Cool screensaver - Organic Art (old but great)
Brian
version is free. First available for Win95 but it looks great on a
PIII!
Homepage - http://www.artworks.co.uk/organic.htm
Download - http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
- Brian
Boomer
Organic Art Microsoft Edition Free Demo [5.1Mb]
John Corliss
> Organic art has some excellent graphics - Give it a try! Microsoft
> version is free. First available for Win95 but it looks great on a
> PIII!
Brian,
Did you notice that the download appears to be non-freeware? It says "Organic
Art Microsoft Edition Free Demo". If I downloaded a 5.1 mb screensaver only to
discover that it was demoware, I'd very disappointed. Or are you promoting this
demoware knowingly?
--
John Corliss
People whose messages I am filtering out and cannot see: Andy Mabbett, Vic Dura,
Richard Steven Hack, REMbr...@inu.net, Jim Allison, {-.-}, Tanis (Steve Banham in
reality) and rtdos AKA "mad ATARI user alternate"
alt.comp.freeware F.A.Q.: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/F.A.Q./FrameSet1.html
(rev. May 9, 2002)
My freeware page: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/freeware.htm (rev. May 21, 2002)
Brian
> Did you notice that the download appears to be non-freeware? It says "Organic
> Art Microsoft Edition Free Demo". If I downloaded a 5.1 mb screensaver only to
> discover that it was demoware, I'd very disappointed. Or are you promoting this
> demoware knowingly?
I know it says demo but there are NO nags and NO limits (I've
installed it on a number of computers). I believe the 'demo' word is
only used in this case to 'show off' the companies abilities. I'm
sorry if the word demo bothers anyone. I didn't intend to give anyone
misleading info. I did not intend to offend. - Brian
ps. It really is a great SS!
John Corliss
No, you didn't offend *me* at least. Guess I jumped to a conclusion with that last
sentence and my apologies. Thanks for the clarification AND the link. Think I'll do the
download and check it out.
--
Regards from John Corliss
John Corliss
> Brian wrote:
>
> > > Brian,
> > > Did you notice that the download appears to be non-freeware? It says "Organic
> > > Art Microsoft Edition Free Demo". If I downloaded a 5.1 mb screensaver only to
> > > discover that it was demoware, I'd very disappointed. Or are you promoting this
> > > demoware knowingly?
> >
> > I know it says demo but there are NO nags and NO limits (I've
> > installed it on a number of computers). I believe the 'demo' word is
> > only used in this case to 'show off' the companies abilities. I'm
> > sorry if the word demo bothers anyone. I didn't intend to give anyone
> > misleading info. I did not intend to offend. - Brian
> >
> > ps. It really is a great SS!
>
> No, you didn't offend *me* at least. Guess I jumped to a conclusion with that last
> sentence and my apologies. Thanks for the clarification AND the link. Think I'll do the
> download and check it out.
Brian,
You were right! I dont' use screensavers, but this one is worth downloading just to
watch. It's about the best screen saver I've ever seen. Thanks again for the link! By the
way, as for the size, well, I can see why it's that large: very complex.
It really makes excellent use out of my graphics card with "hardware acceleration"
enabled.
Boomer
<snip>
> Brian,
> You were right! I dont' use screensavers, but this one is
> worth downloading just to
> watch. It's about the best screen saver I've ever seen. Thanks
> again for the link! By the way, as for the size, well, I can see
> why it's that large: very complex.
> It really makes excellent use out of my graphics card with
> "hardware acceleration"
> enabled.
For those who missed it:
John Rampling
http://m.flahault.free.fr/matrix.html
It doesn't really DO anything except look totally cool.
John
Boomer
It works with windows?
For the Mac PPC.
"It's supposed to work on any Power Macintosh with Mac OS 7.6 or
higher with Applescript installed and active."
http://m.flahault.free.fr/software.html
--
For OE users: http://jump.to/oe-quotefix
Gabriele Neukam
> You were right! I dont' use screensavers, but this one is worth downloading just to
> watch. It's about the best screen saver I've ever seen.
