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- ** Bible Blips: The Screen Saver for Windows (TM) v2.3 **
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- I. Description
- A "blip" by defintion is a spot of light on a radar screen. A
- "Bible Blip" is by my definition a spot of "light" (from the Bible) on
- a computer screen.
- Bible Blips: The Screen Saver for Windows is a Microsoft Windows
- compatible screen saver. You place its files into your C:\WINDOWS
- directory and select it from DESKTOP setting of your Control Panel.
- When the screen saver is activated it will display one of 356
- random Bible verses. The verse will float around the screen while
- colorful swirls are drawn behind it. Periodically the verse and the
- color of the verse will change.
-
- II. Installation & Use Instructions:
- - Run the SETUP.EXE program
- - It will place the screen saver file (BBLIPSAV.SCR) and the file
- of Bible verses (BBLIPS.VRS) into your C:\WINDOWS directory,
- and it will place this README.TXT file into the directory
- specified by the setup program.
- - To use it, open your CONTROL PANEL (usually in your MAIN window),
- select DESKTOP, and select BIBLE BLIPS from the list of screen
- savers available.
- NOTE: You must have the Visual Basic runtime module VBRUN300.DLL
- in your Windows or Windows\System directory!
-
- III. Machine Requirements:
- - Windows 3.1
- - VBRUN300.DLL Visual Basic run module
-
- IV. Development Environment:
- This program was written in Visual Basic V3.0 Standard Edition
- on my home PC which is a 486SX-25 with 8 meg RAM. I'm running
- Windows 3.1 on top of MS-DOS 6.2 using the standard Microsoft
- memory manager(HIMEM/EMM386), disk cache (Smartdrv). It was also
- tested on a 386-33 and a 486-66.
-
- V. Future Enhancements:
- - ???? If you have any suggestions, please let me know!
-
- VI. Version History:
- - v1.0 released 12/30/94
- - v1.1 released 02/28/95 Forced screen saver to always be on top.
- - v2.0 released 04/17/95 Added setup screen with options for
- adjusting speed of verse, frequency of verse changes, and
- password protection.
- - v2.1 released 04/21/95 Added error message for incorrect
- password and fixed stack space problem.
- - v2.2 released 11/17/95 Added verse display options: Hot
- colored book, no book, and user defined colored rectangle.
- Changed colored swirls so the line width varies.
- - v2.3 released 2/6/96 Added 1 as a speed option for super
- fast computers. Reversed order of scroll bars in setup.
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- VII. Verses
- - The Bible verses used by Bible Blips are taken from the King
- James version of the Bible. Why? For copyright reasons.
- The King James Version is public domain. You can easily create
- your own file of verses from any translation you want for your
- own use.
- - Currently there are 356 verses which will randomly come up.
- - I have specifically placed the verses in a separate file so
- that, if you want Bible Blips to use verses that you select,
- you can easily add them. The format of the verses file (which
- is called "BBLIPS.VRS") is quite simple. It is a simple text
- file with one verse per line! Bible Blips will handle thousands
- of verses (but the program will slow down with a larger verse
- file). The maximum limit for a verse in the text file
- is 252 characters. But that many positions will never fit in
- the Bible Blips window. You'll just have to use trial and error.
-
- VIII. Registration
- There is no registration required. It is free!
-
- IX. Standard Copyright and Disclaimer Stuff:
- - You may copy and give this program to anyone you wish as long
- as the 2 main files and this README.TXT file are kept intact.
- - This program is free of charge but the author still maintains
- all copyrights.
- - This program is provided to you on an "as is" basis. The author
- assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages incurred
- from the use of this program (but what could go wrong?!?).
- - Windows and Visual Basic are excellent products and are
- trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
-
- X. About the Author:
- I am a 18 year mainframe computer programmer (which means very
- little when you're talking about programming on a PC). I
- currently have 2 other FREE Bible applications available through
- several on-line services. One is called "Bible Baseball for Windows".
- And the other is "Bible Blips for Windows".
- My wife wanted me to learn Visual Basic so that I could write
- some applications for her fifth grade classroom's PC. She
- teaches at Penn Christian Academy in Norristown, PA. If you have
- any comments, corrections, bug notifications (heaven forbid),
- or ideas for other useful programs, please just let me know.
- My address is listed in Bible Blips' ABOUT box. Oh, by the way,
- you get to the ABOUT box by selecting screen saver setup while
- you are in the CONTROL PANEL'S Desktop function.
-
- XI. Other Software by the Author
- All software is available through AOL and through the new
- Barbor Software Home Page on the World Wide Web at:
- http://members.aol.com/RLB777/
-
- - Bible Blips for Windows v1.2 - a simple little Bible utility that
- displays randowm Bible verses when run.
-
- - Bible Baseball for Windows v2.4 - a Bible trivia game similar to
- the old Sunday School game Bible Baseball that the author played
- as a child. It is available from several online services
- including AmericaOnline and CompuServe.
-
- - Christmas Blips Screen Saver v2.0 - A Christmas version of this
- Bible Blips screen saver.
-
- Also, coming to a retail outlet near you...
- - Major League Math Baseball for Windows v1.1 - a math adaptation
- of Bible Baseball for Windows that is being released and
- distributed to the retail market by Quorum Software.
-
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- "Bible Blips for Windows", "Bible Blips: The Screen Saver for Windows",
- "Bible Baseball for Windows", and "Major League Math Baseball for Windows" ,
- and "Christmas Blips Screen Saver" are all trademarks of Barbor Software.
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- Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Barbor Software. All Rights Reserved.