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- * The Torgo Screen Saver *
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- * coded by Dorothy Nelson, Inanna Software *
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- WHAT IS IT?
-
- Anyone familiar with the show MST3K is probably familiar with lovable
- Torgo, the big-kneed lummox featured in _Manos: the Hands of Fate_
- (arguably the worst film ever made). The Torgo Screen Saver sends him
- lumbering around your screen, knees a-pumping. He spouts a few phrases,
- Crow reassures you Torgo's still around when he walks off screen, and the
- lovely wife in the doomed family gasps.
-
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- HOW DO I INSTALL IT?
-
- Well, obviously you've unzipped the package since you're looking at this.
- You should see a file called "torgo.scr". Copy this file to your \windows
- directory. Now the screen saver utility in the desktop control panel can
- use the Torgo Screen Saver.
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- HOW DO I CONFIGURE/RUN IT?
-
- First of all, you *don't* need a fancy screen saver (like After Dark)
- to run the Torgo Screen Saver. All you need is to run Windows (preferably
- 3.1-- I haven't tested it under 3.0).
-
- 1. Once you've copied "torgo.scr" to your Windows directory, open the
- Control Panel from the "Main" Program Group in your Program Manager.
-
- 2. Open the "Desktop". In the Desktop dialog box, you'll see a control
- group called "Screen Saver".
-
- 3. Use the "Name" selector to scroll to "Torgo saves the screen". Click
- on it to make the Torgo screen saver the active one.
-
- 4. Press the "Setup..." button in the Screen Saver area for the dialog
- that lets you determine how fast Torgo should walk, if you want sound,
- how often the sounds should be played, and whether or not you want
- security attached to your screen saver. Click "OK" to save your
- selections.
-
- 5. ***********Press the "Test" button to see him go!*************
-
- 6. Set the "Delay" time for how many minutes idle you want to elapse before
- Torgo starts walking all over the place, saving your monitor from
- demonic burn-in.
-
- NOTE: If you are using other screen savers (like After Dark or Intermission)
- you may want to exit or disable them.
-
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- WHY DID YOU *DO* THIS, YOU SILLY SILLY PERSON?
-
- For fun and giggles, and besides, the Macintosh weenies were pissing me
- off by lording over us PC types that THEY had a Torgo screen saver
- and WE didn't. Well, neener neener back atcha, you user interface wimpoids.
- I mean that in a *good* way. :-) (Actually, after grappling inside my
- PC more times than I'd like to mention and never wanting to hear the
- acronym "IRQ" *ever* again, I certainly sympathize with Mac users on how
- easy plug-n-play is. I also think Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ.)
-
- ***************************
- *********IMPORTANT*********
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- Kudos must go to the original developers of the Macintosh saver (Lynsa,
- Seth, and the Mads [Brandon]). They drew the Torgo animation, and did
- most of the sounds (I extracted these from the Mac saver). I added a
- few sounds and made the thing less elite by not tying it to After Dark
- as the Mac folks did. Since their saver is FREEWARE, and mine is
- FREEWARE, no (legal) harm done in the porting.
-
- Here is language to that effect from the developers:
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- OK, here's the official disclaimer. They can check it with me
- personally at my aol account if they want to: lynsa@aol.com.
-
- Lynsa, aka Lynn Siprelle, and Brandon the Mad Scientist, aka Brandon
- Bogle, have no problem with Dorothy Nelson porting the animation etc
- from "Torgo, the Module of Fate" from Mac format to Windows, even
- though we really can't stand Windows. We're sure Dorothy's a nice
- person who just wants to make the program available. It's freeware
- anyway, even in the Mac format. As long as the basic contents of the
- program are undisturbed, and Brandon, Seth and Lynsa retain their
- credit, everything's cool and groovy.
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- IS THERE A SHAREWARE FEE?
-
- No way. Not only is the original animation not mine, but this is the
- first screen saver I've ever written. So enjoy, and the only thing I
- ask is that my name be immortalized as the one who brought Torgo to
- the PC.
-
- 'Course, this means I can't promise that I'll fix things if you have a
- problem with it. Do send suggestions and comments
- (to dnelson@klange.eris.org), but I really can't promise action.
-
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- CAN I COPY AND DISTRIBUTE THIS AT WILL?
-
- Go for it. Just give me the credit/blame for being the PC gnerd
- who made it possible.
-
-
- H A V E F U N ! ! ! !
-
- Dorothy A. Nelson, President, Inanna Software
- 2420 Quantico Court
- San Jose, CA 95128
-
- dnelson@klange.eris.org (preferred)
- --or--
- doronelson@aol.com
-