"Sharing in the Dark" is a shareware program that allows anyone using System 7 File Sharing and After Dark to automatically control the amount of CPU time allocated to File Sharing depending upon the state of the screen saver.
Without "Sharing in the Dark", System 7 File Sharing defaults to 50% of the CPU time allocated to File Sharing. "Sharing in the Dark" allows you to allocate anywhere from 10% to 100% of the CPU time for File Sharing for both normal working and screen saver active modes.
What this means is, for example, you could set the file sharing to 20% CPU usage when the screen saver is not active (when you are busy working on the computer) and set the idle setting to 100% CPU time for file sharing (when the screen saver is active).
"Sharing in the Dark" doesn't do anything fancy as far as a screen saver is concerned. It will just dim the screen to the depth you select with the slider. The reason for this is that all the fancy graphic screen saver modules use CPU time. If you are concerned with the maximum file sharing throughput, then just use Sharing in the Dark alone with After Dark. If you want a fancy screen saver at the same time, then use After Dark's "Multi Module" and use "Sharing in the Dark" with your favorite screen saver modules.
"Sharing in the Dark" is provided to you on the Shareware honor system. If you like it and use it, please send $15 (U.S.) for my efforts to the following address. Your respect and compliance will allow small developers like me to bring programs like this to you. ( Hey, how else can you speed up File Sharing for just $15? An accelerator board... I don't think so... )
Please let me know what you think about "Sharing in the Dark". You can contact me at the following addresses.
Bill Sanford
Sanford Communications
P.O. Box 1133
Bemidji, MN 56601
AppleLink : Sanford.Comm
AOL : SanComm
"Sharing in the Dark" can be freely distributed by any means, provided that this unaltered text file is also included.
