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- LenoxWare Extend-O-Save Modules for Warp 9
- by John Dillenburg
-
-
- Contents at a glance:
- Disclaimer
- I. Introduction
- II. Installation
- III. What am I missing by not registering?
- IV. How do I register?
- V. Using the screen savers
- VI. What does shareware mean?
-
-
- Disclaimer:
- Since the are unreasonable people out there, I must state the
- following: I take no responsibility for any damage incured from
- the use (or misuse) of these screen savers. While I have made
- every reasonable effort to insure that these screen savers are
- as compataible as possible, I cannot guarantee that their use
- will not harm your computer or the data stored therein.
-
-
- I. Introduction
-
- LenoxWare Extend-O-Save modules are SHAREWARE screen savers
- designed for use with Warp 9 version 3.7 or above. You must have
- Warp 9 in order to use these screen savers. Even without the
- Extend-O-Save feature, Warp 9 is well worth having, so buy it!
-
- These screen savers should work on any ST/STe or TT machine
- in low, medium, high, TT medium and TT high modes. They should
- also work on Moniterm monitors.
-
-
- II. Installation
-
- Included in this distribution should be the following files:
- FRECKLE.EXT - screen saver module
- PYRODLX.EXT - screen saver module
- RANDLINE.EXT - screen saver module
- REGISTER.PRG - registration program
- REGISTER.RSC - required for register.prg
- ROAMSHAP.EXT - screen saver module
- SHAPES.EXT - screen saver module
- SYMMETRY.EXT - screen saver module
- SAVERS.DOC - the files you are now reading
-
- Installing these screen savers is very easy. Simply uncompress
- the files and copy them into the directory you normally use for
- Extend-O-Save modules. It doesn't really matter where you put
- the modules, since a file selector in Warp 9 will allow you to
- load the modules no matter where they are.
-
-
- III. What am I missing by not registering?
-
- The screen saver modules in this distribution all work fine.
- HOWEVER, one important feature will not work. Normally, when
- you change one of the settings in a module (like the number of
- shapes in ROAMSHAP), the setting will automatically be saved
- into the module. This feature has been disabled in unregistered
- versions of the modules. This doesn't mean that you can't
- change the settings in a module, it simply means that when you
- turn off your computer, you'll lose whatever settings you changed.
- You'll find yourself stuck with the default settings the next
- time you boot your computer.
-
- Having the ability to save the settings into the modules
- will allow you to create multiple versions of the same module with
- different settings saved into each module. Registered users
- can simply make a copy of a module and save different settings
- into each module.
-
-
- IV. How do I Register?
-
- Registering is fairly easy and painless:
-
- 1) Write out a check for $10.00 (US funds only!) and send it to:
- John Dillenburg
- 820 Regent St.
- New Lenox, IL 60451
-
- Be sure to include your return address. P.O. Boxes will
- not be acceptable.
-
- 2) I will MAIL back an eight digit code. Run the included
- registration program (REGISTER.PRG) from the directory
- where you placed the modules. Enter your name, address,
- and key in the blanks provided. Then, click on the "Register
- Me!" button.
-
- 3) The registration program will automatically locate all
- LenoxWare Extend-O-Save modules in the directory it was
- run from and place your name, address, and key into them.
-
- 4) Pull down the Warp 9 desk accessory and load one of the
- modules. Then, click the Configure button. You should
- see your name in the configuration dialog box. If you
- see "***Unregistered***", then you have not entered your
- name, address or key correctly. (Note that the FRECKLE
- screen saver doesn't have a configuration dialog box)
-
-
- V. Using the Screen Savers
-
- The screen savers are very easy to use. Simply bring up the Warp 9
- desk accessory, go to the Screen configuration, and then click on the
- "Preferences" box. From here, you can load, remove or configure
- the currently loaded screen saver. The FRECKLE screen saver is not
- configurable so the "Configure" box will be shaded when FRECKLE is
- loaded.
-
- A. Loading a screen saver
-
- Click on the "Load" button from the Extend-O-Save preferences dialog.
- A file selector will appear. Locate a screen saver module (a .EXT
- file), select it, and then hit the OK button. Any previously loaded
- screen saver will be unloaded and the selected module will become
- active.
