* * * SPARKS Version 901010 (C) Copyright 1990 William D. Hause * * *




                                                  October 15, 1990

                                                  William D. Hause
                                                  3132 E. 29th St. #11
                                                  Bryan, TX  77802 
                                                  (409) 774-4843

Dear Sir or Madam: 

Enclosed is a screen saver program I wrote for IBM PC compatible machines
with EGA/VGA graphics cards.  It is a popular program on Compuserve having
been downloaded over 100 times during it's first 5 days.  (The program is
called SPARKS.  On Compuserve it will be located in the IBMHW forum in the new 
uploads library until November 2nd.  After November 2nd it will be in another
library in the IBMHW forum.)

PROGRAM DISCRIPTION:
After a time period (set by the user) SPARKS blanks the screen and
performs a graphics show.  When a key is pressed the original text screen
is restored.  The SPARKS screen saver is a memory resident program which
may be activated during other non-graphics programs.  SPARKS automatically
deactivates itself during graphical applications.

The SPARKS screen saver has a number of features.  These include
  - Hot keys for immediate screen blanking as well as activation and
    deactivation of the screen saver.
  - A special memory saver mode in which only about 0.2% of the memory
    on a 640k machine is used.
  - A page of HELP instructions.  Just type "SPARKS /?".

This letter is your permission to distribute the SPARKS screen saver as
shareware.

Thank you for your time. 

                                        Sincerely, 




                                        William D. Hause