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- GATLING
- Machine Gun Screen Blaster
- for
- Microsoft Windows (tm)
-
- Version 2.01
- 10/7/1991
-
- Copyright (c) 1991
- Scott Gourley
-
- Clickon Software
- Compuserve ID 72311,613
- 105 Union St, Watertown, MA 02172
-
- Thank you for trying GATLING! (And thanks to all users of version
- 1.0 for their kind words and suggestions!)
-
- GATLING is a Microsoft Windows 3.0 program which periodically shoots
- a spray of bullets across your computer screen, leaving a trail of
- bullet holes in your windows. These bullet holes remain on the
- screen until the windows are refreshed by Windows itself. This
- program has a couple of useful (if frivolous) purposes: if your
- tendency is to fall asleep on your keyboard during those long word
- processing sessions (or late nights playing Minesweeper), this
- program (with sound turned on) will effectively wake you back up
- every so often. Better yet, to surprise a colleague who uses
- Windows, run this program and hide its icon just before your friend
- sits down to work. Then stick around and watch the fun!
-
- The program's normal mode is to blast the screen at time intervals of
- about 90 seconds (on average), with a minimum time of 30 seconds
- between blasts. This operation can be modified by a command line
- parameter, which specifies the desired average interval in seconds.
- The minimum interval used will be 1/5th of the average interval
- value. Note that each blast can take 2 seconds or more, so an
- average value of less than 10 seconds is not recommended!
-
- MENU OPTIONS
-
- This version of Gatling also supports the following system menu
- options:
-
- The Refresh option repaints the desktop background and all
- application windows (or icons), removing all trace of battle
- damage.
-
- The Hide Gatling option hides Gatling's application icon, which
- has the side effect of removing this program from the task list.
- Note that this will require you to exit Windows in order to
- stop Gatling's execution. (In other words, don't leave it
- running this way unattended on someone else's machine!)
-
- The Timer Interval option brings up a dialog box that allows
- you to change the average time interval between machine gun
- blasts. The current timer interval setting is also shown in
- the option's menu string.
-
- The Sound Effects option is a switch that allows the (sometimes
- annoying) machine gun sound effects to be turned off.
-
- The Small, Medium, and Large Caliber options, taken as a group,
- allow you to change size of the bullet holes being sprayed
- across your screen. Although any size works on any monitor,
- you may find that a certain size is better than the others for
- a particular screen resolution.
-
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- I like to call this type of program a Windows "gimmick" since it
- exploits a feature of Windows in a harmless, entertaining way,
- for no useful purpose. You may want to look for my other Windows
- "gimmick", ICOFRITE, which makes your Windows application icons
- and windows frightened of the mouse cursor.
-
- This program is Freeware, but if you would like to see more of
- this type of program from me (I have ideas for over 20 other
- programs like this), please feel free to send any size donation!
- If I get a good response, perhaps I'll put together a collection
- and call it the "Windows Un-productivity Pack".
-
- This product may be freely distributed providing no modifications or
- additions are made to the software, its documentation, or any
- associated files, and it is not bundled in a distribution of any
- other software except that which is distributed as Shareware or
- Freeware.
-