Moire

Moire ScreenSaver by John Lim INTRODUCTION Moire ScreenSaver (Portions copyright (c) 1987-89 John Lim) is a program that is installed via a cdev file that can be accessed from the Control Panel. After Moire (pronounced mwahr) ScreenSaver is installed, when the Mac is left inactive the screen will be darkened (to prevent the screen image from burning into the phosphor of the CRT) and a pretty Moire pattern will appear. To turn off the screensaver when it is activated, move your mouse. While the Moire pattern is moving, press a few keys to see some special effects… Changes To Moire since 2.22 - Added Dyson’s Folly pattern. This is a completely rewritten implementation of some C code by Scott Storkel for an experimental blanking routine that itself duplicates the animation from Dyson's Folly. Scott’s code was a modified version of a program distributed by Sun Microsystems on a tape of demo programs. So thanks to Scott and Sun for the algorithm ! - Included many more colour animation features to Moire. - Run on Shut Down feature added. Only useful for Macs that do not have hardware shutdown (i.e. SE’s, Pluses and SE/30’s). - Completely modified Moire’s Control Panel interface. - Added ability to set Sleep and Wake rectangles. - New icon design and colour icon display on start up. - Many inter nal changes to improve compatibility. GENERAL GUIDE Installation To try it out, place the Moire cdev file in the System Folder and open it using the Control Panel (use the Control Panel found in System 4.0 or later). Opening the cdev will automatically install the screensaver in memory if it has not yet been installed. (A ‘cdev’ is a file that the Control Panel can access). NOTE : If Moire complains that there is insufficient memory, it means that there is not enough memory in the System Heap. Reboot and it should work. If you like the results, keep it in your System Folder and every time you bootup Moire ScreenSaver will install itself. During installation on bootup, the Moire icon will appear at the bottom-left of your screen. If you don’t want Moire to be installed hold down the Shift-Key until the desktop appears on the screen. Any errors during installation are indicated by beeps. This program will work on any Macintosh with 128K+ Roms. Any System from 3.2 onwards can be used, subject to the following provisos : • System 3.2 : You must change the Moire cdev file type from cdev to INIT, and then place Moire cdev in the System Folder and reboot. You can do this using the utility provided, “Moire cdev =>INIT”. • System earlier than 4.1 : You may not change the Permanent Settings from the Control Panel as it needs to use the new routine PopupMenuSelect(). Instead, the Mac will beep when you click the the Change Settings box. Moire cdev => INIT For people who are using System 3.2, or are…