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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Screen Blanker WARNING!!
Message-ID: <178@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 15:12:11 GMT
References: <355@scubed.UUCP> <2750@omepd> <161@mccc.UUCP> <1530@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg)
Distribution: na
Organization: Mercer College, Trenton, NJ
Lines: 28
Keywords: BURNOUT

In article <1530@bgsuvax.UUCP> ritzenth@bgsuvax.UUCP (Phil Ritzenthaler) writes:
>
>The biggest problem I have with FANSI-CONSOLE screen blanker is when I am
>downloading.
>
>FANSI does NOT check to see if something is written onto the screen, it looks
>for keypresses.  If there are none in the alotted time, there goes the screen!
>

Let me suggest my solution to that "problem".  It's based on the feeling
that while up- or downloading, I can go away and leave my computer to do
its thing, while I can put my time to better use.  Oh, I guess I snuck
the solution in there :-).  I go away and do something else, and let the
comm program's beeping let me know that the file xfr has been completed.

What comm program do you use?

(Parenthetical remark that has nothing to do with subject, but is meant
to overcome the "feature"/"bug" of 'rn' that refuses to send an F
posting if I haven't exceeded the amount of included text with my reply.
If anyone knows how I can convince 'rn' that my one-line replies may be
as valuable as my more lengthy ones, please let me know.  Over and out.)


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