Alessandro Levi Montalcini
C.so Re Umberto 10
10121 Torino
Italy
e-mail: alm@torino.alpcom.it
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini/alm.html

 

Blood 2.0.4 documentation - March 1996

• Introduction
◊  Blood is an absolutely useless control panel that puts some drops of blood right on your desktop. The drops will float over all your windows and will behave like actual holes in your screen. You may move the drops by dragging them somewhere else or remove them by holding down the option key when you click inside a drop.
◊  If you can bear Blood for more than half an hour, you've earned it.

• Instructions
◊  Note: all changes to Blood’s settings will take effect at next restart.
◊  On/Off turns Blood on and off.
◊  Count lets you change the number of drops to display.
◊  Size lets you change their size.
◊  Show blood at startup tells Blood to show its blood drops during the startup process.

• Warning
◊  The System 7 Finder runs with very little memory. Increasing the number and size of the holes takes up memory, so you may end up with the Finder stuck into a "Not enough memory" message. If this happens just reboot with the extensions disabled, decrease the number and/or size of the holes and try again.

• Version History
◊  2.0.4 - Moved to the ALM Free package, updated documentation.
◊  2.0.3 - Added pictures and a contents menu to the online documentation.
◊  2.0.2 - Cleaned up the code and updated documentation.
◊  2.01 - Recompiled with latest version of the compiler and updated documentation.
◊  2.0 - Fixed a few bugs for Owen W. Linzmayer and his new book.
◊  1.02 - Too many holes could make the Finder go into an endless "Error 25" loop (not enough memory), so both the number and size upper limits have been lowered.
◊  1.01 - The windows are now updated correctly when a hole is moved or killed, and the Control Panel knows whether Blood is installed or not.
◊  1.0 - First public release.

• Distribution
◊  This software is ©1992-96 Alessandro Levi Montalcini. It can be freely distributed as long as it is not modified and there’s no charge for it, but it may not be included in any commercial package without my consent.
◊  All online services and bulletin boards may make it available to their users at no charge other than the normal connection fees.
◊  All non-profit user groups may distribute it at no charge.
◊  All magazines may publish it on floppy disk or CD-ROM without asking me first, as long as I get a copy of the issue containing my software.
◊  All CD-ROM shareware collections and CD-ROM magazines may include it without my prior consent, as long as I get either a copy of the CD-ROM or an offer to buy the CD-ROM at a discounted price.
◊  All redistribution companies such as Pacific HiTech, AMUG, Celestin or Educorp may distribute it, as long as I get a copy of each media containing my software and a catalog of the company’s offerings (where applicable).
◊  You may find the latest version of all my shareware and freeware programs by anonymous ftp to ftp.alpcom.it, inside the /software/mac/LMontalcini directory. The ALM Share and ALM Free packages, which contain most of my stuff and can be registered at a very low price, are also available there.

• Disclaimer
◊  This software should never cause any damage, but you’re using it at your own risk. As an independent software developer, I can make no warranties whatsoever on it.

• Have fun!
◊  And don’t forget to register your shareware, so that more cool inexpensive utilities can see the light in the future.