Intermission 128 is a screen blanker utility for the 128 in 80-column mode.
After 15 minutes the screen closes using a horizontal curtain effect. It will remain closed for 30 seconds unless a key is pressed before the time is up.
You can change the timing intervals of when the screen will close and when it will re-open using the two addresses below:
POKE 3619,V (V = 1 to 255) is the closing time in minutes. The default value of V is 15 minutes. POKE 3749,V (V = 0 to 58) is the time to remain closed in seconds. Using any value greater than 58 keeps the screen closed until a key is pressed. The default amount of time is 30 seconds.
If the values are going to be changed, the Bload command is recommended as you can change the values before the code is executed with sys3584. To see the curtain effect best, use the ESC-R to reverse-video screen. Typing a key will re-open the screen during the closing process or after the screen has been closed.
Included on this ReRUN disk is INTERMISSION, a Basic loader for Intermission. Running INTERMISSION on a work disk program will produce the 1-block program called "INTERMISSION 128". After the Intermission.ml program has been created, it can be booted into memory by typing BOOT "INTERMISSION 128" or you can activate it by typing BLOAD"INTERMISSION 128" and then entering SYS3584 to execute it.