I can only second this. But after I had bought the "full version" (ie the
version that doesn't do a nice advertisment coop for MS plus Computer
Artworks), I found the free version a bit dull.
OT, as this is the _non_ free version, but good for comparison:
There is a bargain bin edition available in Germany (within the RePlay
series, by GT Interactive; Hamburg), so I had the opportunity to check it
against the free version. The full thing is really awesome, lots of new
objects, textures, and backgrounds; but if you start the "options
randomizer", the results bring my PIII with 1,2 GHz to its limit.
Sometimes the result has to be counted as "seconds by frame rate" :-)
I would say the MS ad Demo is a fully fledged free program. The only
limitation is that it is all concentrated on MS motifs and has less
setting options. But it _must_ be the same engine, and everything else is
there.
Gabriele Neukam
--
"Mom, there is a spider in the bathroom!"
"Are you sure?" - "Yes!"
"How many legs has it got?"
"I can't tell - but they are all dangling from a thread!" (c): RL
John Corliss
> John Corliss wrote:
> > You were right! I dont' use screensavers, but this one is worth downloading just to
> > watch. It's about the best screen saver I've ever seen.
>
> I can only second this. But after I had bought the "full version" (ie the
> version that doesn't do a nice advertisment coop for MS plus Computer
> Artworks), I found the free version a bit dull.
>
> OT, as this is the _non_ free version, but good for comparison:
> There is a bargain bin edition available in Germany (within the RePlay
> series, by GT Interactive; Hamburg), so I had the opportunity to check it
> against the free version. The full thing is really awesome, lots of new
> objects, textures, and backgrounds; but if you start the "options
> randomizer", the results bring my PIII with 1,2 GHz to its limit.
> Sometimes the result has to be counted as "seconds by frame rate" :-)
>
> I would say the MS ad Demo is a fully fledged free program. The only
> limitation is that it is all concentrated on MS motifs and has less
> setting options. But it _must_ be the same engine, and everything else is
> there.
Gabriele,
I didn't see any ads or Microsoft motifs when I ran the screen saver. Maybe I didn't let
it run long enough (I ran it for about 15 minutes)? Here's a screen shot:
http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/ss.jpg
The spiral in the center flips and rolls. Reflects light. This screen shot is heavily
compressed and reduced in size.
PP
> I didn't see any ads or Microsoft motifs when I ran the screen
> saver. Maybe I didn't let it run long enough (I ran it for about 15
> minutes)? Here's a screen shot:
>
> http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/ss.jpg
>
> The spiral in the center flips and rolls. Reflects light. This
> screen shot is heavily compressed and reduced in size.
Sounds great! I tried downloading a few times, but it always asked for a
password when I tried to install..??? Did you use:
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
I tried the other demo, which had a few very nice ones as well...
--
Greetings, Peter Passchier
Blinky the Shark
news:3D4AF1B6...@ccountry.net:
> http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/ss.jpg
Looks like part of a bad dream I had, the other night. :)
--
Blinky
Henk de Jong
news:Xns925E8FBE46...@216.148.53.94:
When this looks like a part of that bad dream, you must have dreamt really
bad :)
With kind regards,
--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
hmdejon...@hetnet.nl (remove NOSPAM)
"Links to Freeware" www.hmdejong.myweb.nl/
Janice
says...
>Gabriele Neukam wrote:
>> I would say the MS ad Demo is a fully fledged free program. The only
>> limitation is that it is all concentrated on MS motifs and has less
>> setting options. But it _must_ be the same engine, and everything else is
>> there.
> I didn't see any ads or Microsoft motifs when I ran the screen saver. Maybe I didn't let
>it run long enough (I ran it for about 15 minutes)?
One of the scenes it does has Microsoft desktop icons swirling around.
--
ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent
with one's own opinion.
--Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Brian
> password when I tried to install..??? Did you use:
> http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
looks like the correct link to me.. I never had to use any password
with win2000 or win95. what OS are you? -Brian
Brian
> You were right! I dont' use screensavers, but this one is worth downloading just to
> watch. It's about the best screen saver I've ever seen. Thanks again for the link
You're welcome! - Brian (1 week running 24/7 - still no known limits!)
mMm
Thanks Brian.
