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Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 for DOS
Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 NEW FEATURES
2.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3.0 INSTALLATION
3.1 ADDING SCREEN SCENES TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE
4.0 USING SCREEN SCENES v3.3 FOR DOS
4.1 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
4.2 HOTKEYS
4.2.1 CREATING CUSTOM HOTKEYS
4.3 MENU OPTIONS
5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
6.0 THE SCENES OF SCREEN SCENES v3.3
7.0 CHANGES SINCE v3.0
8.0 HOW TO CONTACT US
9.0 CUSTOM PROGRAMMING
10.0 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
11.0 OTHER DESERT FROG PRODUCTS
11.1 FRACTAL MANIA
11.2 SHOWLOGO
12.0 REGISTRATION AND SITE LICENSES
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 for DOS (Screen Scenes) is
the latest in a line of sophisticated DOS screen savers from
Desert Frog Software. Unlike most other DOS screen savers,
Screen Scenes does something fun when it blanks the screen.
Screen Scenes provides 29 (16 if you don't have a VGA
system) different scenes for your enjoyment. The wide range
of scenes includes a kaleidoscope, an aquarium full of Crazy
Fish, the long-awaited hopping frog scene and a set of wild
256-color palette-animated fractals!
Screen Scenes v3.3 is easy to control and customize. Each
scene can be enabled, disabled or demonstrated individually.
The length of time to delay before popping up can be set to
between 1 and 60 minutes. All the scenes can be password
protected, preventing unauthorized use of your PC. You can
leave multi-line messages on the screen or hit the "instant-
on" key if the boss walks by at an inconvenient time.
Screen Scenes looks at the keyboard, mouse and printer to
decide when it should pop up. This means that it will not
pop up when you are entering data or printing.
1.1 NEW FEATURES
The following new features have been added to Desert Frog
Screen Scenes since version 3.0.
1) Microsoft Windows detection. Prevents interference
with Windows by not popping up when Windows is active.
2) Super VGA mode blanking. Screen Scenes now detects
when the system is in a Super VGA mode and blanks the
screen. Password protection is not active when the
screen is blanked, but the video display is restored
properly.
3) Comm port activity detection. Screen Scenes now
detects when a communication program has taken control
of the Comm ports and blanks the screen instead of
popping up graphics. Doing this allows
telecommunication sessions to continue without
interruption. Password protection is not active when
the screen is blanked.
4) VGA video forcing. The user can force Screen Scenes to
run in VGA mode. Screen Scenes cannot always detect
that you have a VGA video system. Using this command
line option forces Screen Scenes to run in VGA. DO NOT
use this command if you do not have a VGA video system.
2.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Desert Frog Screen Scenes for DOS v3.3 requires a hard disk
and a color CGA, EGA or VGA video card and monitor.
Grayscale VGA monitors are also supported. Expanded memory
is recommended but not required. The program works with DOS
versions 2.0 to 5.0 and is compatible with Microsoft and
Logitech mice. OS/2 and Geoworks are NOT supported (see
below for coexistence with unsupported programs).
Screen Scenes requires 420K of available RAM during
installation and removal from memory. Screen Scenes also
requires 1,750K of space on your hard disk or 1,000K on your
hard disk and 830K available EMS memory. Screen Scenes
occupies less than 7K of RAM when waiting to pop up.
3.0 INSTALLATION
Screen Scenes is easy to install. Copy the file SS33D.EXE
from the distribution disk onto your hard disk. Once
SS33D.EXE is copied to the hard disk, log into the directory
containing it and run SS33D. SS33D.EXE is actually a self-
extracting archive created using LHA.EXE v2.13, a freeware
archiving package. When you run SS33D it extracts all the
files which make up Screen Scenes. Once you have run
SS33D.EXE you can delete it from your hard disk.
The following set of commands creates a directory called
DFSS on the C: drive, copies SS33D.EXE into this directory
from the distribution disk in the A: drive, extracts all the
Screen Scenes files and deletes SS33D.EXE from the C:\DFSS
directory:
C:
MD DFSS
CD DFSS
COPY A:\SS33D.EXE
SS33D
DEL SS33D.EXE
The Screen Scenes program itself is called SCRSCENE.EXE. To
run it enter the path and file name as shown below (assuming
that Screen Scenes is installed in a directory called DFSS
on your C: drive):
C:\DFSS\SCRSCENE
Using the full path as shown above guarantees that Screen
Scenes can find it's files when trying to pop up.
