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WI-9b: Windows Video Utilities
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2852 Video Utilities Small Programs Disk
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BlitFix
Hutchins, Edward
$0
speeds up windowing on large (1024x768) displays by forcing the
CS_BYTEALIGNCLIENT bit on for all top windows.
BlowIt!
Foley, A. Trent
$5
copies a selected area of the Windows screen to the clipboard. It also sends the
copied area to it's own window, where you can stretch or shrink the image to
practically any size you want.
Capture 1.0 (CAPTUR)
Mazurik, Mark
$5
is a handy screen capture utility. It allows you to capture an area of
the screen and save it to a BMP file. You can also capture an icon-sized
image and save it as a Windows icon. A zoom option allows you to view a
file up to 400 times its original size.
DosMono
Expert Decisions
$20
allows you to run DOS applications on a secondary monochrome monitor
under Windows.
Palette
Gamber, Mark
$0
allows you to change the palette of a 16-color or greater VGA adapter.
(Not on this disk. Special order from the 11-93 CD. 48k)
Scroller 1.1 (SCROLLR)
Shapiro, Ken
$20
displays a scrolling message in a window. Any message can be entered in a
command line from a run dialog.
SV800
is a Windows 3.0 driver for a "generic" Super-VGA 800x600 16 color mode. The
card must support the 800x600 mode at the BIOS level.
Switcher 1.02 (SWITCHR)
Salesas, Robert
$0
makes it easy to change video modes without having to go through Setup.
Tweak 3.0 (TWK-VGA)
Puttonen, Jussi
$0
makes it possible to run Windows 3 with 800x600 resolution with some standard
VGA cards. Tweak is a 1k TSR that is loaded before Windows. Assembler source
code is included.
VidSwitch 1.4 (VSW14)
Graphic Impact
$10
learns the settings of your various drivers and allows a quick change from
one video resolution to another. This is much simpler than using Windows
Setup. Requires VBRUN300.
WinRes
Kornechuk, Thom
$10
allows you to easily change resolutions on multi-sync, high resolution, and
dual monitor systems. Data is provided for several popular video cards,
including Video 7, Genoa, Wyse, Trident, Orchid, and ATI.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2852
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3279 Screen Savers Small Programs Disk
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Blank Now 1.5 (BLNKNOW)
Boyd, Craig
$8
allows you to instantly activate the Windows 3.1 screen saver by
clicking on an icon. It also lets you temporarily disable the screen
saver.
Blink Blank! 1.0 (BLINKBL)
Burgstahler, Max
$5
displays a message on your PC while you are away from your desk. It lets you
create up to 99 common messages with estimated return times. Visitors can leave
you messages. Other features include password protection, default lunch
schedules and more. VBRUN is required.
Crazy Balls (CRAZYBL)
Sokolovsky, Vadim
$5
is an entertaining Win31 screen saver module. It displays bouncing colored balls
that endlessly ricochet off each other.
Dancin' Bears (DBEAR)
Feller, Bob
$0
is a screen saver module with a bear that dances across your desktop. Requires
VBRUN200.
Kaleidoscopic Simulation Screen Saver 2.0 (KSSS)
Kelly, Dan
$5
is a screen saver module for Windows 3.1.
Lights Out 1.1 (LIGHTS)
Hamilton, Rodney
$0
is an excellent little screen blanker. It has no frills except the ability to
set delay times between 1 and 20 minutes. A neat little light bulb icon lets you
know if it is on by glowing.
Monitor Saver 2.0b (MONSAV)
Moon Valley Software Inc.
$22
is a screen blanking utility. The delay time is configurable from 1 to 99
minutes. You can have an icon bounce around the screen, an icon with the time, a
moire pattern, or nothing at all.
Movie Time Screen Saver (MTSS)
Starlight Software Co.
$22
is a unique screen saver for Windows 3.1 that can play full-motion AVI
movies. It can also display GIF, PCX, and BMP graphics in a slideshow
fashion. It can be customized with passwords, and sound can be toggled
on and off. (Requires Microsoft video drivers for AVI animation.)
Save Screen Now! (SAVENOW)
Data Arts
$5
this little utility runs as an icon and lets you invoke the Windows 3.1 screen
saver by simply double-clicking on it. It has a stay-on-top option to make it
visible when you are running full-screen applications.
SpaceFish (SPACEF)
Groetzinger, C.
$0
is a set of space craft displays for use with the popular screen saver
FISH!
SS 1.5
Wheeler, Tom
$0
is a nice little screen saving utility. Delay times can be set between 1 and 999
minutes. An icon is bounced around the screen until mouse or keyboard movement
is detected. Source code is included.
VidSaver (VIDSAVR)
$0
is a screen saver for Windows 3.1. It displays real time video from the
Video Blaster card by Creative Labs. Requires Video Blaster hardware,
and the Video Blaster MCI overlay driver.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3279
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4401 Screen Savers #2 Small Programs Disk
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After Dark Control Panel Launcher (ADCPL)
New World Software
$0
lets you open the After Dark Control Panel from the Windows 3.1 Control Panel.
This is geared toward users who run AD with no desktop icon.
Corporate Logo Screen Saver 1.8 (CORP_SS) 01-94 CD
White, Benjamin
$8
lets you use any BMP graphic file as a Windows 3.1 screen saver. The selected
bitmap will then bounce around the screen at a user-defined speed. There
are also share options for LANs.
Flip
Frazier, R.E.
$0
is a Windows 3.1 screen saver that flips your video like a television in
desperate need of a vertical hold adjustment.
Harry's Screen Blanker 3.15 (HSBLANK)
Snyder, Harry C.
$10
is a customizable screen saver with password security built in. You can modify
colors, line frequency, composition, and delay time. It will blank the screen
if a DOS program is iconized and active, but won't blank a full screen DOS
window. Several different screen blankers are provided, and it will tell you
how many times someone tried to enter in a password to unblank the screen.
Hot Spot! 1.0c (HOTSPOT)
LMDC
$4-$15
lets you instantly start or disable the Windows 3.1 screen saver by moving the
mouse cursor to a specified corner of the screen. This corrects an odd oversight
on the part of Microsoft (screen savers normally have this feature built in).
Kaleidescope (KALEID)
Frazier, R.E.
$0
is a colorful screen saver module for Windows 3.1.
Marquee Selector 1.0 (MARKEY)
Worley, Tim
$0
lets you store and retrieve up to 25 different messages for the Windows 3.1
Marquee screen saver. Three default messages are also available at the click of
a button. It also allows you to blank the screen immediately after selecting a
new message.
RandScrn 1.0 (RNDSCRN)
Feinleib, David A.
$16
allows Windows 3.1 to pick a screen saver at random. It can also be configured
to automatically change to another screen saver after a certain number of
seconds. The program allows you to create a "play list" of screen savers you
want to be selected randomly, and lets you select which directory you want to
store your screen savers in. It also allows you to select corners of the screen
to which the mouse cursor can be moved to make the screen savers active or
inactive.
SaveNow
Data Arts
$5
lets you activate the Windows 3.1 screen saver by simply moving the mouse cursor
to the upper left corner of the screen.
Screenplay 1.1 (SCRPLAY)
Kamyan Software
$15
is a spectacular screen saver. It includes several excellent preset displays,
but also provides a variety of controls to allow you to design your own. You
can optionally use it as animated wallpaper (ie: displays in the background
behind your windows and icons), or display screen designs in tiled format. A
hotkey allows you to captur