When I released my other screen saver, Würm, into the world to fend for itself, some of my friends suggested that I include a text file with it. “Why?” I asked. “It’s just a good idea,” they said. “Isn’t Würm pretty self-explanatory?” I asked. “We were right about those wolverines, weren’t we?” they retorted. Yep. They had me there. So here are my release notes!
Cyber is an After Dark module, so obviously, it requires After Dark. It also requires 32-bit QuickDraw, which is found only on newer Macs with a 68020 or better. If you aren’t sure whether you have 32-bit QuickDraw, just run the program—it will tell you if you don’t without any fuss.
HOW TO INSTALL IT
This is a screen saver, so you can’t just run it by double clicking on it. Still, the installation isn’t too difficult. Just move the file called “Cyber” into the “After Dark Items” folder, which will be in your system folder, or in another folder inside the system folder (i.e. “Control Panels,” “Extensions,” “Preferences,” etc.). Now Cyber will appear in the list of screen savers when you open the After Dark control panel, and you can use it like any of your other screen savers.
HOW TO MESS WITH IT
Run it. The controls are straightforward; mess with them to see what they do.
HOW TO TELL PAUL HOW MUCH YOU LOVE/HATE IT
Yeah, I know…only about one one hundredth of one percent of all the people who own shareware actually pay for it. So if you want to keep this program without paying, go right ahead; I don't really care.
I am, however, poor and heading off to college on a full hard drive and an empty stomach. So, if you get a kick out of my work and you feel really generous and wonderful, send a check for US $5, or whatever seems reasonable to you, to:
Feed the Hungry Student Fund
c/o Paul Cantrell
1148 LaPorte Ave.
Ft. Collins, CO 80521-2422
If you don’t feel like paying, you can just drop me a friendly note, comments, bugs and jokes to the address above, or send e-mail to:
cantrell@lamar.colostate.edu
And please don’t hesitate to distribute Cyber to all your friends, your local BBS, your accountant, and your plumber (including this file, of course)!
(Product names in this text file are registered trademarks of their respective owners. So if you read this file, see the name of a software product, realize that it would be a really great name for a software product and want to use it, forget about it; you’ll be sued. So there.)