There are also some neat screensavers at
http://reallyslick.demonews.com/index.html
I like Skyrocket 2.0 (3.6 mb), nice fireworks with realistic visual /
sound effects
and keyboard commands. But read the installation instruction as it makes
use
of OpenGL. I also like the tiny Plasma (29 kb) and Euphoria (150 kb).
All
freewares there.
TOUECCANS - "The Obviously Unbelievable Eye Candy Collection" lists a
great collection of screensavers but, unfortunately, they don't identify
freewares from sharewares...
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/tcanim.html
--
mMm
PP
>> http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
> looks like the correct link to me.. I never had to use any password
> with win2000 or win95. what OS are you? -Brian
I'm running W98SE. When I click oams04dx.exe it says: Setup - This will
install Organic Art, Microsoft Edition. Do you wish to continu?
When I click Yes (No quits), it says: Setup - Please enter the password
required to extract the attached files:
When I enter something (or nothing) it says: Setup - You have entered an
incorrect password. (and it lets me click OK.)
Maybe someone can mail to me a working version, just to try it out?
--
Greetings, Peter Passchier
John Corliss
Peter,
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
was the download link I used all right. I think you have to do an anonymous
logon using your email address as a password, but I've received no spam from
them so far. Also, to access the home page properly I had to enable
javascript and turn off all my proxies. The page loads kinda slowly, but
it's worth the wait.
I'm wondering what this "Organic Art Gorbachev Screensaver" is about.
--
Regards from John Corliss
People whose messages I am filtering out and cannot see: Andy Mabbett, Vic
Dura, Richard Steven Hack, REMbr...@inu.net, Jim Allison, {-.-}, Tanis
(Steve Banham in reality) and rtdos AKA "mad ATARI user alternate"
alt.comp.freeware F.A.Q.:
http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/F.A.Q./FrameSet1.html (rev. May 9, 2002)
My "favorite freeware" page: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/freeware.htm
(rev. May 21, 2002)
John Corliss
> John Corliss wrote:
> >Gabriele Neukam wrote:
>
> >> I would say the MS ad Demo is a fully fledged free program. The only
> >> limitation is that it is all concentrated on MS motifs and has less
> >> setting options. But it _must_ be the same engine, and everything else is
> >> there.
>
> > I didn't see any ads or Microsoft motifs when I ran the screen saver. Maybe I didn't let
> >it run long enough (I ran it for about 15 minutes)?
>
> One of the scenes it does have Microsoft desktop icons swirling around.
Yeah, I saw that (a pointing finger hand and some other small icon of some sort), but what it
does with those small graphics is amazing. It doesn't seem (that I've noticed at this point ) to
ever plug Microsoft or mention it by name. In fact, I saw no text at all.
--
Regards from John Corliss
People whose messages I am filtering out and cannot see: Andy Mabbett, Vic Dura, Richard Steven
Hack, REMbr...@inu.net, Jim Allison, {-.-}, Tanis (Steve Banham in reality) and rtdos AKA "mad
ATARI user alternate"
alt.comp.freeware F.A.Q.: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/F.A.Q./FrameSet1.html (rev. May 9,
2002)
My "favorite freeware" page: http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/freeware.htm (rev. May 21, 2002)
John Corliss
> Brian wrote:
> > Organic art has some excellent graphics - Give it a try! Microsoft
> > version is free. First available for Win95 but it looks great on a
> > PIII!
> >
> > Homepage - http://www.artworks.co.uk/organic.htm
> > Download -
> > http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
>
> Thanks Brian. There are also some neat screensavers at
> http://reallyslick.demonews.com/index.html
>
> I like Skyrocket 2.0 (3.6 mb), nice fireworks with realistic visual /
> sound effects and keyboard commands. But read the installation instruction
> as it makes use of OpenGL. I also like the tiny Plasma (29 kb) and
> Euphoria (150 kb). All freewares there. (clipped)
mMm,
WOW! Many thanks for these links.