3.1 ADDING SCREEN SCENES TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE
The best way to use Screen Scenes is to add it to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This file is basically a list of
commands that are performed each time you turn on your PC.
By adding Screen Scenes to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you will
save yourself from having to run it manually.
Screen Scenes should be loaded after any network drivers or
communication programs or other programs that receive real-
time messages. Screen Scenes should also be loaded after
multitasking software like DesqView or OmniView. Finally,
Screen Scenes should be loaded before any DOS Shell or menu
programs.
As an example, assume you have installed Screen Scenes in
the C:\DFSS directory. You would then add the following
line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
C:\DFSS\SCRSCENE
Do NOT add this line to your PATH statement. It should be a
separate line.
Using the full path as shown above guarantees that Screen
Scenes can find it's files when trying to pop up.
The next time you reboot or power up the system, Screen
Scenes will be automatically loaded and ready to save your
screen.
4.0 USING SCREEN SCENES FOR DOS v3.3
Screen Scenes has a wealth of options, allowing you to
customize the program for your system and personal style.
When you run the program, you can set one or more command
line options. Once the program is installed in memory, you
can use the menu system or the hotkeys to further control
the operation of the program. You can also just run the
program without using any of the options. In the vast
majority of cases everything will work perfectly without any
further effort on your part.
4.1 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
Screen Scenes can accept various commands when it is run
from the DOS prompt. There are two types of command line
options. One type controls how Screen Scenes configures
itself. This type is entered when Screen Scenes is first
run, and the configurations they set do not change while the
program is in memory. The other type commands Screen Scenes
to do something now. These only work when Screen Scenes is
already active.
The following are command line options. They are entered
like this: SCRSCENE /D /S C:\DFSS. This set of options
tells Screen Scenes to always swap to the disk and to put
its swap files in the DFSS directory on the C: drive.
The command line options are:
/D force disk swapping. Allows you to prevent
Screen Scenes from using expanded memory. You
would want to choose this option if you need to
reserve the expanded memory for another program,
or if you have an extended memory RAM disk that
you would like to use for the Screen Scenes swap
files.
/G go to sleep. Allows the user to prevent Screen
Scenes from popping up automatically. It is no
longer necessary to use this command when running
your telecommunication software. Also useful if
Screen Scenes causes problems when popping up
over a particular program. Use this command line
option when Screen Scenes is already active.
/H hexkey specify TSR hotkey in hexadecimal notation. It
is possible that one of the programs you use may
itself use the default <ALT><.> hotkey for
something. If that is the case you will want to
change the hotkey which activates Screen Scenes
to something other than <ALT><.>. This option
allows you to do so. Two alternate hotkeys are:
<ALT><LeftShift><Z> (enter A2C as the hexkey) and
<ALT><TAB> (enter 80F as the hexkey). See
section 4.2.1 CREATING CUSTOM HOTKEYS for
instructions on creating hotkeys other than those
shown above.
/M disable swapping messages. Screen Scenes
normally displays a message when swapping itself
to and from the hard disk. If you don't want the
message displayed, select this option.
/N no mouse detection before popping up. The Screen
Scenes mouse motion detection routine may
conflict with some programs. Use this option to
disable the mouse detection in case of conflicts.
/S path specify drive and directory for swap files. When
swapping itself to the disk, Screen Scenes
normally puts it's swap files in the C:\
directory. If you want them stored somewhere
else, use this option to enter the drive and
directory to use. Use this command to change the
drive to one that has more space if you see a
message like "Swap path invalid or insufficient
swap space" when you run SCRSCENE.EXE.
/U unload Screen Scenes. Removes Screen Scenes from
memory. This will not be possible if another TSR
program has been loaded after Screen Scenes.
Screen Scenes will provide a message on the
screen telling whether or not it was successfully
unloaded. Use this command line option when
Screen Scenes is already active.
