Short: Modular screen saver/system sound manager Type: util/blank Uploader: mdesk@netcom.com Author: (MediaDesk) mdesk@netcom.com MediaDesk presents... DesktopMAGIC ============ AMIGA ANIMATED SCREENSAVER & SYSTEM SOUND MANAGER Version 2.0 - June 1, 1994 Entire contents Copyright (C) 1994 by MediaDesk. All rights reserved. NAME DesktopMAGIC - Modular screensaver and system sound manager VERSION U.S. Version 2.0 of MaxonMAGIC, the most popular screensaver in Germany AUTHORS Klaus Dieter Sommer, Gernot Reisinger, Data Design, Freddy Veit, Salvatore Barcelona, Alexander Ismail, Satoko Watanabe DESCRIPTION DesktopMAGIC saves your screen from phosphor burn-in by featuring 32 animated screen saver modules, accompanied by sampled sound and 8-track music. Plus, it puts sound into your system, Workbench, and even all your already installed applications by assigning sounds or voices to windows, keys, times, text and virtually all other system events. It gives your AMIGA that MAGIC feeling you will never want to miss again. Main Features: - Entertaining screen saver modules, such as "Flying Breakfast" or "Aquarium", professionally designed and animated. - Useful screens saver modules, such as a clock, a module to leave personal memos, or a module for password protection. - All modules can be customized by changing numerous parameters, and by selecting the accompanying sound and music. - Create personal screen saver modules to showcase your IFF graphics and ANIM files - your logo, your 3D-scenes, you name it! - With the Audio Manager you assign sampled sounds to... - any system event such as "Close Window" or "Inserted Disk" - any key (specific keys and groups of keys) - starting programs when launched from Workbench or CLI - any text string, such as "Please insert next disk!" - any time (specific times and 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, full hour) Be prepared for a whole new AMIGA feeling - two disks worth of sounds and music are included! - Comes on 3 disks packed with screen saver modules, sounds, music, graphics and animations... diversity for months to come! DesktopMAGIC is a safe screensaver: - Professionally designed in strict accordance to AMIGA system and user interface guidelines. - Runs flawlessly on all present and future OS revisions, such as OS 1.3, OS 2.0 and OS 3.0. - Commercially developed and tested (enforcer proof code). - All AMIGA graphic cards are supported (Picasso, Piccolo, etc.) - Supports IFF sounds, IFF graphics and ANIM 5, 7 and 8 files. - Sounds can be kept on disk to save memory. - Already thousands of satisfied users in Germany. - Runs on Toaster systems. - Comprehensive 48-page manual with step-by-step instructions. - Easy installation through Commodore Installer - Free technical user support through phone, fax, mail or e-mail. Now 32 screen saver modules are available: - Aquarium (Watch happy fish... and see how they get angled) - BlackScreen (the lean screen saver - consumes less memory) - Blanctris (relax - and watch the AMIGA play the game) - Blanctris_ECS (this version makes full use of the ECS) - Checkered Race (a speedy chase to the horizon) - Clock (tic-toc-tic-toc... analog or digital, moving or steady) + - Cockroaches (La Cocaracha has taken over your Workbench) - CrazyWorms (Yummi-Yummi... Workbench tastes GOOD!) - Curtain (The creature draws the curtain... have a break!) - Eyes (Why are they blinking at you - out of the dark?) + - Fireworks (glittering, fading, colored, or all at the same time) - Flying Breakfast (a classic - need we say more?) - Fractal (OK, not Julia Roberts - but the Julia equations!) - FractalDOUB (twice as exact) - Life (the famous simulation game) - Lightning (we deliver the thunder, too!) - Lines (another classic - don't miss it) - Meltdown (Quickly! Switch on your workbench windshield wipers!) - Messages ("Out to lunch - file is in the drawer - See you!") - Mountain (For all you 3D fractal landscape fans out there) + - Mower (It was about time for THAT Workbench) - MyAnimation (This one's worth more than a million others) + - MyPicture (Your logo, your 3D-scene, your painting) + - Password (Protects your AMIGA when you're not there) + - Plasma (Psyhodelic - use only as directed) - Puzzle (Tiles of Workbench surface are shifted around) + - Rain (It's raining screen saver modules) - Spotlights (Your AMIGA life on stage) + - Stars (..to boldly go where no one's gone before...) - Stars_ECS (extra smooth on ECS machines) - Tunnel (A space odysey - right on your AMIGA) (+ Included in this release) C programmers! Write and publish your own screen saver modules: The DesktopMAGIC screen saver development kit will be available by June 15, 1994. It contains comprehensive information on how to write screen saver modules and how to integrate them in the DesktopMAGIC environment. You own the copyright to your screen saver modules, so you may publish them yourself or through MediaDesk. The developer kit is freely distributable and will be available through all appropriate distribution channels. CONTACT If you want to place an order for a full-featured, registered version of DesktopMAGIC including 3 disks and manual for only $39.95, please call 1-800-30-MDESK (1-800-306-3375) directly, and one of our friendly staff members will be happy to assist you. VISA/MC/AMEX welcome. Or refer to the convenient order form included in this package (file name: "DesktopMAGIC_Order_Form"). Dealer, distributor and licensing inquiries are welcome. We at MediaDesk have committed ourselves to introducing only the best of Germany's AMIGA software to the U.S. user base, as well as to other AMIGA communites all over the world. * Do you want more information on other MediaDesk products, such as - Cinema4D, the exciting new 3D rendering-raytracing-animation package? - MaxonCAD, the revolutionary and powerful CAD package, rated "Product Of The Year" twice in a row by the leading German AMIGA Magazine? * Do you want free demo disks and information brochures on our products? * Do you want to save money through