Need the URL of a free Marine Aquarium 2 Screensaver
Anonymous
computer department of a local store---and she wants it.
I have searched the net for free Marine Aquarium screensavers, but have
found none. (What I *FOUND* was that the phrase "free screensaver" has
been redefined on the Internet to mean: "costs less than $25.")
Does anyone know where I can get Marine Aquarium 2 (or one similar to
it) for free?
Michael Laplante
news:Dt2dncJ6cJb...@comcast.com...
> Does anyone know where I can get Marine Aquarium 2 (or one similar to it)
> for free?
Not Marine Aquarium but this one at:
http://simaquarium.com/
offers photorealistic fish. The free version is a plain tank -- no plants,
rocks, etc. -- but the water and lighting effects make it seem like you're
viewing a webcam located on the ocean bottom somewhere.
They seem to have changed the distribution somewhat. I dl'd mine a couple of
years ago as a standalone file. Now it seems you simply download one file.
Probably once you register, it unlocks the other tanks. I can't say for sure
though. Give it a try. . .
M
Anonymous
> http://simaquarium.com/
Thanks for the tip Michael, but that isn't going to work. Simaquarium
doesn't look "free" to me because it comes bundled with all of the
payware versions in a single downloaded file. That makes me very
suspicious.
Any other possibilities?
Michael Laplante
> Any other possibilities?
Unfortunately, no. I did an exhaustive search of freeware aquariums some
time ago and never found one better. I could email my file to you. It's only
2.3 megs but. . . it is an exe, so all the usual precautions apply. If
you're interested let me know where to send it. . .
M
Anonymous
I appreciate your help! Please send your free screensaver to
director <at> swissinfo <dot> com.
John Corliss
I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
link at the (Japanese) website:
(translated page, and link may wrap)
doesn't work, so I'll post the download in alt.binaries.freeware for you.
Note that you must have a good video card to run this one.
--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc, for instance. No
adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez for me, please.
John Corliss
> Anonymous wrote:
>> My wife saw Windows XP's screensaver "Marine Aquarium 2" today in the
>> computer department of a local store---and she wants it.
>>
>> I have searched the net for free Marine Aquarium screensavers, but
>> have found none. (What I *FOUND* was that the phrase "free
>> screensaver" has been redefined on the Internet to mean: "costs less
>> than $25.")
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can get Marine Aquarium 2 (or one similar to
>> it) for free?
>
> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
> link at the (Japanese) website:
>
>
> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs2/index.shtml&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Marimo%2Bsoftware%2522%2Bscreen%2Bsaver%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG%26as_qdr%3Dall
>
>
> (translated page, and link may wrap)
>
> doesn't work, so I'll post the download in alt.binaries.freeware for you.
>
> Note that you must have a good video card to run this one.
Sorry, but I spoke too soon. The .zip file is 3 mb, and when I try to
upload it, Thunderbird locks up.
Anonymous
I appreciate your help! Please send your free screensaver to
director <at> swissinfo <dot> com.
Thanks!
John Corliss
I've sent it to you via my Yahoo account. Please let me know if it
reaches you okay.
Susan Bugher
> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
> link at the (Japanese) website:
> (translated page, and link may wrap)
>
> doesn't work, so I'll post the download in alt.binaries.freeware for you.
>
> Note that you must have a good video card to run this one.
I think this is the most recent: v 1.6 (fs2v16.zip 30-Dec-2005)
Program: Fish Saver 2
Author: Marimo Soft
Ware: (Freeware)
http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/
http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/fs2v16.zip
10616 KB
It's not getting any smaller. ;)
Susan
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Anonymous
> Anonymous wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> I appreciate your help! Please send your free screensaver to
>> director <at> swissinfo <dot> com.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I've sent it to you via my Yahoo account. Please let me know if it reaches
> you okay.
Hi John,
Well, it's been three hours and I don't have the message that you sent.
Swissinfo is a free email service and the 3MB file may have exceeded
their limit---I honestly don't know.
Thanks for trying!
Anonymous
Hi Susan,
I downloaded the file and activated it. It switched my monitor from
1024x768 to 800x600 and displayed a error box that was written in
Japanese.
Thanks anyway! I appreciate your help!
Susan Bugher
>> http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/
> I downloaded the file and activated it. It switched my monitor from
> 1024x768 to 800x600 and displayed a error box that was written in Japanese.
>
> Thanks anyway! I appreciate your help!
Thanks for the feedback. I haven't tried v 1.6 but version 1.5 works
fine on my Win XP box. I downloaded it from the archive above but it's
now been replaced by version 1.6. You might be able to find v 1.5
somewhere else. Look for fs2v15a.zip (9069 KB)
Michael Laplante
> I appreciate your help! Please send your free screensaver to
> director <at> swissinfo <dot> com.
