Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!rutgers!bellcore!uunet!mjbtn!raider!brainiac!sophist From: sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com (Phillip McReynolds) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Recent msdos uploads to SIMTEL20 Keywords: backdrp2.zip Message-ID: <9o0BV1w163w@brainiac.raidernet.com> Date: 6 Jan 91 06:11:07 GMT References: <35252@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: Phillip's Philosophy Shop, Nashville TN Lines: 45 theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) writes: > In article w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL > >The following files have been recently uploaded to SIMTEL20: > ... > >Directory PD1: > >BACKDRP2.ZIP B 5217 901229 DESQview background. Displays date, status > > Has anyone looked at this? Apart from comments in the source code, > there is no documentation, not even a mention of who wrote it or its > status (pd, freeware, shareware, ???). I attempted to use it in my > system with DV v2.25 and QEMM v5.0 but it only hung the machine. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has gotten it to work as > it looks appealing. > > > Thanks in advance, > > George > > --- > theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics > theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania > gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104 Well, I tried it out initially under DESQview when I had several other windows running and, yes, it crashed the machine. However, after I rebooted I opened it up first, before any other windows, and it worked just fine. However, it does seem to load the machine unreasonably. I suspect that the clock that it displays must be the culprit -- probably rather inefficient. Is there any way to hack into the code to get rid of the clock/memory status displays and just display, say, a .GIF or .BMP image? Or is there another program that will accomplish this feat? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (Hence the followup to cbip.d!) I'm no programmer, but I'd appreciate suggestions. Regards, = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Phillip A. McReynolds, sophist@brainiac.raidernet.com Licensed Philosopher org: Phillip's Philosophy Shop, Inc. (MPA Certified) "Quality Philosophy Products Since 1990" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =