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From: ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: explosiv misbehaving??
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.121030.44263@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 12:04:29 GMT
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In article <14379@milton.u.washington.edu>, djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) writes:
> We use the screen-saver "explosiv" on several of our machines, usually run as 
> a TSR out of autoexec.bat.  I enjoy the displays, but we believe it may be
> responsible for some oddball breakdowns lately.  Since explosiv (as I recall)
> was posted here Once Upon A Time, I'd like to find out if others have exper-
> ienced similar problems. 
>
>              (deletions . . . .) 
> 
> 2) If explosiv comes on during a PC Shell session (PC Tools DOS Shell), 
> certain areas of the screen, once restored, have high-order bits changed so
> that they blink. Entering and exiting one of the menus restores order.
> 

Yes, I and sevral of my colleagues have experienced this.  It's very 
annoying, really! 

Additionally, if Explosiv is loaded as a TSR and I use the DOS print command on
a rather large file that takes more time to print than the "wait-time-before-
blanking-screen" specified to explosiv, then the printer activity ceases
at the same time as the screen blanking is activated.

Finally, although I am not completely sure of this - another TSR may be
responsible, Explosiv may be confusing my DOS clock to change the date after
midnight.  Without any TSRs loaded, my DOS clock on the Compuadd 286 correctly
changes over to the next date after midnight for *more than two successive
nights* (I use MS-DOS 3.3).  But with Explosiv, Vshield, Quickeys, and Clockon
loaded as TSRs, the date does not roll-over at midnight.  I suspect the culprit
is Clockon, since I do not remember having this problem when I used ALARM in
place of CLOCKON.
  
> 
> I hope I'm wrong, because I like the program.  Has anyone else had similar
> symptoms?  A pointer to any previous discussion would be appreciated; our
> machine doesn't have any such articles in its archives right now.  Thanks!!

I wish a newer version that takes care of these problems is realed soon.

> 
> "Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
> Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids* 
> "Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
> Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids* 

- Jhinuk.