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From: ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Are there any original screen blankers out there?
Keywords: screensaver
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.044514.22929@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 04:45:14 GMT
References: <1990Nov8.223453.897@unicorn.wwu.edu>
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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In article <1990Nov8.223453.897@unicorn.wwu.edu> n8742883@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Perry Pederson) writes:
>
>	While we're on the thread of screen blankers....
>
>	All of the screen savers I have seen simply turn the screen
>off, with the exception of one I got out of STart (ST-log?) which
>shoots off little "fireworks" on the screen.  Slightly more
>interesting, but still quite boring compared to some of the other
>screen savers I've seen on other programs.
>
>	Has anyone seen any more imaginative screen savers out for the
>Atari? I don't care if they are commercial, shareware, or PD.
>
>
>     *****   *******      Perry Pederson:  email: n8742883@unicorn.wwu.edu
I found a screen saver called IDLE that has a neat display:
blinking stars with a spinning, bouncing fuji symbol.  It can
run as an .acc or a .prg...  Unfortunately I don't use it
because although there is a way to set certain parameters, I
could never get the parameters set so that it wouldn't
interfer with the com port.  Well, I think the screen looks
neat, so if anyone wants to tell how set IDLE up so that it
doesn't interfer with the com port, I'd be happy to hear it.
--Gerry
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