Path: utzoo!censor!hugh
From: hugh@censor.UUCP (Hugh D. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DMouse-LineArt
Summary: wild screen (semi)blankers
Keywords: blankety-blank lines
Message-ID: <565@censor.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 89 22:37:07 GMT
References: <563@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US>
Organization: Bell Canada, Business Development, Toronto
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In article <563@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US>, mrr@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) writes:
> While checking over Steve -Raz- Berry's recently-posted LineArt program, 
> I thought, "Gee - sure wish Matt -Bang- Dillon's DMouse would do that
> when it blanks the screen!". (<-- punctuation experts are welcome to
> comment :-)
... 
> p.s.  Thanks to Matt and Steve, without whom this waste of net bandwidth
>       would not have been possible.
> { Mark R. Rinfret            mrr@amanpt1.Newport.RI.US                       }
> { HyperView Systems Corp.    Hypermedia Solutions for Documentation/Training }
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> { Middletown, RI 02840       Home: 401-846-7639                              }

If you're after a screen blanker that draws wild lines, I don't think you
can beat mackie.  It does a lot of the things dmouse does too.  I presently
run both mackie & dmouse, but the only things from dmouse I use are the mouse
pointer blanking and sunwindows type stuff.

The only screen blanker I've seen that comes close to mackie only runs on a
Mac II.  It doesn't seem to slow down anything that is running either.  If
you have a ray trace going, you can tell that from the slowness the mackie
lines crawl across the screen.  You know your trace is done when the lines
start zipping along again.  Not only pretty, but useful too!

One thing though, the LISP machine style "help" key hot keys cause a
priveledged instruction violation on my A2620 equipped A2000.  I
haven't looked into why, I just don't use that feature.  I've been
meaning to report this problem to Tom Rokicki when I track down what
it is.
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