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From: larsen@mist.cs.orst.edu (Scott Larsen)
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Subject: Re: Anyone have a screen-saver that does neat things?
Summary: Ah, but a little creative programming....
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Date: 14 Feb 90 20:23:06 GMT
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In Article <22085@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> chao@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi Chao)
writes:

> Explod does run on Hercules.  However, it is a graphics program rather than
> a traditional screen saver which blanks the screen after a certain period of
> inactivity.

Ah yes, I forgot that it does run on Herc.

But the main point is that with a little creative programming, one san make
a screen saver out of the basic explod program.  Just write a c program
that execs explod after a given number of non-active seconds.

-Scott Larsen
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