ScreenSaver

News!

• The ScreenSaver for OS/2 web page has moved to http://www.hanisch.com/ssaver.html.Please bookmark!
• The ScreenSaver support e-mail address has changed to ssaver@hanisch.com

What is ScreenSaver?

ScreenSaver is Shareware. The registration fee is 28 US$ (when registering through BMT Micro), or 20.35 Euro if you are in Europe and make a bank transfer or send cash. Site licences available.

The current release level is 2.6

New in v2.6:

• NUTEK/APMS monitor support
• new and enhanced modules
• many minor enhancements and fixes
• uses OS/2 Warp 4 notebook style
• tested to run on Warp 4

Features overview:

• DPMS monitor support
• password protection
• OS/2 fullscreen support
• Win-OS/2 fullscreen support
• DOS fullscreen support
• Sound support
• Deskpic module support
• module building toolkit
• more than 50 modules included
• English and German version available

More detailed info on ScreenSaver:

• When ScreenSaver is started, it monitors your keyboard and mouse activityin the background. When a settable timeout expires, it runs one of thevarious saver modules until the user uses the keyboard or mouse again.ScreenSaver has the advantage of low memory consumption and very low CPUusage - this means virtually no performance impact on your normal work.
• ScreenSaver has a nice and intuitive user interface.
• ScreenSaver supports DPMS "Green" monitors.
• ScreenSaver supports OS/2, DOS and Win-OS/2 fullscreen sessions.
• ScreenSaver has password protection similar to the OS/2 lockup feature.
• Sound support through MMPM. You can associate WAVE and MIDI files with various ScreenSaver events.
• ScreenSaver has a very modular structure: It searches its directory for saver modules and selects a module randomly when the saver becomes active. Therefore it is very easy to extend ScreenSaver by just copying new saver modules to its directory.
• It is possible to use Deskpic modules with ScreenSaver. Just copy them to the ScreenSaver directory.
• Easy network-installation (CID).
• Sample source code for do-it-yourself saver modules comes with the distribution.
• ScreenSaver has been certified by IBM in their "Available and Ready for OS/2" (tm) Certification Program.

Screenshots

Global Settings screenshot
Module Settings screenshot
Password Settings screenshot
DPMS Settings page 1 screenshot
DPMS Settings page 2 screenshot
DPMS Settings page 3 screenshot
Sound Settings screenshot

Where can I get ScreenSaver?

• ssaver26.zip

• ssavrg26.zip

Registration of ScreenSaver

• You can register ScreenSaver online at BMT Micro
• Click here to go directly to the ScreenSaver Oder Form at BMT Micro.
• Or read the file REGISTER.DOC in the ScreenSaver directory for alternative ways of registration (fax, letter, CIS, ...).

Problem fixes:

• There was a small bug in the DPMS utility of the initial release of version 2.6(the program required an additional keystroke before waking up the monitor).If your dpms.exe file is dated 96/10/14 or newer, you already have the fixed version.If your dpms.exe file is dated 96/10/02, download the filedpms26fx.zip.

Additional modules for download

• Some VERY cool modules
• "Slideshow" module update (more image formats. this module is included in v2.6) by Siegfried Hanisch
• "Iron Maiden" module by Siegfried Hanisch
• "Starflight" module by Siegfried Hanisch
• "Ant" module by Mike, Vienna
• "Beachball" module by Mike, Vienna
• "Flying Windows" module by Mike, Vienna
• "Fade To Black II" module by Mike, Vienna
• "Birdman" module by Mike, Vienna
• "Globe" module by Mike, Vienna
• 4 modules ("TV", "Sticks", "Raupe", "External") by Olaf Koch

ScreenSaver support