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- Life screen saver for windows
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- Requirements:
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- The program requires windows 3.1, it will work with any screen resolution
- upto 1280 x 1024.
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- Installation:
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- Copy the file LIFE.SCR into your windows directory.
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- Operation:
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- To activate Life as the current screen saver go to the desktop dialog
- in the control panel, in the screen saver list box scroll down until
- "Life" is shown then click on it.
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- Testing:
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- After selecting "Life" as above click on the Test button and the program
- will run on the default settings.
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- Configuring:
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- After selecting "Life" as above, click on the Setup button and the program
- will allow you to change the following settings:
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- Time interval - This sets the delay in milliseconds between each
- generation (with very small values your CPU may not
- complete all processing before the time expires, in
- this case the simulation will run as fast as it can).
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- Random seed - Only used when the Fixed start option is turned off,
- provides the start number for a random sequence.
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- Percentage Live - Only used when Fixed start option is turned off,
- provides the percentage of screen positions which
- have cells in them at the start of the simulation.
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- Clear background - If this box is checked the screen will be cleared
- before any cells are drawn, otherwise the cells will
- be drawn on top of whatever is there when the saver
- starts.
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- Fixed start - When this box is checked the program will draw a
- solid rectangle of cells at the start of the
- simulation and whenever it finds the simulation
- repeating, this option disables the random
- start method.
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- Fixed start width - Controls the width in cells of the fixed start
- rectangle.
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- Fixed start hight - Controls the hight in cells of the fixed start
- rectangle.
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- Password protected - Enables a password prompt when the screen saver is
- interupted.
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- Set password - When the password option is enabled, this
- button allows your password to be set.
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- About - Click on this button to show information about
- the program.
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- This version of Life is a shareware program, if you like it and keep using
- it then send ú£5 in the UK or $10 from anywhere else and I will send you
- another windows screen saver.
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- Send cash, UK cheque or international money order to:
- Doug Ritchie,
- 55 Frankton Ave,
- Coventry,
- CV3 5BA,
- England.
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- (c) D. Ritchie 1994.
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