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- The Ultimate Screen Saver
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- by Marc Warne of Alpha Programming
- “Alan Launches Partridge Hats Agressively”
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- This program is £5 SHAREWARE
- You may use it for a trial period of 30 days. When that time is up,
- you must either register it or destroy all copies of it which you own.
- To register, see the 'How to Register' section.
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- What is it?
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- AlphaSave is a screensaver, which is supplied with 2 ready-made programs
- in it. It is called AlphaSave because it is written by Marc Warne of Alpha
- Programming.
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- What's a Screensaver?
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- On some monitors (AKF18...?), if the screen is left with the same picture
- on it for too long, that picture may become engraved onto the monitor, which
- will leave you with a rather horrible thing on it. This picture may stay
- there for every, or may even, somehow, set alight to your monitor!
- For an example of this, take a look at the PC, upstairs in the library, in
- Milton Keynes.
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- How do you use it?
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- To Run:
- You double-click on the !AlphaSave icon. After 2 minutes of nobody
- pressing a key or moving/clicking on the mouse, the screen will blank and a
- random screensaver will be loaded.
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- To Quit:
- You have to go to the taskmanager icon (either an Acorn symbol or an A),
- and then click on it or press menu and then click on task display to open a
- window. Near the top of it, there will be 'AlphaSave' written. Press menu,
- go over to task and select 'Quit' to quit it.
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- What are the installed screensavers?
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- !Alpha1 : A screensaver saying “If Funny Bunny Software is the future, then
- the future is rubbish!”. Don't ask what that's about.
- !Alpha2 : A screensaver with scrolling stars with the Alpha Programming
- logo moving across the screen in different directions.
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- How do you configure it?
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- Inside the !AlphaSave application, there is a program called !SaveConfig.
- Double-click on this to start up the configuration program. From here, you
- can set the time it takes for the screensaver to initiate itself, or you can
- test it straight away.
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- How do you update it?
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- At the moment, this must be done manually. I haven't bothered with an
- installation program yet. You have to copy the new screensaver into the
- directory !AlphaSave.ScrSavers.
- The programs must all be called !Alpha<number>, where <number> stands for
- a number between 1 and 16. The programs must be done in an order. For
- instance, you can't have !Alpha1, !Alpha2 and !Alpha4. It must be !Alpha1,
- !Alpha2 and !Alpha3. There is no detector in place yet.
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- How do you save the configuration?
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- Now, this is a tricky one. You have to click on...wait for it...Save!!
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- Where can it be used?
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- This program can be used on any 32-bit Acorn Archimedes or RISC PC. I'm
- not sure whether it will work on RISC OS 2, but I see no reason why it
- should not.
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- | OS Version | Tested | Works | Comments |
- +-------------+--------+-------+--------------------------------------------+
- |RISC OS 2 | × | ? | Will probably work, but without 3D borders |
- | | | | and with fonts installed.
- |RISC OS 3 | × | ? | Maybe |
- |RISC OS 3.1x | € | € | Will work faultlessly! :-) |
- |RISC OS 3.5 | × | ? | Letterbox modes. Sure it'll certainly work |
- |RISC OS 3.6 | € | € | Letterbox modes. Will work well otherwise |
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- + ARM Version | Tested | Works | Comments |
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- | ARM 2 | € | € | Will work, but not that smooth |
- | ARM 250 | € | € | Will work, but not that smooth |
- | ARM 3 | × | ? | Should work at a good frames/sec |
- | ARM 600 | × | ? | Letterbox modes. Should work smoothly |
- | ARM 610 | × | ? | Letterbox modes. Should work smoothly |
- | ARM 710 | € | € | Letterbox modes. Works very smoothly :-) |
- | Future Vers | × | ? | Should work. The faster the processor, the |
- | | | | smoother the program will run |
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- The frames/sec means frames per second. The higher this number is, the
- smoother the program will run.
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- I always load this in my boot sequence. It works just as well, and it should!
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- How can you program your own ones?
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- Inside !AlphaSave.Programming, you will find !ProgHelp. Run this.
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- Limitations
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- - This version will only screensave when it is in the desktop.
- - There is no auto-updater yet.
- - It hasn't been tested enough.
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- My Age
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- | | | |_| |_ P.S. That's fourteen!
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- History
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- 0.00 (10-Apr-1996) : (ND) This was the home programming stage.
- 1.00 (10-Apr-1996) : This is the first distributed version.
- Features include:
- Two screen savers: 1) Funnny Bunny Software
- 2) Scrolling Alpha Programming logo
- Configurable time
- Programmable
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- How to Register
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- The benefits of registering:
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- Receive updated copies of AlphaSave for £1 when they are released
- No date limit on when you have to delete it
- In the main window, it will say 'Registered to: <Your Name>'
- If somebody finds it, they will know that it's yours
- You will receive a demo of the game Paradox and Super Booter, written by me
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- How to Register
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- Send at least £5 to Marc Warne by cheque or cash. You MUST state your
- name, otherwise, I cannot send you the program. Send your address as well!
- Please register it!! Please make cheques payable to 'Marc Warne'.
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- Marc Warne
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- 9 Sandal Court,
- Shenley Church End,
- Milton Keynes,
- Bucks.
- MK5 6HB
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- Updates
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- When you have registered, you can receive updates of the program by
- either sending £1 and no disc or 50p with a disc. The program will then
- be sent to you. Please quote your registration code when ordering updates.
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- Disclaimer
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- Now it's time to go to sleep...
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- This software is provided "as is"; Marc Warne makes no warranty, express
- or implied, of the merchantability of this software or its fitness for any
- particular purpose. In no circumstances shall Marc Warne be liable for any
- damage, loss of profits (!), profits (!!), brain damage from reading this
- !Help file, or using the program. This unregistered version MAY be
- distributed to people, as long as NONE of the files are changed or deleted,
- and the options as they were. If you do not register it within 30 days, you
- are actually breaking the law.