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- Dr. No's Disco High Color Theme
- for WindowsNT or Windows95 with MS-Plus!
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- Dr. No's Disco theme is freeware and is distributed "as is"
- without any explicit or implicit warranties.
- If you make money with my themes I want some too.
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- Theme by Dr. No
- drno@shop.ch
- http://www.shop.ch/drno
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- Thanx to Richard Wolton for the LIGHT SPEED screensaver.
- http://home.pacbell.net/wolton
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- Hi
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- Thanks for downloading the The Disco Desktop Theme!
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- You'll find a wallpaper in 800 x 600 pixels and another in 1024 x 768.
- Choose according to your screen resolution. Try both if you're not sure.
-
- Please take a minute to read the instructions.
-
- Dr. No
- drno@shop.ch
-
- October 14, 1998
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- 1) System Requirements:
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- -WindowsNT or Windows95
- -Microsoft MS-Plus!
- -Hi-color Video card
- -8-bit stereo Sound card
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- 2) Installation:
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- -Unzip the "discotheme" zip file to
- C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes\ or your standard theme folder.
- -Double-click LS4SETUP.EXE to install the screensaver.
- -Go to the MS-Plus! Desktop Themes icon in your system's control panel.
- -Choose the "Disco (high color)" Theme according to your screen resolution
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- 3) Startup and Shutdown screens:
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- -If you have never copied the following files to a secure folder,
- DO IT NOW! These are the files for your startup and shutdown screens:
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- C:\Logo.sys
- C:\Windows\Logow.sys
- C:\Windows\Logos.sys
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- -If you can't find them it's because they are hidden.
- Choose "Options" somewhere in your Windows Explorer and set up your
- system to view all file types.
- -Now you should be able to find the above mentioned files.
- -Once you've copied them you just replace all three files by the ones
- that came with the zip file. Do this:
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- Copy the Disco "Logo.sys" to C:
- Copy the Disco "Logow.sys" to C:\Windows
- Copy the Disco "Logos.sys" to C:\Windows
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- 4) Screensaver (by Richard Wolton):
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- ***** LIGHT SPEED! Version 4 for Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0 *****
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- TO INSTALL:
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- To install the LIGHT SPEED! screen saver, run the included setup
- program LS4SETUP.EXE from Windows as you would any program.
- It will guide you through the installation process.
-
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- WHAT IS LIGHT SPEED?
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- LIGHT SPEED ! is a starfield screen saver that generates interactive
- real-time starfield effects. It includes several different starfield
- types and modes. With the interactive mode, you can fly it yourself
- and explore the dozens of real-time controls which produce spectacular
- effects and breathtaking displays. Take your desk top to infinity and
- beyond ...
-
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- LIGHT SPEED! is FREE.
-
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- For the latest information, be sure to visit the internet web page at:
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- http://home.pacbell.net/wolton
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- REQUIREMENTS:
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- WINDOWS 95 or 98 or NT 4.0
- 486 or better.
- VESA compatible graphics card (uses 640x480 w/256 color).
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- OPTIONAL:
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- Sound card. To control the volume, use the mixer that controls
- your sound card.
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-
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- LIGHTING:
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- To get the best effect from the software, make sure the brightness and
- contrast controls of the monitor are adjusted for maximum brightness
- with a dark black level. Best results are obtained in a dark room with
- little or no ambient light. Some configurations are hard to see, unless
- its very dark.
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- UN-INSTALL:
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- The setup program AND the screen saver, have automatic
- UN-install functions. USE THEM, to un-install it.
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- To MANUALLY un-install it ... you need to remove the following
- files. The files are shown as if they were installed using the
- default directory c:\l-speed (Use your directory). [ NOTE: the
- 'registry' is not altered by LIGHT SPEED! ]
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- In your WINDOWS directory:
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- LIGHT-SPEED!.scr
- LIGHT-SPEED!.ini
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- In c:\l-speed
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- s.exe
- s.pif
- pan.bin
- version.dat
- rumble.wav
- readme.txt
- remove.bat
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- <models> -all files in this sub directory
- <sprites> -all files in this sub directory
- <banks> -all files (and sub directories)
-
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- Providing you have used the default directory ( or created
- your own for the exclusive use of LIGHT SPEED!), you can
- simply delete the directory c:\l-speed ... and all the files
- will be removed in a single step.
-
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- LEGAL:
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- This entire software package is COPYRIGHT 1998 Richard Wolton.
-
- It is made available to you free of charge.
-
- It is provided AS IS with no warranties or guaranties, expressed
- or implied.
-
- You are encouraged to copy and share this software with others.
-
- You may distribute the archive file without restriction.
-
-
- September 1998
-
- Richard Wolton
- 6601 Morning Canyon Rd
- Placerville,
- CA. 95667
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- http://home.pacbell.net/wolton
-
- wolton@pacbell.net
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- BRIEF HISTORY:
-
- Version 0.9 Star Generator - dos only - no saver features
-
- Version 1.0 -added scale control to star size
- -dash redraw bug fixed
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- Version 2.0 LIGHT SPEED!
- -added Windows screen saver features
-
- Version 3.0 -new control panel
- -fixes for installation program
- -fixes for path problems
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- Version 3.01 -fix for password bug
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- Version 4.0 -added Windows NT 4.0 compatibility
- -removed the FM sound functions and
- replaced them with a Windows 'friendly'
- WAVE file player
- -new control panel
- -added random 'type' timer
- -added model randomizer
- -improved the installation program
- -fixes for VESA modes
- -fixes for state restoration
- -fix for dash display error
- -added more error reporting
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-