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- The Psychedelic Screensaver Collection
- Copyright (C) 1995
- All Rights Reserved
-
- By Mike Irvine
- EMAIL: pixel@halcyon.com
- WWW: http://www.halcyon.com/pixel/psych.htm
-
- See LICENSE.TXT for registration information
-
- OVERVIEW:
- The Psychedelic Screen Saver Collection is, as the name so cleverly
- suggests, a collection of screen savers each of which generate a
- different class of mesmerizing patterns. As the patterns materialize on
- your screen, the colors will shift and undulate. Whether youÆre into
- abstract art, mathematics, or just have a history of mental illness,
- you'll love these screen savers.
-
- Included are both 16 and 32 bit versions for Microsoft Windows 3.1,
- Windows 95, and Windows NT, as well as versions for Berkeley Systems'
- After Dark v3.0
-
-
- BACKGROUND:
- The algorithms I used in these screen savers were originally conceived as
- part of an art project I worked on in my senior year at the Evergreen State
- College. I implemented the algorithms in about 70,000 lines of Borlands'
- Turbo Pascal for MS-DOS and included a "User Interface From Hell" that
- provided access to the hundreds of parameters used to customize the image
- generation process. After I graduated, I attempted to make a living as an
- artist by selling the images I produced to various galleries around the
- country. I quickly discovered that being an artist requires not only a
- healthy dose of creativity, but also a boatload of marketing savvy (which I
- was lacking). Since I was having a hard time making ends meet, I decided I'd
- have to find another way to make a living (besides, another month of macaroni
- and cheese would probably have killed me). After kicking around the idea of
- putting together a company to do the video/effects for raves, I decided that
- I'd be better off getting a programming position with a company that wouldn't
- require me to wear a suit. In order to prove I'd done some programming, I
- ported some of my Pascal code for MS-DOS into C for MS Windows and sent it
- out with my resume. The result was the beginning of the collection of the
- screen savers included here.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
-
- Suggested:
- 386 (preferably with math coprossessor) or better <g>
- *256 color display card
- Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 3.1
-
- *Although these screen savers should run in any video mode, I recommend
- that you run in a 256 color mode due to the fact that these screen savers use
- palette animation to produce many of their more striking effects.
-
- INSTALLATION:
-
- For Microsoft Windows NT
- To install the 32 bit versions of these screen savers on Microsoft Windows
- NT, extract the files contained in WIN32.ZIP and then copy them into your
- SYSTEM32 directory. This directory should be a subdirectory located in
- the directory that you installed Windows NT into.
- For example C:\WINNT35\SYSTEM32
-
- For Microsoft Windows 95
- To install the 32 bit versions of these screen savers on Microsoft Windows
- 95, extract the files contained in WIN32.ZIP and then copy them into your
- SYSTEM directory. This directory should be a subdirectory located in the
- directory that you installed Windows 95 into.
- For example C:\WIN95\SYSTEM
-
- To install the 16 bit versions of these screen savers on Microsoft Windows
- 95, extract the files contained in WIN16.ZIP and then copy them into the
- directory that you installed Windows 95 into.
- For example: C:\WIN95
-
- For Microsoft Windows 3.1x
- To install the 16 bit versions of these screen savers on Microsoft Windows
- 3.1x, extract the files contained in WIN16.ZIP and then copy them into the
- directory that you installed Windows 3.1x into.
- For example: C:\WINDOWS
-
- For Berkeley Systems After Dark 3.0
- To install the After Dark versions of these screen savers, extract the
- files contained in AD30.ZIP and then copy them into the directory that you
- installed After Dark 3.0 into. For example C:\AD
- In order to get After Dark to recognize the new modules, you will need to
- go into the "Advanced Options" in the "Setup" section of the After Dark
- control panel and press the "Update Module List" button. For earlier
- versions of After Dark, you will need to close down After Dark and then
- launch it while holding down the control key on your keyboard.
-
- REGISTRATION:
- Please refer to the LICENSE.TXT for information on how to register.
-
- QUESTIONS/SUPPORT:
- Send email to Mike Irvine - pixel@halcyon.com