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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: AlarmsClock (Now Utilities) and Pyro 4.0.1
Keywords: Now Utilties, Pyro, AlarmsClock, conflict
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.015811.12887@silvlis.com>
Date: 15 Apr 91 01:58:11 GMT
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In article <19087@cs.utexas.edu> knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
>
>INITInfo 4.3.1. states that
>
>	The clock works with After Dark, Pyro, and Screen Locker but
>	not with Moire, where the clock shines through the blanking.
>	Synchronicity, same thing -- AlarmsClock shines through when
>	it really shouldn't. (Jorg Brown 73177,1404)
>
>I connot confirm this observation.
>
>On my MacII running Sys 6.0.7, AlarmsClock shines through
>Pyro 4.0.1. Now Tech Support was not very helpful ("AlarmsClock is not
>SuperClock"), but since I own a copy of Now Utilities, but not
>SuperClock, I would like to stick with what I got.

Are you running TrueType?

If so, it must run before the screen saver, or the symptom is as
described.

I personally have verified this behavior with After Dark and Pyro 4.0.1.

Since you have Now Utilities, you should use Startup Manager to move
Truetype earlier in the INIT sequence.

jim

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