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- From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
- Subject: Re: PROJECT IDEA: Please respond
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:39:44 GMT
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- Tomi Blinnikka (docbliny@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
- : 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....
-
- : --
- : docbliny@mits.mdata.fi | Tomi Blinnikka /// CBM |
- : [Insert smart quote here] | Tel. +358-0-3511462 \\\/// 2500 |
- : Mines an Amiga Black Tower 2500 Tzi, what's yours? | \XX/ AMIGA |
-
- Wouldn't it be nice if GPFax supported this? What I have in mind is an
- update which would allow a small program to be left in memory, kinda
- like iconification but a lot smaller. It would be put into memory
- after initing the modem, so that when the modem detected a call, GPFax
- could figure that out, load the program from the HD, and since the sub-
- program of GPFax would already be loaded, it wouldn't need to re-init the
- modem, and hopefull be there in time to grab the fax if it is a fax
- call (silent answer) and close down once thecall is done...
-
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