bsod(6x)                                                        XScreenSaver manual                                                       bsod(6x)

NAME

       bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator

SYNOPSIS

       bsod  [-display  host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay
       seconds] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation.

       bsod steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a different failure mode of an operating system.   Systems  depicted  include
       Windows  3.1,  Windows  95,  Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390,
       OS/2, MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, and NCD X Terminals.

OPTIONS

       bsod accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

       -install
               Install a private colormap for the window.

       -visual visual
               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

       -delay delay
               The delay between displaying one crash and another.

       -only which
               Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., -only HPUX.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

ENVIRONMENT

       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
               to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

X RESOURCES

       Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which hacks are displayed and which aren't.  doWindows,  doNT,  doWin2K,
       doAmiga,  doMac,  doMac1,  doMacsBug,  doMacX,  doSCO, doAtari, doBSD, doLinux, doSparcLinux, doHPPALinux, doBlitDamage, doSolaris, doHPUX,
       doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS, doMSDOS, doOS2, doHVX, and doATM.  Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except
       for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off by default, because they're really not all that interesting looking
       unless you're a fan of those systems.

       There are command-line options for all of these: e.g., -bsd, -no-bsd.  (Also note the -only option.)

BUGS

       Unlike the systems being simulated, bsod does not require a reboot after running.

SEE ALSO

       X(1),    xscreensaver(1),    http://www.microsoft.com/,    http://www.apple.com/,    http://www.sco.com/,    http://www.kernel.org/,    and
       http://www.amiga.de/.

TRADEMARKS

       Microsoft  Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  Apple Macintosh
       is a registered trademark of Apple Computer.  Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga International, Inc.  Atari ST is probably  a  trade-
       mark,  too, but it's hard to tell who owns it.  Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds, but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is a regis-
       tered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its  documentation  for
       any  purpose  is  hereby  granted  without  fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
       notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No representations are made about the suitability of  this  software
       for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.  No animals were harmed during the testing of these simula-
       tions.  Always mount a scratch monkey.

AUTHOR

       Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>.  This version is by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many  oth-
       ers.

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