/V force VGA graphics. On some systems Screen
Scenes has trouble detecting that the video card
is VGA compatible. Use this command line option
to force the use of VGA mode, regardless of what
video card the program thinks you have. Use this
option when you first run Screen Scenes (put it
in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file). If you do not have a
VGA system, DO NOT use this command.
/W wake up. Reactivates the Screen Scenes automatic
pop-up code. Use this command when the program
is asleep and you are ready for it to resume it's
automatic function. Use this command line option
when Screen Scenes is already active.
/? show these command line options. Use this
command line option when Screen Scenes is already
active.
4.2 HOTKEYS
Hotkeys are commands to Screen Scenes that can be used at
any time, including while another program is running! Each
hotkey is actually a pair of keys depressed simultaneously.
Hotkeys are shown like this in the descriptions that follow:
<ALT><.> This means to depress the ALT and the . keys
simultaneously. It is called the Alt-Period
hotkey.
<ALT><,> Alt-Comma is the "Instant-on" hotkey. When
pressed, this hotkey tells Screen Scenes to
immediately display a scene. If Screen Scenes is
swapping to disk it will actually take several
seconds for the scene to appear. If Screen
Scenes is popping up over a graphics-mode program
there will be an additional delay while Screen
Scenes stores the contents of video RAM on the
hard disk. The advantage of using this hotkey
is that it lets you bypass the menu system if you
just need a scene on the screen right now.
Alt-Comma is not active when the Main Menu is
active, a scene is visible on the screen, or for
several seconds after a scene has been
deactivated.
<ALT><.> Alt-Period activates the Main Menu. For details
about the use of the Main Menu see section 4.3.
Alt-Period is not active when the Main Menu is
already visible or when a scene is visible on the
screen.
<ALT><;> Alt-Semicolon tells Screen Scenes to go to sleep.
This hotkey is useful when you don't want Screen
Scenes to pop up automatically. It is no longer
necessary to use this hotkey during
telecommunication sessions. It is also useful if
Screen Scenes causes problems when popping up
over a particular program. For situations where
you know you will always want Screen Scenes to
sleep, you are better off using the command line
switches in a batch file as described in section
4.1.
<ALT><'> Alt-Single Quote tells Screen Scenes to wake up.
This hotkey reactivates the Screen Scenes
automatic pop-up code. Use this command when the
program is asleep and you are ready for it to
resume it's automatic function. There is an
equivalent command line switch that can be used
in a batch file (see section 4.1).
4.2.1 CREATING CUSTOM HOTKEYS
A hotkey is a combination of a normal key and one of the
special keys left shift, right shift, control or alt. These
keys are pressed simultaneously and signal Screen Scenes to
do something. Hotkeys can be used at any time that Screen
Scenes is installed in memory, regardless of what program is
active. This can lead to conflicts between Screen Scenes
and the active program when both use a particular key
combination.
Custom hotkeys can be defined to use in place of the
<ALT><.> hotkey normally used by Screen Scenes to pop up the
main menu. Two alternate hotkeys are <ALT><LeftShift><Z>
and <ALT><TAB>. The hotkey is changed using the /H command
line option (see section 4.1 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS for
details on using this option).
If you want or need to create a custom hotkey different from
those shown above, you need to follow the procedure detailed
below. This procedure creates a custom hexcode:
First, determine which special key you will use. The first
character of your new hexcode is determined by the special
keys as follows:
Special Key Code
<LeftShift> 2
<RightShift> 1
<ALT> 8
<CTRL> 4
Second, determine the alphanumeric key you will use. The
second and third characters of the new hexcode are
determined by the key you choose. The table below shows
some normal keys and their codes.
Key Code Key Code Key Code
<1> 02 <2> 03 <3> 04
<4> 05 <5> 06 <6> 07
<7> 08 <8> 09 <9> 0A
<0> 0B <A> 1E <B> 30
<C> 2E <D> 20 <E> 12
<F> 21 <G> 22 <H> 23
<I> 17 <J> 24 <K> 25
<L> 26 <M> 32 <N> 31
<O> 18 <P> 19 <Q> 10
<R> 13 <S> 1F <T> 14
<U> 16 <V> 2F <W> 11
<X> 2D <Y> 15 <Z> 2C
Third, combine the codes generated in the first two steps to
create a new hexcode. For example, suppose you choose the
key combination of <CTRL><N> as your new hotkey. Using the
tables above you would determine that the new hexcode to use
to make the hotkey <CTRL><N> is 431. Other custom hotkeys
are determined similarly.
