DesertFOX

Hey guys! Thanks for all the feedback! I finally managed to get it to open the After Dark control panel. Looks like it's working just fine, although it looked a bit overwhelmed by my initial 1024x768 screen resolution.

Again: Here's the link:
archive.org/details/afterdark-

Have a good night and enjoy! 😉

#ScreenSaver #Macintosh #StarTrek #RetroComputing #FloppyDisk #Emulation

Aug 07, 2025, 20:45 · · · 1 · 0
DesertFOX

Hey everyone, I need a small favour. Is there anyone here, who can test these? 3 x KryoFlux and Apple DOS 800K sector images from the original Star Trek screensaver for Macintosh. I can mount them in Basilisk II and they seem to install fine. But I can't get the After Dark control panel to start. I am probably doing something wrong. I don't have much experience on the system.

Here are the disks I just dumped and uploaded:
archive.org/details/afterdark-

#RetroComputing #Macintosh #AfterDark #ScreenSaver #StarTrek #FloppyDisks

Aug 07, 2025, 20:17 · · · 2 · 0
DesertFOX

The StarTrek screensaver for the Macintosh has just arrived. I am now the proud owner of an official AfterDark ballpoint pen! This is awesome! 😜

@JennyFluff

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Macintosh #Afterdark #screensaver #StarTrek #FloppyDisk #90s

DesertFOX

If you're a retro fan appreciating the original Star Trek series, you might genuinely enjoy this screen saver disks for Windows 3.x.

After Dark ... "The Star Trek Edition":
archive.org/details/afterdark-

#RetroComputing #AfterDark #ScreenSaver #Windows #90s #RetroGaming

DesertFOX

@JennyFluff I just found another TNG After Dark Edition. This CD version has a slightly newer version than your floppy disks, with After Dark control panel v3.06.

archive.org/details/star-trek-

#AfterDark #Screensaver #RetroComputing #MSDOS #StarTrek #Screensaver

May 23, 2025, 11:31 · · · 0 · 0
DesertFOX

@sardaukar @JennyFluff Uhh, wow. I just found a StarTrek TOS version of AfterDark on eBay and couldn't resist. It also was pretty cheap. I will dump & share this as soon as it arrives.

#StarTrek #AfterDark #MSDOS #RetroComputing #WfW311 #FloppyDisk #Screensaver

DesertFOX

I finally made the effort and completed my collection of classic After Dark screensavers. I found suitable versions for DOS, Windows 3.0, 3.1 and WfW 3.11.

The toasters are still flying in 2025!

#AfterDark #Screensaver #Windows #RetroComputing #VGA #MSDOS #DOS

Longreads

"When I was a kid, my favorite After Dark screen saver was called Warp. In Warp, you’re flying into the center of a tunnel of tiny white stars. Nothing happens except that you keep going forward. Nothing changes, but it always seemed to me like it might." —Nora Claire Miller for The Paris Review

theparisreview.org/blog/2025/0

#Computers #ScreenSaver #Memory #Poetry #Dreams

DesertFOX

The Simpsons Screen Saver CD-ROM also works great on the Macintosh... I just installed it onto my Basilisk II emulation system and Mac OS 8.1. I love the Simpsons icon collection! 😜

Again, here's the link (Windows/Mac):
macintoshgarden.org/apps/after

#Macintosh #Simpsons #ScreenSaver #RetroComputing #Emulation #MacOS

DesertFOX

"The Simpsons" After Dark Screen Saver for Windows 3.1 is simply hilarious! 😃

P. S. Here's the website where I found it. The CD-ROM contains both Macintosh and Windows versions.

macintoshgarden.org/apps/after

#RetroComputing #Simpsons #ScreenSaver #16bit #Emulation

Apr 04, 2025, 13:10 · · · 6 · 0
Three Gs

Surprising #goodwill find today. #classicmac #macos flying toaster #screensaver tie officially licensed for Berkeley Systems and everything!
I left it there, but after I showed the photos to my wife she suggested I buy it. It is mine now.

Mar 22, 2025, 23:03 · · · 0 · 0
Cuz :twit:

Loving the anti-Google pettiness for this Android screensaver app

#android #AndroidApps #google #PlayStore #openSource #ScreenSaver #privacy #XScreenSaver

jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.ht

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For a screen saver. A privacy policy. For a screen saver.

This pantomime where Google pretends to care about your welfare would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad, but here we are anyway.

Ok, strap in!

Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇

This is *the most malicious, brutal* malicious compliance I've seen in quite some time, possibly ever, and I am HERE FOR IT. Thank you, @jwz

jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.ht

#privacy #security #infosec #Android #screensaver

Habr

По мотивам windows заставки «Ленты». Кроссплатформенный скринсейвер на JS и Electron

Предисловие Со времен появления скринсейвера "Ленты" (ориг. "Ribbons") на Windows 7, эта заставка была стандартом для всех моих рабочих мест, благо в новых версиях Windows (8, 10, 11) эта заставка остается и по сей день. Однако с момента "импортозамещения" десктопной Windows на десктопную Linux, особенно актуального с 2022 года, хотелось получить эту заставку и на этой свобоной платформе. Но вот незадача - нормальный порт найти мне не удалось. Может, конечно, плохо искал (скиньте ссылку в комментариях, если кто-то нашел что-то работоспособное). И тут на просторах github очень удачно нашелся вот этот репозиторий github.com/fadyehabamer/Ribbon . Автор в canvas с использованием JS наваял на мой взгляд очень даже симпатичную анимацию по мотивам того самого скринсейвера "Ленты". Причем он в README отметил, что пытался сделать из этой анимации PWA (Progressive Web App), но почему-то у него ничего из этого не вышло, читай "failed". Вопрос, почему человек, наваявший такой годный "генератор лент", не смог в PWA, оставим за скобками. А тут как раз я, начавший недавно по служебной необходимости, изучать всем известный фреймворк Electron для создания кроссплатформенных настольных web-приложений... Чем не альтернатива PWA? Причина написания сего опуса как и прежде - поделиться чем-то, что делал для себя и ближайшего окружения, с теми, кому это может быть интересно. "Challenge accepted" (c) Барни Стинсон

habr.com/ru/articles/876606/

#screensaver #electron #javascript #canvas #ленты #заставка #скринсейвер #windows #macos #linux

GitHub - fadyehabamer/Ribbons-Screensaver: Ribbons Generator that can be used as a Relaxing screen saver

Ribbons Generator that can be used as a Relaxing screen…

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