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- (c) Copyright 1988, 1990, 1991 by FM de Monasterio
- All rights reserved
-
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- AnyKey version 3.31
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-
-
- AnyKey is a non-resident, EGA/VGA screen blanking utility that displays
- intermittently the prompt: 'Press Any Key...' on different parts of the
- screen. The original contents of the screen are restored upon any key-
- press. AnyKey requires an EGA or VGA adapter, and DOS versions 2.00 or
- higher.
-
- Blanking is achieved by the reprogramming of the EGA/VGA color palette,
- that is used to map the video memory data into colors, so that only the
- background/foreground attribute 07h, white on a dark background, can be
- be seen as a dim color. If you have a clock display, make sure that its
- color attributes are not 07h.
-
- In the EGA and EGA-compatible modes of the VGA, AnyKey reads and stores
- palette contents prior to asserting its own color values. (For the EGA,
- this is achieved by setting up a Parameter Save Area where the EGA BIOS
- can store the contents of the palette registers, so that these contents
- can be restored upon conclusion of the execution. If the EGA BIOS does
- not store these data, AnyKey then loads the DOS default palette.)
-
-
- Upon blanking of the screen, AnyKey also parks all attached hard disks.
- For each physical disk attached to the hard disk controller that can be
- accessed via BIOS disk services, parking is achieved by moving the head
- to the highest disk cylinder.
-
- If a registered version of the resident blanker utility BLANKS.COM with
- the same release number is found resident, AnyKey inactivates the timed
- blanking of BLANKs till the keypress is detected (so as to preserve the
- intermittent display of the prompt).
-
- Usage: ANYKEY [prompt language] [B] [?]
-
- where [E] = English (default)
- [F] = French
- [P] = Portuguese
- [S] = Spanish
- [B] = Beep on the last row
- [?] = Display a brief help text
-
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- REGISTRATION
-
- These programs and the documentations (the "Software") are the copyrighted
- property of FM de Monasterio (the "author"), who provides the Software and
- licenses its use. All rights are reserved.
-
- This Software is part of a user-supported shareware package. If you do not
- wish to register the Software package, but would like to use this utility,
- please send to the address below a US$5.00 check marked "For Deposit Only"
- and payable to "PATIENT CARE FUND, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL" of Washington, DC.
- Users who donate to such a fund may legally keep and use the utility under
- the limitations described below.
-
- FM de Monasterio
- P.O. Box 219
- Cabin John, MD 20818-0219
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- You may distribute this Software via magnetic and/or electronic means, but
- you are specifically prohibited from:
-
- - Charging fees or asking donations in exchange of or payment
- for copies of the Software.
- - Distributing this Software with commercial products without
- the written permission from the author.
- - Distributing this Software via a for-profit organization or
- group, either alone or with other Software.
-
- The unauthorized copying, decompiling or disassembling of this Software is
- prohibited; any other use of this Software is prohibited without a written
- permission in advance from the author.
-
-
- WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
-
- The author cannot and does not warrant that any function contained in the
- programs will meet your requirements, or that the operation will be error
- free. The entire risk as to the Software performance or quality, or both,
- is solely with the user and not the author. You assume responsibility for
- the selection of the program to achieve your intended results and for the
- installation, use, and results obtained from the Software.
-
- The author makes no warranty, either implied or expressed, including with-
- out limitation any warranty with respect to this Software documented here,
- its quality, performance, or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event
- shall the author be liable to you for damages, whether direct or indirect,
- incidental, special, or consequential arising out the use of or any defect
- in the Software, even if the author has been advised of the possibility of
- such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
-
- All other warranties of any kind, either express or implied,including but
- not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for
- for as a particular purpose, are expressly excluded.
-
-
- LIMITATION OF REMEDIES
-
- The author's entire liability, and your exclusive remedy shall be: (1) the
- replacement of an original Software diskette not meeting the above Limited
- Warranty and which is returned to the author along with proof of purchase,
- or (2), if the author is unable to deliver a replacement diskette which is
- free of defects, you may terminate the License Agreement by returning this
- Software and the corresponding license fee will be returned.
-
- By using the Software, you acknowledge (1) to have read and understood all
- parts of this document and (2) to have agreed with and accepted all of its
- provisions without any reservation.
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