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From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
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Subject: Re: BlackBox INIT
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Date: 24 Oct 89 13:44:46 GMT
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In article <23326@cup.portal.com> fleming@cup.portal.com (Stephen R Fleming) writes:
>BlackBox INIT sets up a NeXT-like applications dock along the right side
>of your Mac II screen... steals 42 pixels for the privilege (making your
>screen size 592x480).  I am reneging on my previous posting and have 
>removed it from my system.  I really like the idea, but his screen saver
>is not as smart as Pyro! (stops downloads, printing, etc.) and nothing
>else will black out the applications dock.
>
>If he re-releases to fix this and other problems, I'd really like to use
>it on a regular basis.
>  
>    ....Stephen Fleming


Well this is just another reason I tell everyone with a MacII/x/cx/ci that 
Dimmer dhould be their screen saver of choice.  Dimmer (which was once posted
in a proto version to the net and is now part of the Screen Gems Package)
does its job by twiddling some bits on the Mac II video card.  This means it
dims the entire screen. It also means that it only intervenes for a brief mom-
ent in the machines operation, then let the machine go about its business
none the wiser.  There is no problem with it interuppting downloads, etc.

One thing, Im not sure how it works with non-apple displays, Ive only
run it on a stansdard 8-bit.

Josh
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