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From: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BADGE contest suggestions
Keywords: Abort ShowAnim Xicon
Message-ID: <258@antares.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 88 02:52:25 GMT
References: <5299@louie.udel.EDU> <8653@gryphon.COM> <13647@cisunx.UUCP>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA
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In article <13647@cisunx.UUCP> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
<That's right, demos.  Things that are meant to show off what the Amiga
<can do.  The Badge contest is a high visibility contest.  The entries
<tend to end up everywhere, in the hands of people who don't know much
<about the Amiga.  Poorly behaved programs tend to crash in the hands of
<people like these.  These people are guru magnets.  
<
<Classic example.  I was in a Games 'n Gadgets one evening.  A copy of
<Kanankas (sp?) was running.  If you hit the escape key like the
<directions said, the machine crashed instantly.  I think I rebooted that
<machine and restarted the demo about 5 times in the time I was in that
<store.  What kind of advertisement is that?

Speaking of BADGE Killer Demo Contest #0 winners, what is the proper way to
abort ShowAnim when it is started from the Workbench via Xicon?  Whenever I
start the anim from the CLI, it stops when Control-C is typed, just as
advertized.  But when started from the icon on the Fred Fish disk, it does
not respond to Control-C.  Left-Amiga-N and Left-Amiga-M will call up
Workbench, but only for 1/30 second.  Then the anim forces its way back to
the front, and I can't get out.  When showing these demos, it is very
embarassing to have to say "Whoops, there will be a 90 second delay while
I reboot the machine".  Is there a newer version of Xicon around?
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