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BOB'S EYES PRO.
version 1.3.5 for nearly every macintosh with appropriate system software.
this version fixes bug causing crashes on quadras and a little cosmetic
improvement.
INCREASE MEMORY TO USE THE COLOR PICKER ON 16 AND 24 BIT SCREENS BY 16-32 K.
INTRODUCTION:
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This little application shows several windows (up to eigth) each one with
two eyes looking curiously at your pointer. You can move, resize and zoom
the windows and also change the colors of the eyes. Try to click in a pupil
and be ready to suffer. They'll go to sleep at random times. They are
designed to work in the background under system 6 with MultiFinder on or
System 7 and later. You can save the settings. Useful if you have them as
a startup application.
BACKGROUND:
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It is not an original program : Indeed it is quite an old idea : I have
seen it on a RS/6000 PowerServer, on a NeXT, on a Sun SparcStation and on a
Digital DecStation running Ultrix. Nothing bad, they are superior forms of
life, BUT ..... I HAVE SEEN IT ON A PC UNDER WINDOW 3.0 (where's the fool
that dares use those machines at ITS own risk ? ).
Well, you know the menu bar Eyeballs , but they aren't the same (great
thing, though, i kept it (them?) for months till i started using
multifinder, then they started looking at me with less attention).
So I decided: my first Mac application shall be THAT kind of nice eyes
looking at you. ( or Staring at You ? ).
And I decided to put more options in this version than the others have ( it
had to run an a Mac, folks, it had to be somewhat better! ).
I am proud of the fact that everybody i know considers it the best eyes
program available for any computer.(when they could compare).
They also told me that writing it has been probably the most exotic way
to waste my time.
I don't agree with them. I love the postcards i have received.
There may still be some small bugs to fix but I don't know them , let me
know if you discover any : the application is quite solid as it is and it
doesn't take too much time to the other applications, nor crashes the system
AT LEAST ON THE FOLLOWING CONFIGURATIONS
- IIsi with 7.0.1-tuneup 1.1.1, 32-bit and VM on;
- II , sys 7.0 , mode32 , 24 and 32 bit mode.
- LC , sys 7.0 , 24 bit.
- LC II , sys 7.0.1 with tune-up 1.1. 32 bit.
- SE/30, sys 7.0 w/ tuneup 1.1, 5 megs physical, 8 megs virtual, 24 bit.
- Classic II,
- IIfx , sys 7.0.1. 32 bit.
- on a IIci running A/UX 3.0; (gee)
- Quadra 900, sys 7.0.1-T1, 20 megs ram. (gee)
a problem af the machine freezing on a SE/30 with external RGB 13'' display
has been reported. I will work around that, when I have occasion to debug
on such a machine. (or earlier if i am very lucky...). Couldn't test yet on
a NuTek Macintosh clone.
The code is 32bit clean. It runs on bw classics or on color macs with 32bit
quickdraw.
THE PRESENT:
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Thank you Wally, from Hampton, Virginia: You've been the first one to send
me a postcard that this tiny app (v 4.3) worked fine on a IIci with two
monitors attached and with different screen depths. I hope this is the
general case ( with the mac you never know ). Thanks also to Earl Williams
that asked me to write a bw capable version. I rushed immediately to write
it. I feel a need to support potential 'customers'. He then sent me a
postcard. May your marriage be among the happiest, Earl.
Thanks also to Wally, Wang Touhming, Mike Diggles, Fred Nick ,Zikif Hamdy,
and to my brother in Christ Ari Kontiainen from Finland, who sent postcards.
Thanks to Angelo Caruso who sent a postcard even if my app didn't work on
his system (SE/30 with RGB 13", see above).
< Italian On >
Me la segno al dito, Angelo, farò di tutto affinchè questo problema sia risolto.
< Italian Off >
DISCLAIMER:
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THE AUTHOR MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE
SOFTWARE APPLICATION ``BOB'S EYES PRO''. THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
OF ANY DAMAGE, OR WORK LOST, YOU MAY HAVE WHEN USING THIS SOFTWARE, DUE
TO USE, MISUSE AND ABUSE. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION
EXCEPT IN ONLY ONE WAY: THAT IS ADDING/REMOVING SOUNDS. DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE
MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE.
DON'T DISTRIBUTE IT WITHOUT THIS TEXT DOCUMENT.
YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO PASS ``BOB'S EYES PRO'' VERSION 1.3.5 TO
EVERYBODY, TO UPLOAD IT TO ON-LINE SERVICES, BUT ONLY IF THESE ARE NON-PROFIT.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INCLUDE IT IN COLLECTIONS OF PD AND SHAREWARE
WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR. AGAIN, ORGANIZATIONS WHO
COMPILE SUCH COLLECTIONS FOR PROFIT WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE IT.
THAT MEANS YOU, EDUCORP.
