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- From: docbliny@mits.mdata.fi (Tomi Blinnikka)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: PROJECT IDEA: Please respond
- Message-ID: <docbliny.726594376@mits>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 15:46:16 GMT
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- shulick@navajo.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
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-
- >Finally, a decent project has emerged. =u) First, the boring info:
-
- >GfxRing, Copyright (C) 1993 Sam Hulick and Matt Lewallen. All rights
- >reserved.
-
- >Basically, you put GfxRing into WBStartup. Loading GfxRing will start a
- >server in the background, which waits for your phone to ring. (NOTE:
- >Your modem must be on and you must be offline). The server detects this
- >and puts a little graphical bell on your current window/screen
- >momentarily.
-
- I've already written a program almost like this. My program, RingDetect, allows
- you to run any program (scripts, play samples etc.), flash the screen and
- bring its window (and the screen it's on) to front. Using RingDetect you
- should be able to achieve your goal (Except RingDetect is Copyright (C) Tomi
- Blinnikka 1993 :).
-
-
- >Purpose: In case you live in some place where you're cursed w/
- >roommates, and are expecting a late phone call. Turn your modem on,
- >turn your phone ringer off, and turn on GfxRing. Sure, you could just
- >load up VLT or soomething and wait for "RING" to appear, but this is
- >much more cosmetic. =u)
-
- Another situation is when you're listening to music real loud and can't
- hear the phone ringing (you have to be at your computer though). I also
- use it to log the time/date of calls. This way I can see when someone has
- called and left a message on my answering machine.
- Well, graphics are always nice, but....
-
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