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ShowLogo v1.0 Copyright 1991 Desert Frog Software
INTRODUCTION
ShowLogo is a screen saver for your PC. Once installed, it
monitors your keyboard, mouse and parallel ports, looking
for activity. If there is no activity after a user-
definable period ShowLogo saves whatever is on the screen
currently and displays a logo or some other image. ShowLogo
can also be activated by pressing specific combinations of
keys (known as hotkeys). Depending on the hotkey selected,
the program can display a multi-line message, lock your
computer, go to sleep, wake up or display your logo.
Numerous command-line options allow precise control.
ShowLogo supports 25, 43 and 50 line color displays as well
as the standard EGA and VGA color graphics modes.
ShowLogo occupies only 6.8K of RAM once installed. The rest
of the program is swapped to either expanded memory or the
hard disk.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
ShowLogo requires a hard disk and a COLOR VGA video system.
Expanded memory is recommended but not required. 380K of
free RAM is required during installation and removal of the
program, as well as 850K of disk space or expanded memory.
The program works with DOS versions 3.0 through 5.0 and is
compatible with Microsoft and Logitech mice.
INSTALLATION
To install ShowLogo log onto the drive containing the
ShowLogo disk and type INSTALL.
ADDING SHOWLOGO TO YOUR AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE
If you want ShowLogo to be loaded automatically every time
you power up the computer you need to add it to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The program should be loaded after any
network drivers or communications programs (see COMMAND-LINE
OPTIONS) but before any DOS shell or menu programs. For
example, assume you have installed the program in the
C:\LOGO directory. You would add the following line to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
C:\LOGO\SHOWLOGO
The next time you reboot or power up the system, ShowLogo
will automatically be loaded.
RUNNING SHOWLOGO
Running ShowLogo is easy even if you haven't added it to
your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For example, if you had installed
the program in the C:\LOGO directory, you would type
C:\LOGO\SHOWLOGO to run the program (see Command Line
switches below for details on how to set various options
when you start the program). When you run the program it
will display some information on the screen and return you
to the DOS prompt.
ShowLogo will pop up after the number of minutes you
specified (the default is 2 minutes). You can pop up the
program at any time from within most any text or graphics
mode program by typing Alt-LeftShift-A <ALT><LShft><A>.
This means to hold down either ALT key and the left SHIFT
key while typing an A. This will cause ShowLogo to display
your logo immediately.
To lock the system use the Alt-LeftShift-L <ALT><LShft><L>
hotkey. You will then be asked to enter and confirm a
password. Once the password is confirmed the "system
locked" message will appear and the system will be locked
until you reenter the password or shut off the computer.
To display a message use the Alt-LeftShift-M <ALT><LShft><M>
hotkey. You can enter five lines of 35 characters. When
you have finished typing your message just keep pressing
ENTER until all five lines have been entered. The message
will remain on the screen until you press a key or move the
mouse.
To put the program to sleep, use the Alt-LeftShift-S
<ALT><LShft><S> hotkey (You can also put ShowLogo to sleep
using a command line option). This will prevent ShowLogo
from popping up until it is awakened. You can still pop up
ShowLogo manually.
To wake the program use the Alt-LeftShift-W <ALT><LShft><W>
hotkey (You can also wake ShowLogo using a command line
option). Waking the program allows it to pop up after no
activity.
Allow the program several seconds after you deactivate it
before trying to activate it again. The swapping process
takes a few seconds to complete and the program will ignore
the hotkeys until it is done.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
ShowLogo can accept various commands when it is run from the
DOS prompt. The following list details the command line
options understood by the program. The commands are entered
like this: SHOWLOGO /4 /N LOGONAME.PCX. This set of options
tells ShowLogo to pop up after 4 minutes of inactivity and
to use the logo named LOGONAME.PCX.
The command line options are:
/1..9 Set a delay time of 1 to 9 minutes. The
program will pop up after this number of
minutes with no keyboard, mouse or parallel
port activity.
/D Force disk swapping. Allows you to prevent
the program from using expanded memory. You
would only want to choose this option if you
need to reserve the expanded memory for
another application.
/G Go to sleep. Allows the user to prevent
ShowLogo from popping up automatically. This
is useful to prevent the interruption of
activities that use the serial port (like
downloading files via modem). Also useful if
ShowLogo causes problems when popping up over
a particular program.
/H hexkey Specify the TSR hot key in hex. ShowLogo is
what is known as a Terminate-and-Stay-
Resident (TSR) program. That is why it can
pop up even though you are running another
program. It is possible that one of the
programs you use may itself use <ALT><LShft>
<A>. If that is the case you will want to
change the hot key which activates ShowLogo.
This option allows you to do so. Two
alternative hot keys are: <ALT><LeftShift>
<Z> (enter A2C as the hexkey) and <ALT><TAB>
(enter 80F as the hexkey).
/M Squelch swapping messages. ShowLogo displays
a message when swapping itself to and from
the hard disk. If you don't want the message
displayed, select this option.