special discounts for user groups, organizations, companies, volume buyers? * Do you want to take part in our success and become an authorized MediaDesk dealer? * Do you want to receive our free newsletter for hot infos, special offers and tips and tricks on the AMIGA and on our products? * Do you want to earn extra income by commercially publishing your very own software projects through an experienced AMIGA software publisher? The philosophy at MediaDesk is to be as helpful as we possibly can to assure that you use and enjoy our products to the fullest extent possible. To that end we have established several different ways for you to reach us. Should you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or other feedback, we would be happy to hear from you. Here's how to reach us: MediaDesk - Customer Support Center 1875 S. Bascom Ave., Bldg. 116, Suite 204 Campbell, CA 95008-2359 1-800-30-MDESK - Orders (408) 374-7595 - Product Info (408) 374-7596 - Fax mdesk@netcom.com - Internet ftp.netcom.com in /ftp/pub/mdesk - FTP site (Demos & Goodies) 73211,660 - CompuServe COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 1994 MediaDesk. Free distribution of this demo package is encouraged, as long as all files stay intact. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY MEDIADESK "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MEDIADESK BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Commodore is a registered trademark of Commodore International, Ltd. AMIGA is a registered trademark of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Workbench and AmigaDOS are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga, Inc. CompuServe is a registered trademark of CompuServe, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2109 1057 49.8% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/ATTENTION_OS_1.3_USERS! 617 224 63.6% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/ATTENTION_OS_1.3_USERS!.info 15740 8923 43.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/C/MuchMore 82136 41501 49.4% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DesktopMAGIC 3140 924 70.5% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DesktopMAGIC.info 2817 1060 62.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DesktopMAGIC_Order_Form 617 227 63.2% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DesktopMAGIC_Order_Form.info 628 260 58.5% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Anim.info 107892 39851 63.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Anim/DesktopMAGIC.anim 628 259 58.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects.info 15180 5612 63.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Clock.mod 520 50 90.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Clock.mpf 11320 5150 54.5% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Eyes.mod 522 77 85.2% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Eyes.mpf 6404 3078 51.9% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Mountain.mod 8 8 0.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Mountain.mpf 11308 5114 54.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/MyAnimation.mod 770 90 88.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/MyAnimation.mpf 9364 4051 56.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/MyPicture.mod 770 92 88.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/MyPicture.mpf 35376 5886 83.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Password.mod 3512 241 93.1% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Password.mpf 8224 3330 59.5% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Puzzle.mod 512 42 91.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Puzzle.mpf 11520 4403 61.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Spotlights.mod 520 54 89.6% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Effects/Spotlights.mpf 628 257 59.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Pictures.info 12308 4822 60.8% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Pictures/DesktopMAGIC.pic 842 364 56.7% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Prefs 628 258 58.9% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds.info 4937 3925 20.4% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/ALARM.HSN 8332 8081 3.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/ATTENTIO.HSN 10535 7995 24.1% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/BELL.HSN 9676 5284 45.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/CASH.HSN 12324 8140 33.9% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/CUCKOO.HSN 16223 7948 51.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/HUIIII.HSN 8950 7840 12.4% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/OWL.HSN 3473 3112 10.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/SCRATCH.HSN 1742 1460 16.1% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/SHIFT.HSN 2047 1326 35.2% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/SPACE.HSN 7788 6277 19.4% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/SQUEEK2.HSN 954 719 24.6% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/TICK.HSN 2106 1475 29.9% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Sounds/TYPEWRTR.HSN 628 260 58.5% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Tunes.info 24188 13695 43.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/DM_Tunes/AccoHop.FTM 7918 3278 58.6% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/How_To_Use_It 617 222 64.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/How_To_Use_It.info 628 274 56.3% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/Library_for_OS_1.3.info 88328 42411 51.9% 08-Jun-94 16:38:26 DesktopMAGIC/Library_for_OS_1.3/rct.library 8945 4200 53.0% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/Read_Me_First! 617 221 64.1% 08-Jun-94 16:38:28 DesktopMAGIC/Read_Me_First!.info 628 258 58.9% 08-Jun-94 16:37:56 DesktopMAGIC.info -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 568144 265666 53.2% 16-Jun-94 08:53:22 52 files