oops ! my timer does update the screen), .... Well ! Is there anyway around this ? Other than removing the timer ? Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include <standard_disclaimer.hpp>
rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (09/18/90)
In article <10709.26f3804e@ecs.umass.edu> daly@ecs.umass.edu writes: >My questions are: do Windows screen savers operate reasonably trouble-free? >Will a file transfer be messed up when the saver turns on? I placed my screen saver EGAUTL83 (which is a VGA screen saver too) on cica.cica.indiana.edu. It is PD and unlike others, it does not display some bitmap or fancy graphics. It only switches of the display(s) by writing hardware ports and palette registers and therefore should not need much CPU power when it turns on. Give it a try. Also, it is BOTH a normal DOS screen saver and a Windows 3.0 screen saver. It's disadvantage is, that you don't get ANY entertainment :-). Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel * Munich * rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */
craig@Unify.Com (Craig Isaacs) (09/18/90)
In article <1990Sep13.120747.24244@virtech.uucp> rdg@virtech.uucp (Roger D. Gough) writes: >In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gary "Gnu" Aochi) writes: >> I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility >> for windows... > >hDC FirstApps and hDC Windows Express both include a screen saver. (....) I am currently using both hDC products and think they are wonderful. Since I use both, I disable the Express screen saver and use the FirstApps one. And, yes, it detects mouse movements. >-- >Roger D. Gough +1 703 689 1692 >Sequel Technologies uunet!virtech!rdg insert disclaimer here..... -- Craig Isaacs *Unify Corporation* internet: craig@unify.UUCP voice: (916) 920-9092 ...!{csusac,pyramid}!unify!craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russell Poffenberger) (09/25/90)
In article <5847@plains.NoDak.edu> kperson@plains.NoDak.edu (Kerry Person) writes: >In article <27726@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> aochi@cory.Berkeley.EDU writes: >>I was wondering if there is some kind of screen saving utility >>for windows...I was running something called "vgazap" which >>simply blanked the screen after a specified interval without >>a keystroke. But, Win3 and vgazap don't like eachother (besides >>vgazap does not recognize mouse movements), so I was wondering >>what is available for windows, as shareware and retail, as in >>screen blankers, glitzy screen savers...whatever. >> >>Gary Aochi > > >ScreenPeace is an excellent (and sometimes fascinating) screen saving program >that allows you to choose from many different interesting "events" to take >place on your screen after a certain (user-defined) length of time. You can >also move your mouse cursor to the extreme upper-left corner to start the saver >immediately (you can also define which corner activates it). > >On cica.cica.indiana.edu in subdirectory pub/pc/win3/util, get scrpe12.zip (the >saver program), and also spx2.zip (more extensions, for more choices on saver >display). > Also grab my mazespx.zip for an interesting module. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254