4.3 MENU OPTIONS
The Screen Scenes main menu can be activated by pressing
<ALT><.> (Alt-Period) once Screen Scenes is installed. The
menu provides information about the program and allows the
user to configure the program to his or her taste. The main
menu is also the place to create a message to leave on the
screen. The menu options are:
About - Provides information about this version of Screen
Scenes as well as information about other Desert Frog
Software products. This screen also acknowledges the Stone
Soup Group, authors of the program FRACTINT. FRACTINT was
used to generate all the fractal scenes. Press a key to
exit this screen.
Exit - Exit the main menu. Returns you to the DOS prompt or
to whatever program was running when you hit <ALT><.>.
Configure - Allows the user to modify the operation of
Screen Scenes. Sets the number of minutes to delay before
popping up, enables/disables the main menu sound effects,
enables/disables password protection (see Password below)
and enables/disables borders on those scenes which support
them. Press <CTRL><ENTER> when done modifying these
parameters.
To move the highlight down the list press ENTER, the Down
arrow, TAB or Page Down. To move up the list press the Up
Arrow, Shift TAB or Page Up. Note that the mouse is not
enabled when the configure screen is active.
Select Scenes - Provides a scrolling list of the available
scenes. Scenes are enabled (eligible to pop up) when there
is a check mark to the left of the scene name. The
currently selected scene is highlighted. The currently
selected scene can be enabled, disabled or demonstrated.
When a demonstration is being run, the screen will appear
exactly the way it would if the scene were popped up.
Moving the mouse or pressing a key ends the demonstration.
A list of currently enabled scenes is saved whenever you
exit the scene list.
Keyboard Control - To move the highlight down through the
list you can use the Down Arrow, Right Arrow or Page Down
keys. To move the highlight up through the list use the Up
Arrow, Right Arrow or Page Up keys. Pressing the Space Bar
toggles the highlighted scene between the enabled and
disabled states. To run a demonstration of the highlighted
scene press the Enter key. Press any key to exit the
demonstration. Press the Escape key to exit the scene list
and return to the Main Menu.
Mouse Control - To highlight a scene move the mouse cursor
(a red block with a white triangle in it) over the name of
the scene you wish to highlight and click the left mouse
button. To enable or disable the highlighted scene, click
the left mouse button while the mouse cursor is on the
highlighted scene name. Repeated clicking of the left
button toggles the highlighted scene between enabled and
disabled. To view a demonstration of a scene, highlight the
scene name then click the right mouse button. To end the
demonstration move the mouse or click either mouse button.
Along the right-hand side of the scene list is a vertical
bar with an arrow facing up at the top of the bar and one
facing down at the bottom. This is the scroll bar. To move
the highlight down through the scene list place the mouse
cursor over the downward facing arrow on the scroll bar and
click the left mouse button. Repeated clicking will move
the highlight to the end of the visible list of scenes and
will scroll the list to display scene names that are not
currently visible.
To move the highlight up through the scene list place the
mouse cursor over the upward facing arrow on the scroll bar
and click the left mouse button. Repeated clicking will
move the highlight to the top of the visible list of scenes
and will scroll the list to display scene names that are not
currently visible.
It is also possible to move through the list by placing the
mouse cursor on the scroll bar itself and clicking the left
button. If you place the mouse cursor at the top of the
scroll bar and click, the highlight will be moved to the top
of the list of scenes. If you place the mouse cursor at the
bottom of the scroll bar and click, the highlight will be
moved to the end of the list of scenes. If you place the
mouse cursor in the middle of the scroll bar and click, the
highlight will be moved to the middle of the list of scenes.
Note that the scroll bar represents the entire list of
scenes and not just those that are visible at the moment.
Password - Allows the user to enter a password for use with
all the scenes. When password protection is enabled (see
Configuration above) and a scene is active, the PC will
remain locked with the scene active until the proper
password is entered or the PC is turned off or otherwise
rebooted.
