Short: CyberGfx-ScreenBlanker with DPMS Author: stefan.robl@tirnet.de (Stefan Robl) Uploader: stefan robl tirnet de (Stefan Robl) Type: util/blank Version: 1.25 Architecture: m68k-amigaos Description ----------- CGXBlanker is a small ScreenBlanker for computers equipped with a CyberGraphics/Picasso96-supporting Gfx-Board. The blanker currently has the following Blanker-Modules: - Black : just a black screen... ;) - Moire : the classic colorful moire-blanker - Forest : colorful fractal trees - Spiral : an incredible rotating spiral - Flower : a very nice blanker which draws several elliptic objects - Pipe : a interesting blanker which lets you fly trough a 3D pipe - Random : one of the blankers above is randomly chosen (except Black) CGXBlanker also supports the DPMS energy-saving methods of modern monitors. You can enable/disable this option and control the delay before the blanker switches to the DPMS mode(s). This blanker is a system-friendly commodity and you also have keyboard shortcuts for immediate blanking, immediate DPMS and quit. The blanker settings are easy to adjust with the CGXBlankerPrefs program - this is much simplier than changing Tooltypes by hand. Starting with V1.25, there is an ARexx port with allows the full control of CGXBlanker by external applications (for example: deactivate it before starting CDBurner-Software...) Features --------- CGXBlanker... o supports (or better: needs) CyberGraphics or Picasso96 o is small o has a prefs program with GUI o is fast (available for 020+ and 040+) o is a Commodity o has an ARexx interface o supports all three types of DPMS o is fully configurable o is systemfriendly designed o is freeware Requirements ------------ o AmigaOS 3.x+ (successfully tested with OS 3.1) o GfxBoard running with CyberGraphX or Picasso96 and a Workbench/DefaultPublicScreen running in >=256 Colors Distribution ------------ CGXBlanker is FREEWARE. I would be happy to get an eMail if you like/use it or if you have any questions about this tool. Future ------ - More blanker modules - All of your good ideas - Modular blanker modules History ------- V1.00: (27.03.1999) ** first public release ** V1.10: (05.04.1999) - Added a Prefs-program with GUI for a simple configuration of the large number of blanker parameters. The Prefs-program now made the Tooltypes useless. There where also a lot of changes to the blankers: - Moire: o Selectable amount of lines o Full controlable random/fixed sped-settings - Forest: o Selectable number of trees to draw until clear-screen o Changeable colorstep which controls the colors used for every tree. - Spiral: o The spiral of the Spiral-Blanker now can rotate in both directions (controlable: random, clock wise, counter clock wise) o Selectable startangle (random or zero) o Three point styles: pixel, lines and blocks o Adjustable amoutn of points/elements o Controlable speed of the gradient - Added support for all three types of DMPS energy saving methods. (the old version only supported the OFF-mode) Thanks to Paul "ExiE" Strejcek for this suggestion! - Now you can control what blankers the random module can choose. V1.20: (15.11.1999) ** second public release ** - Added a nice new blanker module "Flower". Many thanks to Roland Menzel for providing the very nice idea!! V1.21: (16.11.1999) - Made a mistake in the V1.20 release: I only included a 040 optimized version. This will surely crash on machines with older CPUs... sorry... now there are two versions: One for 68020 and above and one for 68040 and above. - Added a installer script for easier installation... V1.22: (17.11.1999) - Removed a small bug in the installer script in expert mode. Thanks to Rico Schreckenbach for reporting the problem! V1.25: (03.03.2000) ** third public release ** - CGXBlanker now blanks immediately again if another screen or window was brought to front by another application. Thanks to Ingo Musquinier for reporting this problem! - Added the ARexx-Interface to allow the control of CGXBlanker from external applications. Thanks, Andrew Bruno, for your initial idea (env-variable)! - Removed a problem with time-measurement. Now everything should be accurate! Thanks to Bill Ceaser for reporting this problem! - Added the "Don't blank if mouse is over titlebar" option. Thanks to Andrew Bruno for this idea! - Removed a compatibility problem (color-selection) with P96. Thanks to Rico Schreckenbach for reporting this! - The CGXBlankerPrefs program now informs the CGXBlanker immediately, if there is a new setting to use. You now also can immediately test the settings for each blanker by clicking "Test Blanker". - Added the Blanker "Pipe". - Added an AmigaGuide documentation. Author ------ Stefan Robl More infos about ArtecScan, PPCjpeg, the QBox and my other Projects? Just visit my Homepage: http://www.tirnet.de/~srobl Have fun!