Megaware 1/Megaware Volume 1.iso/utils/frog-scr/read.me

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             INTRODUCTION

             Desert Frog Screen Scenes are screen savers with a twist.
             Instead of simply blanking the screen after periods with no
             keyboard entry, they do something fun.  DISSOLVE makes your
             text dissolve away.  MESSAGE displays a 20-character message
             of your choice which bounces around the screen.  BUGS! gives
             you a cute little bug dashing across the screen at
             intervals.  TAPEWORM draws a colorful geometric pattern on
             the screen, erasing and redrawing it at intervals to prevent
             burn-in.  On VGA cards, it works in 256 color mode!  LINES
             draws objects reminiscent of the old QIX(?) game which chase
             each other across the screen.  No longer do you have to have
             a boring blank screen when the computer is on but not in
             use.

             INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING DESERT FROG SCREEN SCENES

             1) Hard Disk:
             Copy the entire disk to your hard disk.  Put it in it's own
             directory labeled DFSS.  You can use any of the Screen
             Scenes included on this disk.

             2) Floppy Disk:
             Copy the Screen Scene you wish to use onto your boot floppy.
             You can only use the following ones from this disk: DISSOLVE
             and MESSAGE.  To use DISSOLVE, copy the files called
             DISSOLVE.EXE and D1.EXE.  To use MESSAGE, copy the files
             called MESSAGE.EXE and M1.EXE.

             USING DESERT FROG SCREEN SCENES

             Now that you have them installed use the following process
             to activate them.

             Add the Screen Scene to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Include the
             full path to the Screen Scene.  For example, if you have the
             Screen Scene BUGS! in the directory C:\DFSS, your
             AUTOEXEC.BAT file should include, preferably as the last
             line, the following command: C:\DFSS\BUGS!.

             Once they are installed, all the Screen Scenes  will
             automatically activate themselves after a period of several
             minutes with no keyboard activity.  They can be manually
             activated by typing <ALT>., (ALT PERIOD).  All will
             automatically deactivate themselves when a key is pressed.
             To prevent a Screen Scene from activating, say when you
             are using a program with no keyboard input, type <ALT>; (ALT
             SEMICOLON).  To reactivate the Screen Scene, type <ALT>'












             (ALT SINGLE QUOTE).  To remove the Screen Scene from memory,
             just call it again from the DOS prompt.  For example, if you
             have BUGS! installed in D:\DFSS and wish to remove it from
             memory, type D:\DFSS\BUGS!  If there is nothing loaded into
             memory after the Screen Scene, it will remove itself from
             memory.

             NOTE: Screen Scenes will not pop up over graphics programs,
             or programs running in graphics modes.

             REMINDER: Screen Scenes only work with CGA, EGA or VGA
             cards, or cards that are 100% compatible with them.

             MESSAGE:  This Screen Scene will display a message up to 20
             characters long.  To enter a message, put it into the
             AUTOEXEC.BAT file with underscores separating the words of
             the message.  For example, putting this line in your
             AUTOEXEC.BAT file, C:\DFSS\MESSAGE Desert_Frog!. will result
             in the message "Desert_Frog!" appearing on the screen.

             DISSOLVE: When this Screen Scene activates it dissolves the
             screen.  That is, it randomly picks characters on the screen
             and turns that location blank.  This process continues until
             the entire screen is blanked.  DISSOLVE looks best when you
             use a program like Word Perfect or Microsoft Works that has
             a colored background for text.

             BUGS!:    Your computer has been infested by bugs.  This
             Screen Scene tries to blank the display.  Unfortunately, the
             machine now has a bug in it.  It's easy to tell since the
             little critter dashes back and forth across the screen every
             so often!

             TAPEWORM: This Screen Scene draws colorful patterns on the
             screen.  These patterns appear, then, blank out, then appear
             again.  The numbers of colors used depends on the video card
             you have.  On VGA cards, the patterns use the 256 color
             mode!.

             LINES:    This Screen Scene draws screen patterns
             reminiscent of the game QIX.  Two objects move across the
             screen, seemingly chasing and playing together.



             Desert Frog Screen Scenes are shareware products.  Please
             copy these products and pass them on to your friends.  If
             you make use of this software, you should pay a registration
             fee of $10 to:

                                 Desert Frog Software
                               6026 West Paradise Lane
                                  Glendale, AZ 85306













             Call [phone] evenings or weekends if you have any
             questions.

             Please make payment by check.

             Your registration fee entitles you to use this software on a
             single computer and to make unlimited backup copies.  Upon
             receipt of your registration fee you will receive a disk
             containing additional Screen Scenes as well as copies of
             these Screen Scenes without this welcome screen.  You will
             also receive notice of future Screen Scene disks. Future
             disks will be available to registered users for $6.