-
- B. Removing a screen saver
-
- Click on the "Remove" button from the Extend-O-Save preferences
- dialog.
-
- C. Configuring a screen saver
-
- Click on the "Configure" button from the Extend-O-Save preferences
- dialog. A new dialog box will appear in which you can enter any
- settings for the currently loaded module. The dialog box that
- appears will depend on which module you currently have loaded:
-
- FRECKLE
- Freckle is not configurable.
-
- PYRODLX
- Launches per minute - Allows you to control how many fireworks
- are shot off per minute.
-
- Clear Screen - Setting this to ON will cause your screen to
- be cleared whenever this module activates. Leaving this
- OFF will cause the fireworks to display over whatever is
- on your screen at the time!
-
- OK - Saves the above settings back into the module file on
- your disk. This feature is disabled in unregistered copies.
-
- RANDLINE
- Lines per minute - Allows you to control how many random lines
- are draw per minute.
-
- Clear Screen - Setting this to ON will cause your screen to
- be cleared whenever this module activates. Leaving this
- OFF will cause the lines to display over whatever is
- on your screen at the time!
-
- OK - Saves the above settings back into the module file on
- your disk. This feature is disabled in unregistered copies.
-
- ROAMSHAP
- Tail length - Controls how many times a shape will be repeated
- to create a "tail." The tail follows the shape around the
- screen.
-
- Clear Screen - Setting this to ON will cause your screen to
- be cleared whenever this module activates. Leaving this
- OFF will cause the shapes to display over whatever is
- on your screen at the time!
-
- Choose shapes - This will bring up another dialog box from
- which you can select which shapes you want displayed.
-
- OK - Saves the above settings back into the module file on
- your disk. This feature is disabled in unregistered copies.
-
- SHAPES
- Shapes per second - Allows you to control how many random
- shapes "pop up" per second.
-
- Clear Screen - Setting this to ON will cause your screen to
- be cleared whenever this module activates. Leaving this
- OFF will cause the shapes to display over whatever is
- on your screen at the time!
-
- Draw Mode - Setting this to REPLACE causes the shapes to
- replace whatever was on the screen before they were drawn.
- Setting this to XOR causes the shapes to be logically "XORed"
- with the background for some really interesting effects!
-
- Choose Shapes - This will bring up another dialog box from
- which you can select which shapes you want displayed.
-
- OK - Saves the above settings back into the module file on
- your disk. This feature is disabled in unregistered copies.
-
- SYMMETRY
- This module is based on the Mathematical Recreations section
- of the December 1992 issue of Scientific American. The main
- dialog box displays a scrolling list of parameters to three-way,
- four-way, and five-way symmetric fractals. A set of parameters
- can be turned ON or OFF by highlighting or not highlighting
- it. Click once on the parameters to highlight/unhighlight them.
- Holding down the shift key while clicking on a set of parameters
- will place you into a mode in which you can dynamically change
- the parameter values and observe the effect to the fractal
- immediately. Setting the parameter values is a tricky business.
- Almost every set of parameters leads to non-chaotic behavior,
- so be sure to save any parameters you discover before altering
- them. As for what the parameters mean, I haven't the foggiest,
- you'll just have to play with them to find out.
-
- Randomize - Setting this to ON will cause a random set
- of highlighted parameters to be used when this module kicks
- in. Turing this "OFF" will cause the highlighted parameters
- to be used in sequence.
-
- Clear Screen - Setting this to ON will cause your screen to
- be cleared whenever this module activates. Leaving this
- OFF will cause the fractals to display over whatever is
- on your screen at the time!
-
- Number of Iterations - This is the number of points which
- will be drawn in a fractal before another set of parameters
- is choosen and another fractal is displayed. Two hundred
- points are drawn per second.
-
- OK - Saves the above settings back into the module file on
- your disk. This feature is disabled in unregistered copies.
-
- VI. What does shareware mean?
-
- Shareware means that you are free to copy and distribute this
- package of unregistered screen savers. It means that I expect
- you to pay me for the screen savers if and when you decide you
- want to keep them. As a further incentive, I have disabled the
- SAVE feature of these screen savers. To enable the SAVE feature,
- you need to enter a key into the registration program which I
- will provide. After this, these screen savers will be
- "personalized" with your name (and address) to discourage you
- from distributing registered copies.
-