============================================================================= PinsInSpace 1.00 by Pervect of Topix, 2001 ============================================================================= name: PinsInSpace author: Eli-Jean R. Leyssens (pervect@topixweb.com) size: 1021 bytes needs: RISC OS 3 (StrongARM recommended) descr.: Have an animated starfield for the Pinboard backdrop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PinsInSpace ~~~~~~~~~~~ PinsInSpace gives you a nice animated starfield for the Pinboard backdrop. The program was originally going to be called StarBoard, but unfortunately somebody had already written a RISC OS program called StarBoard, so I had to come up with another name. In case you hadn't noticed yet, PinsInSpace is a wordplay on "Pigs In Space", the name of a recurring sketch in The Muppet Show. Usage ~~~~~ To start PinsInSpace just double-click the PinInSpace file or follow the installation instructions below. You can quit PinsInSpace in two ways: - press F12 or open a taskwindow and type: *RMKill PinsInSpace - open the Tasks window, press the menu button over the Pinboard entry and then choose Task 'Pinboard' -> Quit. This will only quit PinsInSpace, not the actual Pinboard task. Note: selecting that Quit entry a second time will of course quit the actual Pinboard task. The speed at which one flies through the starfield can be controlled via the CLI command "warp". Just press F12 or open a taskwindow and then type: *Warp 1, Mr Sulu *Warp 9, Let's rock! Accepted speeds range from 0 to 9 and all text, including numbers, after the first digit are simply ignored. So, *Warp 1000 is the same as *Warp 1. The number of stars drawn will depend on the current speed of your computer. That is, it is not only dependant upon the speed of the CPU, but also on the current load. PinsInSpace always tries to reach at least 20 frames per second. When it can not reach that because other programs are putting a heavy load on the machine then it will reduce the number of stars until it either reaches 20 frames per second again or until the minimum number of stars has been reached. Once the load on the machine by other applications drops, PinsInSpace will start increasing the number of stars again until it either falls below 20 frames per second again or until it reaches the maximum number of stars. Installation ~~~~~~~~~~~~ To install PinsInSpace just copy the PinInSpace file to your PreDesk directory. Next time you reboot your computer PinsInSpace will automatically be loaded. Copyright notice and disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Archive contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Files included in this archive are: PinInSpace ; The program itself ReadMe ; This file GPL ; Version 2 of the GNU General Public License Source.!SetPaths ; Sets the PinsInSpaceWork$Dir Source.!Squash ; Turns the PinInModul file into an absolute file ; called PinInAbs and then compresses that file Source.ModToAbs ; Takes the PinInModul file and turns it into an ; absolute file called PinInAbs Source.Build ; Build instructions (Sources->Final) Greetings ~~~~~~~~~ Greetz go out to ARM'sTech, BASS, Devine Nature, DFI, GUS, Icebird, Kulture, Moving Pixels, Reactive, TXP and of course to all CodeCraft participants! Contact address ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want to contact me or want to know more about Topix or Topix productions: TopixWEB: http://www.topixweb.com Pervect : pervect@topixweb.com Schivelbeinerstr. 5 10439 Berlin Germany