/N name Enter the name of the logo file you want to
display. If this option is not used, the
program will display the file called
LOGO.PCX. The logo file must be located in
the same directory as the file SHOWLOGO.EXE.
/S path Specify the drive and directory for swap
files. When swapping itself to the disk,
ShowLogo puts it's swap files in the C:\
directory. If you want them stored somewhere
else enter the drive and directory to use.
/U Unload ShowLogo from memory. This will not
be possible if another TSR program has been
loaded after ShowLogo. A message will be
displayed on the screen telling whether or
not the program was successfully unloaded.
/W Wake up. Reactivates ShowLogo's automatic
pop up code. Use this command when the
program is asleep and you are ready for it to
resume it's automatic function.
/? Show these command line options. This
command does not install ShowLogo in memory,
it merely displays the options.
GENERATING YOUR OWN LOGO FILE
ShowLogo works with images stored using the popular PCX
format. PCX images can be created using PC Paintbrush or
other paint programs that support the format. The program
expects a logo to be created in 640x350 16-color mode.
Logos that are created in this mode but that are smaller
than 640x350 will move about the screen randomly to reduce
the chance of burning-in the monitor. The logo file must be
stored in the same directory as the file SHOWLOGO.EXE.
GETTING YOUR LOGO SCANNED BY DESERT FROG SOFTWARE
Desert Frog Software provides a high quality scanning
service in support of this product. For a $20 fee Desert
Frog will scan and convert a photograph of your logo into a
format usable by ShowLogo. The scanned image can be
replicated and freely used for any purpose and on any number
of PCs.
When submitting a logo for scanning, limit the size of the
source image to 8.5 by 11 inches or less. Specify whether
you want a full-screen logo which does not move, or a
smaller logo which will move around the screen randomly to
reduce the chance of burning-in the phosphors on your
monitor.
CONFLICTS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS
ShowLogo is a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program.
MS-DOS was not designed to support TSRs, so there is always
a chance pf conflicts between the resident program and the
normal application running at the time. Try the suggestions
listed here if you have a conflict between ShowLogo and
another program.
Problem #1: Program X uses the same hotkey as ShowLogo.
Solution: Use the /H command line option to set a different
primary hotkey for ShowLogo.
Problem #2: My mouse behaves funny when I run program X with
ShowLogo installed.
Solution: Put ShowLogo to sleep when running this program.
You can either do it manually using the <ALT><LSHFT><S>
hotkey or by using the /G command line option. A better
solution if you use program X a lot is to create a batch
file to run program X. The first command in the batch file
would be: SHOWLOGO /G (preceeded by the appropriate path).
The next command would be the command necessary to activate
program X. The last command in the batch file would be:
SHOWLOGO /W (again preceeded by the appropriate path). This
would wake ShowLogo so that it could resume it's normal
functions.
Problem #3: ShowLogo pops up when I'm doing very long
recalculations with my spreadsheet.
Solution: Put ShowLogo to sleep using one of the methods
listed in the solution to problem #2.
Problem #4: ShowLogo pops up when I'm downloading files from
a bulletin board and I lose the file and my connection.
Solution: Same as for problems #2 and #3.
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 ShowLogo is using that
memory. Run ShowLogo with the /D command line option to
force it to use disk space for storing it's swap files
instead of using the expanded memory.
REMEMBER: If you make use of this software beyond a
reasonable evaluation period you are expected to pay a
registration fee of $20 to:
Desert Frog Software
P.O. Box 10413
Glendale, AZ 85318
Please make payment by check.
The registration fee entitles a single user to use this
software and to make unlimited backup copies.
When you register you will receive a disk containing a
registered copy of the latest version of ShowLogo and the
latest version of Desert Frog Screen Scenes, a great screen
saver for home or personal use.
Desert Frog Software provides a high quality scanning
service in support of this product. See the section
entitled: "GETTING YOUR LOGO SCANNED BY DESERT FROG
SOFTWARE" for details.
Questions? Call (602) 843-0183 evenings or weekends.
Desert Frog Software disclaims all warranties relating to
this software, whether express or implied.
INVOICE
Remit to: From:
Desert Frog Software ______________________
P.O. Box 10413 ______________________
Glendale, AZ 85318 ______________________
(602) 843-0183 ______________________
Contact Individual:
______________________
______________________
Qty Unit Price* Total
___ ShowLogo v1.0 __________ _______
Disk Type: 5 1/4 ___ 3 1/2 ___
Total = _______
ShowLogo v1.0 has been delivered to and accepted by the
customer. Upon receipt of this paid invoice Desert Frog
Software will provide the customer with a disk containing a
registered copy of the latest version of ShowLogo as well as
the latest version of Desert Frog Screen Scenes. The
customer may provide copies of this software to as many
users as paid for.
* Volume discounts and site license fees are shown below.
# of copies Price per copy
1-10 20.00
11-25 17.00
26-50 14.00
51-100 10.00
An unlimited site license is available for $1000.00. All
prices are in US dollars.
If you don't mind answering a question, can you tell us
where you got this disk?
Friend __ Bulletin Board (which?) _____________________
Catalog (which?) _______________________________________
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