When typing your password, the characters you type will be
replaced by asterisks (*) on the screen so that no one can
see what you have typed. When finished entering the
password, press Control-Enter <CTRL><ENTER>. You will then
be asked to reenter the password to confirm it. The
password must be 20 characters or less. Your password is
encrypted and saved with the other configuration data when
you exit the password screen. It is not necessary to enter
your password every time you turn on the computer, the
password you select remains in force until you enter a new
one.
Leave a Message - Allows you to leave a message on the
screen containing up to 5 lines of 35 characters. Just type
your message into the space provided on the message screen.
Most editing keys (Arrows, Insert, Delete, etc.) are
functional but automatic word-wrap is not provided. Each
line of the message is automatically centered. Password
protection is active for messages if it has been selected on
the configuration screen.
5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 for DOS is a Terminate and
Stay Resident (TSR) program. MS-DOS was not designed as a
multitasking environment, so there is always a chance of
conflicts between the resident program and the normal
application running at the time. Try the suggestions listed
here if you have a conflict between Screen Scenes and
another program.
Problem: Screen Scenes pops up when I am running program X
and messes it up.
Solution: Use the /G command line option to make Screen
Scenes go to sleep before running the program and use the /W
command line option to wake it up again once you are done.
A batch file that implements this fix for a program called
ELMER might look like this (if Screen Scenes is in the
C:\DFSS directory):
C:\DFSS\SCRSCENE /G
ELMER
C:\DFSS\SCRSCENE /W
Problem: Program X uses the same hotkey as Screen Scenes.
Solution: Use the /H command line option to set a different
primary hotkey for Screen Scenes.
Problem: Screen Scenes won't pop up unless I am logged into
the directory it is installed in.
Solution: On some systems Screen Scenes has trouble
determining the full path by itself. First, unload Screen
Scenes from memory using the /U command line option. Try
running it again using the full path name. For example if
Screen Scenes is stored on the C: drive in a directory
called DFSS, run the program by entering C:\DFSS\SCRSCENE.
If the program works correctly, you can use the full path
name in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file as well.
Problem: My mouse behaves funny when I run program X with
Screen Scenes installed.
Solution: Use the /N command line option to tell Screen
Scenes not to check the mouse before popping up. With this
option selected, Screen Scenes will pop up if all you are
using is the mouse, but it will immediately stop execution
when you next move the mouse.
Problem: Screen Scenes pops up when I'm doing very long
recalculations with my spreadsheet.
Solution: Put Screen Scenes to sleep using the <ALT><;>
hotkey for very long recalculations.
Problem: Program X runs a lot slower than it used to.
Solution: Program X was probably using expanded memory for
data or overlay storage and now Screen Scenes is using that
memory. Run Screen Scenes with the /D command line option
to force it to use disk space for storing it's overlays
instead of using the expanded memory.
Problem: I get a message like "Swap path invalid or
insufficient swap space" when I try to run Screen Scenes.
Solution: A message like this means one of two things. The
first possibility is that you do not have a C: drive. When
Screen Scenes needs to store it's swap files, it tries to
store them in the C:\ directory. In this case you need to
specify another drive using the /S command line option.
The second possibility is that your C: drive does not have
enough memory to hold the Screen Scenes swap files. Screen
Scenes requires as much as 1750K of hard disk space to hold
all it's files. Delete some old files from your hard disk
or use the /S command line option to specify a different
drive to hold the swap files.
Problem: Screen Scenes works fine with all my programs
except program X, which uses a DOS extender. If it pops up
when program X is running, the system crashes.
Solution: Screen Scenes is incompatible with some DOS
extenders, in particular the one from Phar Lap. Either
activate this program with a batch file that puts Screen
Scenes to sleep or manually put it to sleep before
activating program X.
Problem: When Screen Scenes pops up over program X, which is
a graphics mode program, the screen doesn't get restored
properly after Screen Scenes is done.
Solution: Screen Scenes needs up to 195K of hard disk space
to store the contents of the video card's memory when
popping up over graphics mode programs. If there isn't
enough hard disk space to store this information, the screen
will not be restored properly. Provide some additional
space on the hard disk for Screen Scenes to store this
information.
