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- T E A L E A F S (tm)
- U S E R M A N U A L
-
- T E A L E A F S (tm) 2.2 Just for Fun -- With a Practial Twist!
- Now with TSR Capabiblity, Sound, Phrases, and Fractal Equations!
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- Copyright(c) 1989-93 by Eugene L. Woods, PE/EE. All rights reserved.
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- TEALEAFS(tm) 2.2 Program, ISBN 1 884384 31 5
- TEALEAFS(tm) 2.2 Manual, ISBN 1 884384 32 3
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- * TEALEAFS(tm) is a wonderful little (inexpensive) SHAREWARE program that
- draws never-ending patterns on your computer screen, kind of like that
- expensive screen saver you've been thinking about buying. You can
- specify your preferences for the display parameters, so each display
- is personal. Finger Paint for the Kids; Pattern Association; Relaxation
- for the Overworked Mind and Eyes; Abstract Art for the Non-Technical;
- or Office Computer Screen Security while you're away.
-
- * TEALEAFS(tm) makes a great attention-getter for the PC displayed in the
- window or behind the counter of any business, or a, "free with
- purchase", item. Send TEALEAFS(tm) as a greeting card to your friends.
-
- * TEALEAFS(tm) runs on the PC and PC compatibles, DOS 3.0 or higher.
- No graphics card is required to get the extended ASCII displays.
- To install the program type A:INSTALL
- To run, type TEALEAFS /S /T & hit ENTER key.
- Use the F1 key for calling up the user customizing menus.
-
- * Registration fee is $21.95 (California Residents Please Add Sales
- Tax), plus $5.00 for Shipping and Handling. Use F6 to print an invoice.
-
- * Send your check, payable to "EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE", to:
-
- EUGENE L. WOODS, PE/EE
- P.O. BOX 261267
- SAN DIEGO, CA 92196 / USA TEL: (Voice) 1 (619) 549-4057
- (FAX) 1 (619) 558-7850
-
-
- FILES
-
- TEALEAFS.EXE - The TEALEAFS(tm) program.
- INSTALL.BAT - Auto-installation procedure from drive A: to drive C:
- README.1ST - The SHAREWARE readme file.
- TLFSYSOP.TXT - Text file for BBS SysOp.
- TEALEAFS.TXT - TEALEAFS(tm) description, suitable for posting or FAXing.
- TLFBBS.TXT - TEALEAFS(tm) description for BBS upload (ASCII text).
- TLMANUAL.DOC - The TEALEAFS(tm) user manual (you're reading it now).
- TLPHRASE.TXT - A list of phrases for the potpourri option.
-
-
- TYPICAL INSTALLATION SEQUENCE
-
- - Insert floppy in drive A:
- - Type A:install
- - Complete the setup screen
- - Select A on options menu for the patterns menu
- - Select the pattern of your choice
- - Press ESC to exit the patterns menu
- - Press ESC to exit the options menu
- - TEALEAFS(tm) will exit to the DOS prompt
-
- After the installation sequence is complete, TEALEAFS(tm) will have been
- installed as a Terminate-and-Stay-Resident (TSR) program for this session.
- It will automatically activate itself after the user-selectable timeout
- period with no keyboard activity. In addition, the user can activate
- TEALEAFS(tm) at any time by pressing the Alt and T keys simultaneously.
- Once installed, TEALEAFS(tm) may be removed from memory by pressing
- the Esc key while TEALEAFS(tm) is active and drawing patterns.
-
-
- GENERAL HINTS WHEN USING TEALEAFS(TM) AS A TSR
-
- Terminate-and-Stay-Resident (TSR) programs do have some quirks which need
- to be considered. Here are a few helpful tips to apply when using
- the TEALEAFS(tm) program in its TSR mode.
-
- DON'T use <ESC> to unload TEALEAFS(tm), if it has popped up over another
- program. Instead, press any key to push it back into the background.
- This will happen if you have loaded another program since loading
- TEALEAFS(tm) as a TSR, then TEALEAFS(tm) pops up and starts drawing
- patterns.
- It's normal for this to happen -- the only tricky part is to be sure
- to just press a key, so that TEALEAFS(tm) will go back to sleep.
- Only use the <ESC> key to unload TEALEAFS(tm) if it was the most
- recently loaded program.
-
- DON'T unload TEALEAFS(tm), if another TSR has been loaded since TEALEAFS(tm)
- was loaded as a TSR.
-
- DON'T load TEALEAFS(tm) as a TSR more than once, without unloading the
- previous copy first.
-
- DON'T load other TSR programs which use the same hot-key (ALT-T) as
- the TEALEAFS(tm) program does.
-
- DO unload your TSR programs in the same order in which they were loaded.
