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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Screen blankers
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Date: 7 Apr 91 18:45:58 GMT
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From article <1991Apr7.111052.26720@leland.Stanford.EDU>, by bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper):
> Nope, just suggesting that you buy Elan Performer if you want something
> like After Dark, a bloated CPU/memory-hog that taxes the Mac's capacity 
> to animate.  Personally, I use Mackie or Klide.  Simple, small, and
> impressive as all get-out.

Nope.  You see, it's a bloated cpu hog because of the way the
Macintosh works, with the cpu doing everything...  How much cpu time
would it take to move a 16 color toaster across the screen and then
animate it?

Where can I get Mackie and Klide.  I'll add them to my increasing collection.
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- gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu -	|  IBM's brain is on overload, and Apple
	Gregory Block		|  needs to be potty-trained.  C= may not
Toaster+Amiga=The One True DTV	|  be marketing geniuses, but theyre the
________________________________|  best engineers I've seen...     -Wubba