Opus 'n Bill 
Release notes

1) Intermission now has two buttons to add or remove 
modules. Remove deletes the highlighted module.

2) The Intermission engine can function as a Sequencer, 
randomly picking from the enabled modules.  This feature
works when you DO NOT have the "Use Selected Saver Only"
box checked.  You configure the amount of time between 
modules by sliding the "Change After" control.  

3)  By default, the System Monitor checks the COM ports
in your system for activity and will blank your screen
instead of running modules if it detects communications
activity.  System Monitor com port checking can be 
individually disabled by including the line "COMx=0" 
in your ANTSW.INI file under the "[Intermission]" heading. 
For example "COM1=0" would disable COM port checking 
for COM1. You must restart Intermission to update the settings.

If you have a COM port open during installation (if you
are using a communications program, or WinFax, for example),
the Install program will ask if you want to disable System
Monitor checking of this COM port. If you click yes, Install
will add this line to the ANTSW.INI file in the Windows 
directory.  

4) Opus 'n Bill includes an un-install program. Run 
UNINSTAL.EXE located on disk 1 if for some reason you need 
to remove your copy of Intermission.

5)  There are limitations to Intermission's ability to 
control *.SCR files.  Because these files are executable 
files in their own right, they can have a mind of their own.  
And, while Intermission can play these files, it has little 
control over them.  There are exceptions, but most SCR files
will run in Intermission without any problems.  

6)  To hear sound in the Opus 'n Bill modules, you need to
a) make sure the volume is set in the Intermission control 
panel; and b) either have a sound card and drivers, or a 
PC Speaker Driver installed.  The distribution disks for 
this product include a PC Speaker driver, as well as 
drivers for other sound cards.  Remember, that PC
speaker drivers (which use your PC's built-in speaker)
may cause your machine to pause when sounds are being 
played.  The wait cursor will freeze.  The sound quality 
will be marginal. Sound drivers, and installation 
instructions, are documented in the User's Guide which 
accompanies this software.  

7)  The screen saver delay that is set in Windows' Control 
Panel will take precedence over the one set in Intermission.  
If you have Opus 'n Bill set to time out in 30 minutes, but 
your screen saver comes on after two minutes, you should 
disable the Windows Screen Saver (i.e., set to none).  

8)  If you use a compressed hard drive (using Stacker or 
DoubleSpace, for example), the Opus 'n Bill animation modules 
will take longer to load than they would on an uncompressed 
drive.  This occurs once at the beginning of the animation, 
when the entire file is loaded into memory.  The actual 
performance of the animation does not suffer.

9)  You may want, or need, to use the IM-DOS command line 
switches The switches are as follows [usage: IM-DOS 
<options>]:

/H      display help text then exit
/Tn     set timeout to 'n' minutes (0-1080)
/Fn     set fadeout to 'n' percent (0-100)
/J[+|-] turn fadeout jumping on|off
/ON     enable Intermission for DOS
/OFF    disable Intermission for DOS
/C[+|-] turn compatibility checks on|off
/R[+|-] turn reboot disabling on|off
/B      fade using BIOS
/U      uninstall Intermission for DOS

10)  If you are using the IM-DOS DOS blanking feature, and 
run a non-exclusive DOS Box in Windows with the "Blank 
exclusive DOS boxes" checked, your screen will be blanked 
by the DOS TSR; if you don't have option selected, your 
selected Intermission module will blank the screen. 

11)  IMSETUP.COM - This file is intended for use 
by people who are using Intermission for DOS blanking
only.  The IMSETUP command line allows you to configure
DOS blanking.  The command line switches are 
case-sensitive). The switches are as follows 
[usage: IMSETUP <options>]:

/h	display help text and exit

/t t	set timeout to hours:minutes:seconds  e.g., 5 (5 mins) 
1:30 (1 hour, 30 mins) :30 (30 secs), etc.

