Xref: utzoo alt.msdos.programmer:1364 comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer:295 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!bnrgate!bigsur!bnr-rsc!mlord From: mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: Screen Saver (was Re: idling in the interpreter) Message-ID: <2276@bnr-rsc.UUCP> Date: 7 Mar 90 14:19:50 GMT References: <25ed7a61.29c1@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: mlord@bnr-rsc.UUCP (Mark Lord) Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 20 In article <25ed7a61.29c1@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> tbechtel@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (TrevorB) writes: >(if < EGA). While the screen is blank, the screen saver won't stop >any program that's currently running, but will latch on to the >keyboard or mouse interrupt. And, of course, when the keyboard/mouse >interrupt is caught, you simply restore the screen by restoring the >palette (if >= EGA), or copy the screen back into video memory (if >< EGA). Ok.. I'll bite. Does anyone know of a screen saver that REALLY succeeds in this endeavor? EVERY one I have tried (10+) has flunked the graphics + mouse test. Ie.. there I am, working away with a graphics program + mouse (FRACTINT), and .. kapooeee.. the screen goes blank, regardless of mouse activity! -- ______Mark S. Lord______________________ ______________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!carrsc!mlord | These are only MY opinions. | | or: bnr-rsc!mlord@bnrgate | I charge for official views. | |________________________________________|______________________________|