It is also possible that program X is using a non-standard
video mode which Screen Scenes does not recognize. Try
running program X in a different video mode or put Screen
Scenes to sleep when running program X.
Problem: I can't get Screen Scenes to run on my machine, but
SideKick works fine.
Solution: SideKick can cause problems for other TSRs.
Screen Scenes tries to neutralize the problems but is not
always able to do so. When it cannot, it won't load after
SideKick. To resolve this problem you can try loading
Screen Scenes into memory before SideKick. This may work
fine. Screen Scenes should work just fine with
SideKickPlus.
6.0 THE SCENES OF SCREEN SCENES v3.3
The following three tables contain the names of the scenes
and short descriptions of them. The first table contains
the scenes which will run on any supported video system
(CGA, EGA or VGA color systems). The second table contains
normal scenes that will only run on VGA systems. The third
table contains the fractals. The fractals were generated
using FRACTINT, a program by the Stone Soup Group. A VGA
system is required to run the fractal scenes.
NOTE: The names of some of the fractal scenes shown on the
menu are dim and cannot be selected. These are the scenes
that come on the Additional Fractal Scenes disk. See
section 12.0 REGISTRATION AND SITE LICENSES for details.
Table 1: Scenes which run on CGA, EGA or VGA
Blocks - Fills the screen with colored blocks in up to
640x480 resolution.
Patchwork - Colored trails fill the screen leaving an
ever-changing assortment of random patterns.
K - A large QIX-like creature roams the screen. K
cycles through the range of colors supported by your
particular video system.
Melt Away - Your text melts down the screen and
disappears.
Circles 1 - The original Circles scene from Screen
Scenes v2.X. Fills the screen with colorful circles
in up to 640x480 resolution.
Circles 2 - Fills the screen with colorful circles
nested within other circles.
Circles 3 - A stream of multicolored circles bounces
around the screen yielding a 3-D effect.
The Spiral - Radiating lines spiral into and out of
the center of the screen, repainting the pattern as
they go.
Box Bounce - A creature made up of hollow boxes
careens madly about the screen.
Digital Clock - A moving display of the current time.
Fission - Your text explodes character by character.
Lines - 2 QIX-like creatures dash around the screen,
changing colors as they go.
Triangles - Fills the screen with colorful triangles
in up to 640x480 resolution.
Beams - Colored beams randomly streak out from a
central point. Suddenly the screen blanks and it
starts anew from another location.
MC Escher - A continually changing geometric pattern
that is reminiscent of an Escher print.
X-It - Look for the pattern that is eventually
created.
Table 2: Scenes which require VGA
Kaleidoscope - Creates ever changing kaleidoscopic
patterns.
Ladybugs - You can honestly tell people your system is
buggy when you run this scene.
Crazy Fish - Our version of an aquarium. It is
populated with fish the likes of which no one has ever
seen.
Desert Frogs - Watch our namesake catch her dinner
while changing her colors like a chameleon.
Table 3: Fractals
No specific description is given for these scenes.
Their names are just what they reminded us of when we
saw them in action.
Python Whirlpool Starburst
Paisley Spider Web Chainlink
Plasma Galaxy Petals
7.0 CHANGES SINCE v3.0
o No longer interferes with Microsoft Windows
o Blanks SVGA video and restores the screen correctly
o Blanks when comm software takes control of the comm
ports
o Allows you to force VGA video mode
8.0 HOW TO CONTACT US
There are three good ways to contact Desert Frog Software.
They are:
Phone: (602) 843-0183
U.S. Mail: Desert Frog Software
P.O. Box 10413
Glendale, AZ 85318-0413
CompuServe: 70641,1102
Address your questions to Bill Mann.
9.0 CUSTOM PROGRAMMING
Desert Frog Software provides custom programming services.
We specialize in graphically-oriented applications for DOS
and Windows and provide a high-quality scanning service.
Custom versions of this program are also available.
To discuss your project contact Bill Mann at (602) 843-0183.
We are located in Arizona, which is always on Mountain
Standard Time. Our time is two or three hours earlier than
on the East Coast and the same time as, or one hour later
than, the West Coast, depending on time of year.