Egad, I'm not going to get any work done now. I'll be spending all my time
staring (hypnotized) at these great screen savers. Everybody else please
note that there are about 12 excellent screensavers total at the reallyslick
screensavers site. The guy who wrote them is looking for work. Seems to me
that he deserves a job.
People occasionally ask why programmers make freeware, well here is an
example of an excellent reason why. I don't think Terry Welsh is going to
have a problem finding employment. In fact, I think he will be able to
practically name his conditions.
Gabriele Neukam
> > I didn't see any ads or Microsoft motifs when I ran the screen saver. Maybe I didn't let
> > it run long enough (I ran it for about 15 minutes)?
>
> One of the scenes it does has Microsoft desktop icons swirling around.
Thanks, Janice, for your comment. In fact, there are several of these
Microsoft related effects. I know of two settings which don't show
"Microsoftese" motifs, one being the drifting light blue drops. Play
around with the settings, and you will find out.
Andy Mabbett
<briani...@spamhole.com> writes
>I know it says demo
How does it differ from the other downloads on that page?
--
Andy Mabbett
"May contain traces of nuts or seeds."
(label on a packet of popcorn)
Janice
says...
>Janice wrote:
>> One of the scenes it does have Microsoft desktop icons swirling around.
>
>Yeah, I saw that (a pointing finger hand and some other small icon of some sort), but what it
>does with those small graphics is amazing. It doesn't seem (that I've noticed at this point ) to
>ever plug Microsoft or mention it by name. In fact, I saw no text at all.
Nope, nothing worse than a "Start" button. Anybody who's bothered by
such a small reminder of MS for some reason could always configure the
screensaver settings to leave that scene out of the playlist.
mMm
>
> mMm,
> WOW! Many thanks for these links.
> Egad, I'm not going to get any work done now.
Your welcome, John.
You can also go to <<<EYECANDIE SESSION>>>
http://acidpix.cyber-cafe.hu/acidpix/eyecandie/download.htm
and grab 1 more case of tiny goodies (10 kb to 676kb).
I believe all of them are freeware... I download them all, but only try
AcidWarp, Geiss and PinWell (look at your arm after eying at this one
for a while!), right now. All 3 are great eye candies in my book.
--
mMm
Sietse Fliege
> There are also some neat screensavers at
> http://reallyslick.demonews.com/index.html
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/index.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/tcanim.html
Thanks, especially for the reallyslick ones.
Some more 3D screensavers for who has a compatible system :
http://www.giofx.com/
2 engines with lots of modules (you can even create them)
http://www.act-3d.com/download.htm
I especially like the dancing skeleton in the cloister background.
N.B. Promoware, you will sometimes see their logo.
--
Cheers,
Sietse Fliege
Gabriele Neukam
> I believe all of them are freeware... I download them all, but only try
> AcidWarp, Geiss and PinWell (
Mhmh, Geiss is great, but demands a good machine, at least a PII. It is
quite similar to the graphical effects of MS's Media Player. Wondering
whether they are using the same algorithms...
Problem is: I rarely listen to music from my cd drive or any mp3.
Bob Horvath
<Gabriel...@t-online.de> wrote:
Hi all,
If Geiss appeals to you, take a look at Gold Lace at
http://www.x-graph.com/
Bob
»Q«
<news:rbvqkusjrc97cpeol...@4ax.com>:
> Hi all,
> If Geiss appeals to you, take a look at Gold Lace at
> http://www.x-graph.com/
Is this freeware? I didn't see any mention of it being freeware on the
site, but there is a " Purchase ($14.95)" link.
--
»Q«
»Q«
<news:aij8k4$1po$1...@ncc1701.cistron.net>:
> mMm wrote:
>
>> There are also some neat screensavers at
>> http://reallyslick.demonews.com/index.html
>
>> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/index.htm
>> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/5843/tcanim.html
>
> Thanks, especially for the reallyslick ones.
