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*TICKER ABOUT,A
Ticker
Version 1.1.3
(c) 1992 by Management Systems Group
TICKER was created to provide you hours of mindless entertainment in
in preference to doing actual work. It is easy to use. All you have to
do is to set up the configuration as you desire once. Ticker will save this
configuration and restore it each time the program is run.
Key Function
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'a' Displays this screen
'd' Load new database
'o' Change options
'c' Change active categories
'j' or ENTER Advance ticker
ESC Leave current function
F1 Context-sensitive help (press when in doubt)
'q' Quit Ticker
Ticker is a shareware program. If you use and enjoy Ticker, we ask that
you send $15 to the following address to support our work:
Management Systems Group
P.O. Box 768
Havertown, PA 19146
Have fun!
*ACTIVE CATS,A
Use this screen to choose those categories which are active. Active
categories will have items chosen from them and displayed, while
inactive ones will be ignored. Use a 'Y' to make a category active, and
a 'N' to make it inactive. At least one category must be active at all
times.
*OPT MAIN,A
Use this screen to set the options of ticker.
*OPT AUTO,A
When this function is selected, the display will advance to the next
text item in the database automatically, delaying the number of seconds
given in the following item.
*OPT WAIT,A
This gives the number of seconds to pause before advancing to the next
item in the database. For this option to be functional, the AUTO option above
must also be selected.
*OPT WIDTH,A
This gives the width of the window to be displayed, in characters.
*OPT HEIGHT,A
This gives the heigth of the window to be displayed, in characters.
*OPT DIR,A
This gives the direction in which the database is to be traversed, either
forward or backward.
*DATABASE CL,A
Select the database you wish to load and press ENTER.