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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.