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From: pj@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Paul Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Moire stopping downloads? (was: Do screensavers do anything?)
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Date: 15 Oct 89 06:45:16 GMT
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Ken McLeod writes:
  I've tried the new Moire (3.0), and quickly discovered that if it activates
during a downloading session, the download stops. Moire 2.22 didn't do this;
serial port communication always 'took precedence', and Moire would draw its
patterns very slowly or not at all, rather than interrupt the current process.


Strange, I use Moire 3.0 all the time with ZTerm 0.8, and have never had a
problem with Moire stopping processing.  In fact, on my SE/30, Moire has
proven to be the least intrusive screen saver that I have tried.  Your
mileage, of course, may vary.  But I've never had Moire interrupt.  When my
backup program is busy cranking stuff out to the DC-2000, Moire generally
doesn't even kick in, or otherwise goes to just a black screen.
  Can you give some more details, Ken?

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