Yeah, those are way cool. A warning, though. Turning the settings
way up in the reallyslick Lattice saver caused several problems with
my WinXP machine. I'm pretty sure it was moving the 'field of view'
slider up above 90 degrees that did it. XP wanted to increase the
swapfile size (I don't let it do that), and the system slowed to an
absolute crawl. It took about a half an hour to get the settings
dialog back up to restore defaults. This is a Pentium 4 running at
2133 MHz, so I was pretty surprized.
In any case, once that setting was turned back down, it's all good.
Amazing stuff.
> Some more 3D screensavers for who has a compatible system :
>
> http://www.giofx.com/
> 2 engines with lots of modules (you can even create them)
>
> http://www.act-3d.com/download.htm
> I especially like the dancing skeleton in the cloister background.
> N.B. Promoware, you will sometimes see their logo.
That Silex skeleton is one of my favorites - I use it every year as
31 Oct approaches. Using the headcam makes me dizzy.
For Win9x, the Oceanview saver is a nice 3D one. Various 3D fishies
swim about. Iirc, the Lightcube logo appears in the lower right
corner of the screen to promote their engine.
Thanks much to all who've posted links in this thread! Lots o' nifty
stuff.
--
»Q«
Sietse Fliege
The Gold Lace freeware version 1.1 can still be downloaded from :
http://server35.hypermart.net/svpsoftware/
It is cool!
The newest Geiss can be downloaded from : http://www.geisswerks.com/
You may also want to check out their Drempels.
However, there are Win2k/WinXP isues.
--
Cheers,
Sietse Fliege
»Q«
>>> If Geiss appeals to you, take a look at Gold Lace at
>>> http://www.x-graph.com/
>
>> Is this freeware? I didn't see any mention of it being freeware on
>> the site, but there is a " Purchase ($14.95)" link.
>
> The Gold Lace freeware version 1.1 can still be downloaded from :
> http://server35.hypermart.net/svpsoftware/
> It is cool!
>
> The newest Geiss can be downloaded from : http://www.geisswerks.com/
> You may also want to check out their Drempels.
> However, there are Win2k/WinXP isues.
Thanks, Sietse!
--
»Q«
mMm
>
> The Gold Lace freeware version 1.1 can still be downloaded from :
> http://server35.hypermart.net/svpsoftware/
> It is cool!
>
Hey, fractalesque Gold Lace 1.1 is just superb !
Thanks Sietse, for all and each of those links.
Found some great ones there :o)
--
mMm
Son Of Spy
Brian wrote:
> Organic art has some excellent graphics - Give it a try! Microsoft
> version is free. First available for Win95 but it looks great on a
> PIII!
>
> Homepage - http://www.artworks.co.uk/organic.htm
> Download - http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/access/win95/Microsoft/OrganicArt/oams04dx.exe
>
> - Brian
Know this is kinda late but this was a project Microsoft commisioned of
William Latham to celebrate the first year anniversary of Windows95's release.
Registered users of Win95 were sent an email inviting them to download this
free screensaver as part of Win95 "1st birthday celebration",
Seems to have problems with DirectX versions> than 5.0
I must have given away thirty copies of it :) >
Later I bought the full version which allows one
to take elements and build one's own animated images. (used to take a lot
of crunching but now with a 1700XP and a GeForce 2 Ti it really rocks :)
There was a slightly better version include with Windows98 Minus! err I mean Plus!
Check out William's site for what he's working on now........
Regards,
Son Of Spy
--
Stop by my freeware site
you might find something...
*****Extraordinary*****
http://www.sover.net/~whoi/index.html
. --- . . - - - - - - - - - - - -
/ SOS \ __ / Freeware - - - - - -
/ / \ ( ) / - - - - -
/ / / / / / / \/ \ - - - -
/ / / / / / / : : - - -
/ / / / / ' ' - -
/ / / / .. \ \
=====UU==UU=====
'/ / /||\ \ \'
' '' '
Janice
says...
>Know this is kinda late but this was a project Microsoft commisioned of
>William Latham to celebrate the first year anniversary of Windows95's release.
>Registered users of Win95 were sent an email inviting them to download this
>free screensaver as part of Win95 "1st birthday celebration",
>Seems to have problems with DirectX versions> than 5.0
Runs fine for me on a Win 98 machine with DirectX 7.0a.
FWIW.