THIS LITTLE APPLICATION IS POSTCARD-WARE: THAT IS IF YOU LIKE IT AND
DECIDE TO KEEP IT YOU ARE MORALLY OBLIGED TO SEND A POSTCARD ( A ONE YOU
LIKE OF COURSE , OF YOUR HOMETOWN OR OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD , OR THE LAND )
TO THE AUTHOR .
IF YOU WRITE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS I WILL E-MAIL YOU THE LATEST VERSION OF
BOB'S EYES PRO.
OF COURSE YOU CAN SEND E-MAIL TO :
COSSIP@VAXSNS.SNS.IT
IF NOTHING HAPPENS USE THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL ADDRESS :
DANIELI@HP800.BIO.UNIPD.IT
SINCE APRIL I HAVE ALSO A NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS
ARAGORN@ALESSIA.DEI.UNIPD.IT
IF YOU FEEL DESPERATE AND CANNOT GET MAIL MAILED AT ALL TRY
CARACCIO@LIBERTAD.PHYSICS.NYU.EDU
I CHECK THEM REGULARLY FOR E-MAIL.
ANYWAY TRY (AND SEND A POSTCARD =:-)-<-<
MY HOME ADDRESS IS:
ROBERTO AVANZI / VIA LUIGI BALZAN 12 / 45100 ROVIGO / ITALY
Enjoy it !!
Roberto Avanzi
/* Touching a PC makes me feel crawly inside. - Bob LeVitus */
Post Scriptum:
This application is written using Think C 5.0.2 . Congratulations to
Symantec for such a good product. Don't forget to make it ++ , to provide a
decent support in Europe ( we ain't all pirates !!! I BOUGHT IT !!! ) and a
special prize for writers of useless applications ( i want to win !!!! ).
Post Post Scriptum:
"For God so loved the world that He gave his one only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16-NIV)
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HISTORY:
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v 1.3.5 - may 20,1992
Windows zoom now properly with multiple displays, that is in the screen
containing the largest portion of the window.
fixed two minor bugs. probably you have never faced them, and no one crashes
the machine. (they could have caused cosmetic problems)
v 1.3.3 - april 24,1992
Improved Eyes movement when pointer was aligned with centers of pupils.
Moreover the Sleep Menu is disabled when it has to: you cannot choose from
it in the About Box, but you see it dimmed, as it should be.
Reduced the dimension of the code by means of several optimizations by hand.
v 1.3.2 - april 21,1992
On a Quadra version 1.3.1 might crash. Caches ON and OFF too (!). Why ?
The machine froze when quitting. Strange behaviour. Stupid error.
Resources are not normal handles. Do not dispose them. I did. Shame.
v 1.3.1 - april 14,1992 late night
corrected one minor bug in version 1.3: selecting an item from the windows
menu trashed the variable that set how probably the eyes fall asleep.
Cosmetic improvement to the sleep menu.
v 1.3 - april 14,1992 very early in the morning
implemented the sleep menu. released.
If it works fine i will release the sources as shareware.(8 US$, 10,000 lire
italiane or equivalent).
v 1.2 - april 12,1992
not released. Trashed, anyway.
v 1.1b1-v1.1b3 - march 1992, 2nd & 3rd week
separate preferences file in the System Folder under sys 6 or in the
Preferences Folder under sys7. Useful if my app will go on CD-ROM.
v 1.0b1 - march 29,1992
multiple sounds are supported ( up to 8 ) and can be changed ( see help box
in the application ).
A custom WDEF is used, because some people noted that the normal windows
looked bad especially with tiny Eyes. Thanks to Jörg "jbx" Brown, Eric Celeste
and Josh Pritikin for providing the NeXT WDEF. I have modified it, optimised it
and removed the code i didn't need to provide a WDEF for my app. Released.
v .7 - march 10,1992
I implemented my own version of _DeviceLoop ( called myDeviceLoop ) to make
it work also under Sys6 ( I dont know about Sys5 but I am not sure that
it will crash ... ).
v .6.7
I added the use of _DeviceLoop to support multiple monitors with different
screen depths and the 'classic mac' problem. but _DeviceLoop is available
only under Sys 7
v .6
written 30 minutes after .5.9. problems on SE/30.
v .5.9
first try to write a b/w only one. worked immediately.
v .5.2 - february 27,1992
nicer about box.
v .5
changes in the order of processing events in the event loop.
something should be a little less strange.
v .4.3 - november 30,1991
ported to Think C 5.0
v .4.2
first released to the info-mac people. works and gained a postcard.
added simple about box and windows menu. fixed bug when used with sys 6,
without Multifinder and DA's open ( but, tell me, who would ever use this
kind of app in such a context ? anyway, the bug is no longer there. )
v .4
first working one (quite). didn't understand why eyes looked everywhere but
at the mouse, at the first moment.
v .3
first released. only to my friend Chicco. bombs everytime.
v .1 to v .2
crash only versions. never released.
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IF YOU READ UP THIS POINT:
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME !!!!!
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