10.0 TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Desert Frog Software provides free technical support to
users of our products. Please see section 8.0 HOW TO
CONTACT US.
11.0 OTHER DESERT FROG PRODUCTS
Desert Frog Software has produced some other screen saver
programs you may be interested in. Our goal is to provide
both the home and business user with screen saving coverage
across DOS and Windows. To that end we have created DOS and
Windows versions of ShowLogo, our business-oriented screen
saver. We intend to create Windows versions of Screen
Scenes and Fractal Mania when time permits.
11.1 FRACTAL MANIA
Fractal Mania is a screen saver designed for fractal lovers.
It displays only 256-color, palette-animated fractal scenes.
Fractal Mania can support up to 100 different fractal
scenes! Twenty additional scenes are currently available.
Fractal Mania requires a VGA video system.
11.2 SHOWLOGO
ShowLogo is a business-oriented screen saver. Both DOS and
Windows versions are now available. Instead of the wild
graphics that are displayed by Screen Scenes, ShowLogo
displays a scanned or painted image in the popular .PCX
format. ShowLogo allows you to display your own scanned or
painted image, or you may have your image professionally
scanned by Desert Frog Software. ShowLogo also allows the
user to lock the system or leave a message. VGA and a hard
disk are required. The DOS and Windows versions share
configuration files so the settings you make in DOS carry
across to Windows and vice versa. Please contact Desert
Frog Software directly for more information.
12.0 REGISTRATION AND SITE LICENSES
Please use the registration information for your country or
region. If your location is not listed, use the US
registration information.
All registered users receive the latest version of Desert
Frog Screen Scenes, a printed manual, technical support,
upgrade notices and reduced prices on upgrades.
Discounted site licenses are available for all Desert Frog
products. See section 8.0 for information on how to contact
us directly.
US REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The registration fee for Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 is
$20.00 plus shipping and handling.
Desert Frog Software
Screen Scenes Order Desk
P.O. Box 10413
Glendale, AZ 85318-0413
All checks/money orders must be in US funds and drawn on a
US bank.
US REGISTRATION FORM
Name ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
City _____________________________ State ________________
Zip Code ______________ Telephone Number __________________
Specify Disk Format: [ ] 3.5" [ ] 5.25"
Shipping/Handling
Quantity Price US Non-US Total
____ Screen Scenes v3.3 $20.00 $3.00 $5.00 _____
Subtotal _____
Arizona residents add sales tax _____
Total _____
If you don't mind answering a question, where did you get
this copy of Desert Frog Screen Scenes?
___________________________________________________________
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The registration fee for Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 is
$35.00 Australian. This includes shipping and handling.
Orders can be placed with:
BUDGETWARE
P.O. Box 496
Newtown NSW 2042
AUSTRALIA
Phone (02) 519-4233 Int'l +61 2 5194233
Fax (02) 516-4236 Int'l +61 2 5164236
BUDGETWARE accepts cheques, money orders, BANKCARD, VISA and
MASTERCARD.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND REGISTRATION FORM
Name ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
City _____________________________ State ________________
Zip Code ______________ Telephone Number __________________
Specify Disk Format: [ ] 3.5" [ ] 5.25"
Quantity Price Total
____ Screen Scenes v3.3 $35.00 Australian _____
Total _____
EUROPEAN REGISTRATION INFORMATION
BRITAIN, IRELAND and SCANDINAVIA:
The registration fee for Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 is
17 Pounds Sterling. This includes shipping and handling.
Send your registration to:
Hillfoots Data Services
Mains House
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
FK13 6PQ, UK
Other than BRITAIN, IRELAND and SCANDINAVIA:
The registration fee for Desert Frog Screen Scenes v3.3 is
DM 50. This includes shipping and handling.
Send your registration to:
Credit Suisse
CH-3800
Interlaken, Switzerland
0367-206054-50
Abegglen Heinz
EUROPEAN REGISTRATION FORM
Name ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________
Specify Disk Format: [ ] 3.5" [ ] 5.25"
Quantity Price per copy Total
____ Screen Scenes v3.3 17 Pounds Sterling _____
DM 50 _____
Total _____
