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NEW RELEASE: Blackout version 0.94
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (staffanu@nada.kth.se)
Sun Oct 1 11:37:30 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 14:23:08 GMT
From: staffanu@nada.kth.se
Reply-To: staffanu@nada.kth.se
Submitted by: Staffan Ulfberg (staffanu@nada.kth.se)
Source: Staffan Ulfberg (staffanu@nada.kth.se)
Date received: 1995 October 1
Date posted: 1995 October 1
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I've put together a new version of my screen saver "Blackout." The
program is intended for DPMS, or "Green" monitors which can be shut
off automatically by using this program; this is accomplished by
turning off the syncronization pulses to the monitor. The screen
saver has three modes of saving: 1) it reduces colour intensity on
screen, and 2) it sets the monitor in suspend mode, and 3) it switches
the monitor off. No fancy graphics, but it does the job - saves the
screen.
The program is free and is distributed with source code. I have put
version 0.94 to hobbes today, so it can probably be found in the
incoming or new directory. The archive name is "black094.zip".
The program requires the emx runtime library, which is also available
from hobbes or ftp-os2.cdrom.com (/pub/os2/unix/emx09a/emxrt.zip).
Changes from version 0.93:
Timer implementation changed to work with
pre-Warp OS/2.
Mouse move sensing code changed slightly to
overcome the problem with spurious mousemove
events. Result is that the -m switch works
more reliably together with Filebar and some
other programs that caused problems before.
The switch -p was added (compatibility with
some more monitors/graphics adapters).
The switch -n was added (to use Blackout as a
minimalistc screen saver for non-DPMS
systems).
