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- Availability notice for YowZa! PM Screen Saver v1.33
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-
- YowZa! is a screen saver for OS/2 Presentation Manager. What is a
- screen saver, you ask? Many, if not all of us have a tube on our desk which
- sometimes is left on while we are out of the office for a moment, at lunch,
- in the restroom, whatever. If the screen remains constant for too long, the
- phosphor that coats the inside of the front of the tube starts to retain
- a sort of copy of what's on the screen - the image gets "burned in."
- While this may not be a big deal for cheap inexpensive monitors, I for one
- don't want to ruin my 8514 this way (a cup of tea through the top would be more
- exciting!) What a screen saver does is detect when you've left the machine
- unattended and when you have, blanks the screen to help preserve the tube.
-
- YowZa is available on the OS2TOOLS conferencing disk. Please send any
- comments or suggestions to djhill@betasvm2 or append them to the forum
- on IBMPC - YOWZA FORUM.
-
- BTW, the because the documentation is growing somewhat, I've placed the .DOC
- file inside the YOWZA.RAMBIN file.
-
- For this release, I've used the latest SAVERAM.EXE from PC/OS2TOOLS. To
- avoid unpacking problems, please use this version of SAVERAM (dated
- 10/17/90).
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- YowZa v1.33 - 12/12/90
- o add more error trapping code & dialogs
- o double-click in "paint now" corner while YowZa! is active will bring up
- configuration dialog allowing you to change the drawing routine w/o
- stopping YowZa!
- o corrected documentation on -A16 and -A17 graphics
- o tested and ran under OS/2 SE v1.3
-
- YowZa v1.32 - 12/04/90
- o fix interaction between Smiley & Binky graphics
- o add code to detect missing resource DLL - quit instead of seg. vi. :-)
- o fix dialog boxes on 8513 (so much for device independence!)
-
- YowZa v1.31 - 11/27/90
- o fix bug w/ program spawning.
- o add details of SMLRSRC.DLL to documentation.
-
- YowZa v1.30 - 11/20/90
- o fix bug w/ "flex" graphics when forced to paint.
- o reduced CPU usage when idle (now < 10% as opposed to 100% in v1.21)
- o added -X command line option to exclude graphics from use when -R is invoked.
- o added -A23, -A24, -A25, -A26 graphics (*more* flex?!?)
- o removed -F option. No longer necessary. To force to paint, move mouse into
- "paint now" corner of the screen.
- o added "Clear Excluded Graphics" button on "Other settings..." dialog.
-
- YowZa v1.21 - 09/28/90
- o fix for seg. vi. when using random mode (-R)
-
- YowZa v1.20 - 09/28/90
- o fixed memory allocation problem w/ Binky graphics.
- o graphics now automatically select -K switch during random (-R) operation.
- o detect when YowZa! is already running (prevents nasty Trap D)
- o provided small YOWRSRC.DLL for use when Binky graphics (or random!) is not
- used. (400k vs 3.5k)
- o YowZa! can now spawn any program when it activates (LockItUp for example)
- o Several of the command line switches (-R, -K) are now selectable from the
- Configure... dialog.
- o Added -A19, -A20, -A21 and -A22 graphics.
-
- YowZa v1.11 - 09/06/90
- o fixed stupid bug w/ -N option.
-
- YowZa v1.10 - 09/06/90
- o added -A14, -A15, -A16, -A17, -A18 graphics.
- o changed link of YowHook.DLL
- o Added "activate" and "deactivate" corners.
- o Added configuration button & dialog box.
- o save preferences in OS2.INI file.
- o added new function to YOWDRAW.DLL. User DLL's must support new function.
-
- YowZa v1.04 - 08/21/90
- o added -K (no screen blank) option.
- o added -A9, -A10, -A11, -A12, and -A13 graphics.
- o added parameter to YowzaDrawProc - update any user DLL's!
- o added -R (random drawing routine) option.
- o new resource DLL (YOWRSRC.DLL)
- o fixed hidden mouse pointer w/ forced paint.
-
- YowZa v1.03 - 08/13/90
-
- o added -A7 (spirograph(TM)) and -A8 (rose) graphics.
- o fixed seg. vi. when YowZa brought itself to foreground from behind windows.
- o mouse pointer no longer hides permanently.
- o force to paint option fixed.
-
- YowZa v1.02 - 08/03/90
-
- o added -A6 (blank screen)
- o hide mouse pointer when blanked
- o made remaining threads run at lower priority.
-
- YowZa v1.01 - 07/31/90
-
- o added -N and -T command line options.
- o fixed bug when using -F. *Much* easier to quit from YowZa!
- o made paint thread run a lower priority.
-
- YowZa v1.0 - 07/30/90
-
- o inital OS2TOOLS release.
-