/f m	set fadeout to 'm' percent (100% = black)

/K k	set 'fade now!' hotkey to k, where k is Alt, Alt+Ctl, 
or Ctrl then '+letter' or '+f-key' e.g., Ctl+Alt+B, Alt+F5, 
Ctl+F10, etc.

/W pkm  wakeup on Password, Keypress, or Mouse move
password overrides all others

/P word  set password to 'word'. If you set the password, 
make sure to specify the /case and(or) /enter parameters if 
you want them.

/case	  password is case sensitive

/enter  password requires Enter key at end

/on  enable screen saver

/off  disable screen saver

/U  remove resident portion

12)  The After Dark Modules, Vertigo and Modern Art have
been known to cause memory "leaks".  An After Dark
compatible module in the product Inside Sports can cause
Intermission to crash.  The Microsoft module DIMMER.SCR 
may cause problems.  The Flying Windows screen saver which 
is included in Windows becomes unstable when it is run 
under Intermission.  As mentioned previously, we have 
little control over what SCR files do when they are run 
in Intermission.

13)  If you experience problems with your palette changing 
when you are using DOS boxes in Windows, it is probably a 
driver problem with your "video grabber".  Command line 
switches may help rectify this problem.  Edit your 
AUTOEXEC.BAT file and change the line IM-DOS.COM to IM-
DOS.COM /f:100 /j+.  These switches are documented in 
readme item Number 9.  If the problem still persists, you should 
be able to force the palette to reset itself by typing MODE 
80,50 or MODE CO80 at the DOS command prompt. And, as 
always, ALT+TAB will return you to your windows session, and 
leave the DOS box running.  

14)  a) If your network crashes while you are using Novell 
Password protection, you will receive error messages from 
Windows.  You will need to reboot your computer and go
back into Windows.  The screen will immediately blank, and
when you enter a carriage return, your system will return
to the state it was in before the network failure.  

15) If you are using a 8514A video drivers, and experience 
painting problems with the Opus 'n Bill modules, it should 
fix the problem if you check the "Optimize For 16 Colors" 
checkbox in the module configuration dialogs. 

16) Notes on using Intermission/Opus 'n Bill with WinFax.

If the install detects Winfax on your system then it will
ask if you would like Intermission to detect faxing 
activity and add the switch COMx=0 in the antsw.ini file.

If the switch COMx=0 IS FOUND in the ANTSW.INI file, the 
following occurs when you are running Delrina WinFax: 

a) At Intermission startup, Intermission tries to find 
WinFax.

b) If Intermission cannot locate WinFax, it tries a second 
time after 15 seconds (in case both programs are in the 
StartUp group), and Intermission loads first.

c) If Intermission is still unable to locate WinFax, it will 
try each time the saver is invoked. When WinFax IS found, 
the System Monitor activates, and just blanks the screen the 
FIRST time Intermission blanks. This is to make sure that we 
aren't blanking in the middle of a Fax transmission.

d) If a WinFax Receive or Transmit happens while 
Intermission is blanked, Intermission flashes the message 
sprite "! Faxing" in the upper left corner of the screen. 
This is followed by a "!wake up" sprite.

e) If Intermission activates while a Fax transmission is 
happening, the System Monitor will take over and just blank 
the screen.

17)  Other Delrina Consumer Software products include Daily 
Planners for Windows, Macintosh, DOS and OS/2; theme 
packs including Cathy, The Far Side, Trivial Pursuit Genus and 
Sports Editions, Tips for Users of Windows, Tips for Users
of Word Perfect, and Random House Word a Day; and the 
Screen Saver, Intermission for Windows and Macintosh and 
The Opus 'n Bill Screen Saver for Windows and Macintosh. 

18) We'd like to hear from you. Delrina CSD's Testing and 
Technical Support Department is always interested in hearing 
from you about any suggestions or ideas for new features you 
might have. Let us know what you like and what you don't 
like about our products.  Let us know what we can do to help 
you work (or, depending on the product, entertain yourself) 
better.  

Write us:  

Delrina Consumer Software Division 
Testing and Technical Support 
11810 115th Ave NE 
Kirkland, Washington 98034-6923

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