nemisis@milton.u.washington.edu (nemesis want-to-be) (04/04/91)
Is there any screen blankers for the amiga like AFTER DARK on the MAC? If not, why not?
yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) (04/04/91)
nemisis@milton.u.washington.edu (nemesis want-to-be) writes: >Is there any screen blankers for the amiga like AFTER DARK on the MAC? >If not, why not? AGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya saw that silly program on Computer chronicials diden't ya. (I loved the "Only $40" bit) several reasons ya DON'T want a program like AFTER DARK 1) The thing puts up stuff on ya screen, a screen blanker is supposed to BLANK the screen. What's the diff tween a AFTER DARK and just showing a ANIM. (Which is what the program does) 2) The amiga MULTITASKS, the LAST thing ya want is a screen blanker that will SLOW down the machine... Example: * I start downloading with Zmodem a BIG file, (Takes 10 min) * I decide to take a quick shower. * The screen blanker pops up, and (Assuming it's an AFTERDARK kinda thing) SLOWS down the machine! thus slows down the downloading. ICK!!! get a simple screenblanker, like...... ClockDJ, or somthing.. leave the flying tosters to those who are deserving... :^) T The more i see the Computer Chronicials the More i'm convinded that ALL of them should be fired. Espicially that "reviewer" guy. -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu aka Willis F York aka Squid on IRC The only thing that Apple invented is the idea to borrow Xerox-invented ideas. (Hope THIS sig don't insult anyone!) :^)
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (04/05/91)
In article <1991Apr4.143420.24871@milton.u.washington.edu> nemisis@milton.u.washington.edu (nemesis want-to-be) writes: >Is there any screen blankers for the amiga like AFTER DARK on the MAC? >If not, why not? Huh? There are THOUSANDS! Some of them really shutting down the screen to darkness, others doing some faint grahics that won't burn in on the screen, won't take much processor power but entertain you and signal you that Amiga is still alive. And the best side of the coin: All those blanker programs I know are Public Domain, free! -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
frank@morpheus.UUCP (Frank McPherson) (04/06/91)
-- It is not necessary for a screen blanker to make the screen entirely blank. The point of using a screen blanker is to make sure no one pixel on your screen stays active for hours. -- Frank McPherson INTERNET: emcphers@fox.cs.vt.edu --
dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (04/06/91)
In article <1991Apr4.143420.24871@milton.u.washington.edu> nemisis@milton.u.washington.edu (nemesis want-to-be) writes: >Is there any screen blankers for the amiga like AFTER DARK on the MAC? >If not, why not? There is a program on PCQ in the Examples/ dir that is called 'moire', so I assume it is the same type of screen blanker. -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)
johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee) (04/06/91)
In article <frank.3738@morpheus.UUCP> frank@morpheus.UUCP (Frank McPherson) writes: >It is not necessary for a screen blanker to make the screen entirely blank. >The point of using a screen blanker is to make sure no one pixel on your >screen stays active for hours. Um, the purpose of a screen blanker is to reduce the amount of time pixels are active. Flashing a pixel on/off at a 50% duty cycle will burn a pixel just as well as turning the pixel on constantly, just not as quickly. A screen blanker should *blank* the screen, not draw a pretty pattern that does just as nice a job of burning as an image of a window. It's worse if the screen blanker doesn't turn on pixels evenly across the screen, making one portion darker than the rest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.
gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) (04/06/91)
From article <1991Apr5.213251.14971@cs.cornell.edu>, by johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee): > > Um, the purpose of a screen blanker is to reduce the amount of time pixels > are active. Flashing a pixel on/off at a 50% duty cycle will burn a pixel > just as well as turning the pixel on constantly, just not as quickly. A > screen blanker should *blank* the screen, not draw a pretty pattern that > does just as nice a job of burning as an image of a window. It's worse if > the screen blanker doesn't turn on pixels evenly across the screen, making > one portion darker than the rest. Okay, I want the little flying toasters, the wire objects changing shape, the nifty little screensavers. I want them. Any of them. As many as people can get their hands on. Tell me where to find them ( I don't want something to simply blank the screen, but tell me where those are, too). I want to make a big archive of all of them to drop at ab20 and a few local BBSes... Lots of people are looking for stuff like this. The toaster shouldn't be too hard, it's just a bunch of animated toasters flying across the screen with little white wings, and little pieces of toast following it... :) Looked kind of cute, too... -- - gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu - | IBM's brain is on overload, and Apple Gregory Block | needs to be potty-trained. C= may not Toaster+Amiga=The One True DTV | be marketing geniuses, but theyre the ________________________________| best engineers I've seen... -Wubba
jseymour@medar.com (James Seymour) (04/06/91)
In article <1991Apr4.143420.24871@milton.u.washington.edu> nemisis@milton.u.washington.edu (nemesis want-to-be) writes: > >Is there any screen blankers for the amiga like AFTER DARK on the MAC? > I don't know what "AFTER DARK" is, but there are screen blankers available for the Amiga. A friend of mine is running something called (I think) Dmouse. It blanks the screen, allows you to accelerate the mouse, and even blanks the pointer when the mouse has not been moved for a programmable (I think) amount of time. He loves it. Also, AmigaDOS 2.0 comes with it's own blanker program, which you can start manually or make happen on start- up if you want. It's also programmable for time-out. If you make it start up automatically, you can use a thingie called "commodities" to disable/enable it at will. -- Jim Seymour | Medar, Inc. ...!uunet!medar!jseymour | 38700 Grand River Ave. jseymour@medar.com | Farmington Hills, MI. 48331 CIS: 72730,1166 GEnie: jseymour | FAX: (313)477-8897