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OCR: STAR BLANKER StarBlanker version 1.00 1989, 1990 Chris Bailey Overview StarBlanker is a screen blanker, pure and simple. It helps you avoid monitor burn-in if you should leave your computer sitting with the same display showing for a specified length of time. It operates in the same manner as most screen blankers operate - if no keyboard or mouse activity is detected for a specific amount of time, the display will do something interesting until you either press a key or move the mouse. When the screen blanks When the timeout expires, instead of just making the screen black like some other screen blankers do, StarBlanker replaces your current display with one of two different scrolling starfields. The starfield will continue to scroll until you either touch a key on the keyboard or move the mouse. To make things interesting, StarBlanker chooses which starfield to blank the screen with at random. Setting the timeout StarBlanker needs one number from you before it can start. It needs to know how many seconds of no activity should cause the starfield display to pop up. If you don't specify a number (as outlined below), StarBlanker will use an internal default of 4 minutes. Startup from either CLI or Workbench is defined below. Note : all timeout values are in seconds. FROM CLI Enter BLANKER and the number of seconds you wish the screen to blank after. For example (pretend you're staring at a CLI window): 1> BLANKER 300 After 5 minutes of no activity, the screen will blank. Starblanker detaches itself from the CLI, so there is no need for RUNBACK or anything else. FROM WORKBENCH There is one TOOLTYPE you can set with the Workbench INFO command. That tooltype is TIMEOUT. For example (pretend you're in Workbench staring at the Info display): TOOL TYPES TIMEOUT=300 If this is entered and StarBlanker is launched from its icon, the screen will blank after 5 minutes of no activity. Further Note : Your timeout can not be less than 10 seconds. If it is, StarBlanker will use the default timeout, which is 4 minutes. The 4 minute timeout also is used if you invoke the program from CLI or Workbench with no command line arguments or Workbench tool types . Killing StarBlanker The easiest way to de-install StarBlanker is to re-activate the program, either from Workbench or from the CLI. StarBlanker will announce that it is removing itself, and free up all memory that it was using . The following hotkey combination will also remove StarBlanker: RIGHT SHIFT + RIGHT ALT + "x" CONTACTING ME If you wish to contact me, here's how. Electronic means are preferred . Chris Bailey Phone : 803-794-4933 2405, Feather Run Trail W. Columbia, SC 29169 UUCP : {uunet !ncr Ink, gatech !hubcap} !ncrcae!secola!smoak!avcom !bailey!chris BIX : csbailey SDI : Starving Developers Incorporated "They've come to take our beer"