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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Trademarked names are the property of the respective owners │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
(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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