-
-
- THE INSTALL.BAT AUTO-INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
-
- The INSTALL.BAT file assumes that the TEALEAFS(tm) release disk is in
- drive A:, and that you want to install TEALEAFS.EXE in a directory of
- its own named \TEALEAFS on your C: drive. If you desire to install
- TEALEAFS.EXE somewhere else, use the DOS copy command to copy it there.
- For example, to install TEALEAFS.EXE from the release disk in your
- A: drive to your \bin directory on your D: drive, along with
- your other utilities, type the following command:
-
- COPY A:TEALEAFS.EXE D:\BIN
-
-
- SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM SO TEALEAFS(tm) AUTOMATICALLY LOADS AT STARTUP TIME
-
- The value of a TSR program is that it resides in memory until you need it.
- To setup your system so that TEALEAFS(tm) is always in memory after you
- turn on your computer, add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
-
- <drive>:
- cd \<directory>
- TEALEAFS /T
-
-
- FRACTAL EQUATIONS
-
- The FRACTAL EXPLORER display option will provide you with hours of
- fascinating and interesting color displays, generated by the traditional
- Fractal equation set. Since the nature of the Fractal display is that
- the color of each pixel is determined by an iterative process, it follows
- that these fractal displays take some time to develop. It's fun to
- watch these patterns develop while eating lunch, for example.
-
-
- GENERAL HINTS AND SHORT CUT KEYS
-
- While TEALEAFS(tm) is displaying patterns, you may press any of the
- following keys to achieve the desired results:
-
- F1 : Brings up the OPTIONS menu. From here, you can select a new pattern
- (F8 is an even quicker way to select a new pattern), enable/disable
- sounds, slow down, speed up, select more or less display colors,
- enable/disable erase tail mode, display a short cuts list, change menu
- colors, display the copyright / license agreement, change registration
- info, or print a registration form / invoice. Press ESC to exit this
- menu, and return to drawing patterns.
- F2 : Changes the character used to draw patterns, when drawing any of
- the character-based patterns. These are the first 4 patterns on
- the patterns menu.
- F3 : Enables/disables erase tail mode, for those displays that do that.
- F4 : Enables/disables the use of the brighter display colors.
- F6 : Prints an invoice, so you can register TEALEAFS(tm).
- YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THIS :-)
- F7 : Clears the screen.
- F8 : Brings up the PATTERNS menu, so you can select a different random
- pattern for your viewing enjoyment. As soon as you select a pattern
- from this menu, TEALEAFS(tm) begins drawing this new pattern.
- F9 : Enables/disables audio mode. Audio mode causes a random sound to
- be played every time the screen clears. This generally happens once
- every few minutes.
- + : (plus) key - will speed up the display. Once the display is going as
- fast as it can, additional presses of the + key cause
- a beep.
- - : (minus) key - will slow down the display. Once the display is going as
- slow as it can, additional presses of the - key cause
- a beep. Note -- You'll probably get very bored before you
- get anywhere close to the beep.
- ESC : Will cause TEALEAFS(tm) to terminate. If it was installed as a TSR,
- then it will also attempt to unload itself. This may be bad, if
- another program or TSR has been loaded since TEALEAFS(tm). This is
- a common problem with TSRs, and the only correct action is to avoid
- attempting to unload TEALEAFS(tm) until you have quit any programs
- you have loaded after it, and it is the most recently loaded program.
- ANY OTHER KEY - Will cause TEALEAFS(tm) to push back into the background,
- if it was loaded as a TSR. Otherwise, TEALEAFS(tm) will terminate.
-
-
- INVOKING TEALEAFS(TM)
-
- The TEALEAFS(tm) program is invoked with the following command:
-
- TEALEAFS [ /T ] [ /P ] [ /S ] [ /B ]
-
- COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:
- /T - TSR mode
- /P - Prompt before going TSR
- /S - Setup mode
- /B - Monochrome extended ASCII displays only
- (no graphics adaptor necessary)
-
- USING TEALEAFS(tm) WITH WINDOWS(tm)
-
- TEALEAFS(tm) runs well as a DOS application under Windows(tm). It looks best,
- when set up for full-screen operation.
-
- You can set up an ICON to allow you to run TEALEAFS(tm) under Windows(tm).
- Set the working directory to refer to the directory where you installed
- the TEALEAFS(tm) program. Use the TEALEAFS.ICO file for the ICON.
-
- A TEALEAFS.PIF file has also been provided. You should use the PIF editor
- to edit it, to refer to the working directory where TEALEAFS(tm) was
- actually installed.
-
- At this time, you cannot set up TEALEAFS(tm) to automatically pop up over
- Windows(tm) after a predetermined time. This feature is currently available
- only when running TEALEAFS(tm) under DOS.
-