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P96 Blanker with fading colored bubbles

   Author:       Matthias Gietzelt <Matthias Gietzelt gmx de>
   Uploader:     Matthias Gietzelt <Matthias Gietzelt gmx de>
   Type:         util/blank
   Architecture: m68k-amigaos
   Date:         2023-09-04
   Readme:       http://aminet.net/util/blank/BubbleBlanker.readme
   Downloads:    3

http://aminet.net/util/blank/BubbleBlanker.lha

This little tool is a 25 year old screen blanker for Picasso96 systems. It

shows big colored bubbles, which are fading out.

The tool requires a screen with a size of 320x240 pixels and a depth of 8 bit.

Please create such a screen mode, if you haven't already. In doubt, the

blanker opens the most similar screen mode (e.g. 640x480) which can cause that

the bubbles will only appear in the left upper part of the screen.

For inactivity detection it makes use of the commodity interface of AmigaOS.

The time to start can be configured with the tooltype SECONDS_WAIT. The tool

can also be started using the hotkey (default: lcommand l, which is similar to

LAmiga+l).

To interrupt the screen blanker, you can hit any key or press a mouse button.

Requirements:

AmigaOS 3.1
a working Picasso96 installation
a configured 320x240 screen with 8 bit depth

Installation:

Just copy the tool to WBStartup. That's it. It needs to be started from

Workbench, not from CLI.

Currently suppported tooltypes:

SECONDS_WAIT=<x>: wait for x seconds of inactivity (keyboard and mouse will

be checked) until the screen blanker starts. Default: 600

CX_POPUPKEY hotkey to start the screen blanker

Contents of util/blank/BubbleBlanker.lha

PERMISSION  UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP     NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ ----------
[generic]                 7125   14700  48.5% -lh5- b458 Sep  4  1980 BubbleBlanker
[generic]                  273     564  48.4% -lh5- 0d24 Sep  4  1980 BubbleBlanker.info
[generic]                  650    1187  54.8% -lh5- 0459 Sep  4  1980 BubbleBlanker.readme
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ ----------
 Total         3 files    8048   16451  48.9%            Sep  5 03:14