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- KitCat
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-
- KitCat is a simple application that looks like a wall-mounted Cat
- clock sold some years ago. If you never saw one, it looks like a
- black cat with an analog clock in its belly. As the seconds goes
- by, its tail and eyes swing to the left and to the right. To
- mark the hour (13:00, for instance), the clock would meow.
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- Well, I ran KitCat under System 6 and 7 without any problems. It
- probably runs even under System 4, but I did not try. The program
- needs 32 Kb of disk space and uses 100 Kb of RAM. It is no
- memory hog by any means.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- There is not much to install KitCat; just put it wherever is
- convenient for you and it will be as happy as it could ever be.
-
- To run it, simply double-click its icon. That is it! I swear!
- There is no commands to learn nor configurations to be set. Once
- it is on, you will see it pop up on the screen and begin moving
- its tail and eyes. Whenever it reaches :00 minutes, it will
- meow. =)
-
- HISTORY (Raison d'etre)
-
- Some 3 years ago I went to UF computer fair and saw a DECStation
- running what seemed to be an X-windows version of the Kit Cat
- clock. Inquiring the DEC representative lead to nothing -- he
- did not know where that program came from or how to get it -- so
- I decided to look for it somewhere else: the net. Since then,
- I have been looking for any lead to that program.
-
- During the Summer of 1994, I finally found the X11 cat clock.
- After some problems and conversations with the author, I
- eventually compiled and installed it in my Unix account. After
- that, I began wondering, "Why not port it to my Mac?" First I
- simply tried to rewrite the code, but did not have much luck;
- my knowledge of X-windows programming is quite sorry. So, I
- decided write my own program that *looks* like Philip Schnider's
- X11/motif code. Ok, ok, at least the Cat looks like Philip's.
-
- "But," you would ask, "why write the program?" That is a good
- question. Perhaps to have it running in your machine and
- suddenly meowing loud enough to attract attention to your
- screen. Impress your friends! Amaze you SO!
-
- COPYRIGHT/SHAREWARE
-
- Copyright © 1994 Mauricio Tavares (Me!) <raub@grove.circa.ufl.edu>
- All rights reserved. I am placing this program as shareware. If
- you really appreciate this program, send me $5.00 (I am not greedy)
- or a nice =) Post Card (especially if you do not live in US) so
- that I know how far this program have gone. My address is:
-
- Mauricio Tavares
- 2601 NW 23rd Blvd apt 215
- Gainesville, FL 32605-2937
- Earth (Sol 3), Sol solar system
- Orion's Arm of the Milky Way galaxy
- Local agglomerate of galaxies
- Known Universe
-
- raub@grove.circa.ufl.edu
- afn03482@freenet.ufl.edu
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
- Philip Schnider <pjs@netcom.com> for having written the code for
- X11/Motif, making me want to write a port for the
- Mac
-
- D Neal Wise <nwise@achilles.k12.ar.us> for getting me a nice Meow
- sound
-
- Stefan Kurth <stk@DoBag.IN-Berlin.DE> for help with my delay
- problem
- MODIFICATIONS
-
- 1.0.0 - After testing in a Quadra 700, I found it was too
- fast. A .1s delay was added to the code. (Jan 03, 94)
-
- 1.0.1 beta - Correct some of the resources so that is shows the
- version correctly. =( (Jan 01, 1995)
-
- 1.0.0 beta - First version. Get the memory requirements as low as
- possible without losing the meows. (Dec 31, 1994)
-
- CODA
-
- If you have any suggestions/opinions/comments, do send them this
- way!
-
- Oh, if I am not mistaken, I left some surprises in the About...
- box. Happy hunting. =)
-
-