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- Stars 2.0 for Windows 03/17/91
- David Stafford CIS 72411,2670 or 76666,2542
- MCI DSTAFFORD 361-6512
- Kamakura NS Bldg 4-F
- Onaricho 4-16
- Kamakura, Kanagawa 248 Japan
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- This program animates the Windows desktop with stars creating an effect
- similar to looking through a spaceship window.
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- On slower machines Stars may appear to be a little "jumpy". This is because
- Stars conserves resources and runs only when the CPU appears to be free.
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- Running Stars a second time will terminate the previous instance. This gives
- you a chance to close Stars if you selected "Hide icon" from the system menu.
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- If anyone knows how the undocumented Windows function SetDeskPattern works I
- would appreciate hearing about it. It would be nice if Stars could replace
- the background pattern for icons when it runs. Until then it's best to
- select an all-black background from the control panel.
-
- Many people told me that the stars in version 1.0 were too small so I have
- made them a little larger. This version does not include the popup menu as
- 1.0 did since that functionality has been moved to my Launch program. The
- current version of Launch (as of this writing) is 1.5.
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- Stars 2.0 is freeware. Enjoy it! If you like it let me know.
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- Please feel free to distribute this program to others. Just be careful and
- remember to include both files (STARS.EXE and STARS.TXT) together.
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- Possible enhancements for the future: Add command-line switches to control
- the icon and the initial speed. Use SetDeskPattern to change the background
- in the icons on the desktop. Make the stars more interesting somehow. Do
- you have any ideas?
-
- -Dave
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