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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. About... ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Bored
Version 2.0 - by Antonino Iannella, July 27th, 1996
Yes! It's been revamped! Someone call the Rolling Stones!
Bored is a PM application for all people who have fried their brains while
trying to do work, and need a break. They may stare at Bored for hours...
Bored simply displays a rotating banner depicting Bored... in the fashionable
colour of black. New features have been added since the successful Version 1.0;
you may notice the fantastic spinning globe, and 8 exciting languages to be
bored in!
My good friend, Ben Fon, was my inspiration for Bored. In Control Systems
lectures he would remind me of his presence by muttering
"Fifty minutes to go, bor-ing..."
"Forty-nine minutes to go, bor-ing..."
...
...
Bored was developed using the Dr Dialog environment by David Morrill. It is
distributed as IBM Employee Written Software (EWS), and is found on the IBM
Developer's Connection CD-ROMs. It was recommended to me, and I highly
recommend it to everyone.
Please inform me if you are using Bored. (But if you want to be really nice,
you'll register!)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Usage instructions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Want to get Bored fast? Could anyone get Bored faster than this!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Installing Bored ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
To run Bored, you should have
OS/2 Warp or above,
the REXX component installed, and
the View.exe INF file viewer.
Install Bored by running Binst.exe. Choose the target directory as either
your \OS2\APPS directory, or choose your own. Choose whether to create a Bored
object on the desktop. Choose your default language. Then press 'Install'.
You will be informed if the installation suceeded or not. Press 'Cancel' at
any time to exit the installer.
The following files will be copied to the target directory -
Bored.exe
Bored.dll
Bored.ico
Bored.inf
The default language may be chosen by modifying the 'Parameter' desktop
object, or by specifying it when lauching Bored on the command line. However,
it is not necessary. Choose from the following selection.
Parameter Language
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Eng English
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Fra French
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Ita Italian
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Ger German
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Esp Spanish
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Vie Vietnamese
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Cze Czech
ΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇΓöÇ
Jap Japanese
To uninstall Bored, delete the above files from their directory, and remove
the desktop object.
The software installer is available for all developers to use for their own
purposes. It is shareware, distributed as the archive InstAI.zip. It may be
found at ftp sites including hobbes.nmsu.edu and ftp-os2.cdrom.com.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Bored is provided as a fully-functional product, with no limitations. However,
it is shareware. If you really like it, please be kind enough to register by
sending a monetary offering, like
$5 Australian
to the author. This will ensure that precious development efforts will
continue. In return, you will receive excellent customer support, for any query
or problem, and be notified of new releases.
Bored remains the property of the author. It is freely distributable on any
medium or site. All files from the archive must be intact when distributed. I
do not guarantee the software's reliability, although I would appreciate being
informed of any problems anyone may have. Any damage or loss incurred as a
result of using this software is NOT the author's responsibility.
Microsoft employees and their families must pay US$1 000 000 in registration
for every copy they possess.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Contacting the author ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Send all comments, bug reports, or suggestions for improvement to
**** **** * **** Operate at a higher level.
* * * * * * *
* * * * * Mr Antonino Iannella
* * **** * * Computer Systems Engineering
* * * * * * 9308390r@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au
**** **** * ****** http://members.tripod.com/~antonino/index.html
Would you fix your house if the windows need replacing?
So why not fix your computer by replacing its Windows?
Send registration payments by mail:
Mr Antonino Iannella
6 Bolingbroke Avenue
DEVON PARK SA 5008
AUSTRALIA
Phone + 61 8 346 2742 anytime.
Acknowledgement
The rotating Earth is derived from a WebExplorer animated icon created by
Markus Preinl, who I could not contact for usage permission. It was found in
the Team OS/2 WebExplorer Animation Archive, at
http://www.os2forum.or.at/TeamOS2/English/Special/Animations
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Version history ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
v 1.0 - First version completed in September, 1995.
Those were the days...
v 2.0 - Becomes a breakthrough OS/2 application!
Bored becomes internationalised, rotating globe is added. It may become
unstable if allowed to run for a long time period.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. FTP and BBS site documentation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section has files needed for public domain sites.
FILE_ID.DIZ
Bored.txt
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. FILE_ID.DIZ ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
(v2.0) Bored - Rotating banner of 'Bored...'
Displays a moving banner depicting
'Bored...' in big, black and white letters.
Multilingual. Created using Dr Dialog.
Shareware
Mr Antonino Iannella
9308390r@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Bored.txt ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
OS/2 Upload Information Template for ftp-os2.nmsu.edu
Archive Name: Bored2.zip
Program Description: (keep it under 60 characters)
Displays a banner depicting 'Bored...'
Operating System Versions: OS/2 3.0 (Warp) and above
Program Source: none
Replaces: /pub/os2/wpsutil/Bored.zip
Your name: Antonino Iannella
Your email address: 9308390r@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au
Proposed directory for placement: /pub/os2/wpsutil