Anon:
Tried to send the file, but the email was rejected. I will post to my
personal webspace for you. I'll send url to above address.
M
Michael Laplante
news:9F0Pf.15285$M52.8739@edtnps89...
> Anon:
> Tried to send the file, but the email was rejected. I will post to my
> personal webspace for you. I'll send url to above address.
Anon, your email service keeps rejecting any mail I send to
director<at>swissinfo<dot>com. What now?
M
Susan Bugher
> Anonymous wrote:
>
>>> http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/
>
> > I downloaded the file and activated it. It switched my monitor from
>> 1024x768 to 800x600 and displayed a error box that was written in
>> Japanese.
>>
>> Thanks anyway! I appreciate your help!
> Thanks for the feedback. I haven't tried v 1.6 but version 1.5 works
> fine on my Win XP box. I downloaded it from the archive above but it's
> now been replaced by version 1.6. You might be able to find v 1.5
> somewhere else. Look for fs2v15a.zip (9069 KB)
Evidently something in your OS/computer set-up is causing the problem
you had. . .
I downloaded v 1.6 and gave it a *quick* trial. No-install (unlike v
1.5) - I ran FishSaver2v1_6.scr after unzipping and it worked fine. I
didn't check out the various .ini files. . .
FTR
> Anonymous wrote:
>> My wife saw Windows XP's screensaver "Marine Aquarium 2" today in the
>> computer department of a local store---and she wants it.
>>
>> I have searched the net for free Marine Aquarium screensavers, but
>> have found none. (What I *FOUND* was that the phrase "free
>> screensaver" has been redefined on the Internet to mean: "costs less
>> than $25.")
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can get Marine Aquarium 2 (or one similar to
>> it) for free?
>
> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
> link at the (Japanese) website:
>
>
> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs2/index.shtml&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Marimo%2Bsoftware%2522%2Bscreen%2Bsaver%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG%26as_qdr%3Dall
>
Never saw this warning! When I clicked on the link you pasted
Thunderbird warns me:
TBthinks this site to be suspicious. because most legitimate sites uses
names instead of numbers.
Did you try to click to the url you pasted using TB ?
Did you visit the site ?
- Frank
Anonymous
This teaches me a lesson: I should NEVER give my attention to another
project while I'm typing my email address on this newgroup. This whole
thing is ALL MY FAULT.
The CORRECT email address is director<at>swissinfo<dot>ORG
Not .com like I had written before. I'm such a dunce.
Anonymous
John Corliss
I'll give it another try.
John Corliss
It did the same thing on my system, that's why I didn't recommend it.
And that's just about the only version you can download from the
internet these days.
John Corliss
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> Anonymous wrote:
>>
>>>> http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/
>>
>> > I downloaded the file and activated it. It switched my monitor from
>>> 1024x768 to 800x600 and displayed a error box that was written in
>>> Japanese.
>>>
>>> Thanks anyway! I appreciate your help!
>
>> Thanks for the feedback. I haven't tried v 1.6 but version 1.5 works
>> fine on my Win XP box. I downloaded it from the archive above but it's
>> now been replaced by version 1.6. You might be able to find v 1.5
>> somewhere else. Look for fs2v15a.zip (9069 KB)
>
> Evidently something in your OS/computer set-up is causing the problem
> you had. . .
>
> I downloaded v 1.6 and gave it a *quick* trial. No-install (unlike v
> 1.5) - I ran FishSaver2v1_6.scr after unzipping and it worked fine. I
> didn't check out the various .ini files. . .
Strange. I wonder if it has anything to do with installed codecs. What
codec pack (if any) are you using, Susan?
Susan Bugher
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> Susan Bugher wrote:
>>> Anonymous wrote:
>>>>> http://ring.atr.jp/archives/pc/forest/f/fishsaver2/
>>>
>>> > I downloaded the file and activated it. It switched my monitor from
>>>> 1024x768 to 800x600 and displayed a error box that was written in
>>>> Japanese.
>> Evidently something in your OS/computer set-up is causing the problem
>> you had. . .
>>
>> I downloaded v 1.6 and gave it a *quick* trial. No-install (unlike v
>> 1.5) - I ran FishSaver2v1_6.scr after unzipping and it worked fine. I
>> didn't check out the various .ini files. . .
> Strange. I wonder if it has anything to do with installed codecs. What
> codec pack (if any) are you using, Susan?
None.
FWIW *my* machine did weird things when I installed this version of Sim
Aquarium:
http://iquest.themes.tucows.com/filesthemes/SimAQUARIUM-Tank4-FreeTank-v2.3.exe
5395 KB
I made a couple of notes: worked the first day, then didn't with
message to change screen resolution. . . after experimentation
discovered it works with 16 bit color - does not work with 32 bit color
setting.
Susan Bugher
> FWIW *my* machine did weird things when I installed this version of Sim
> Aquarium:
>
> http://iquest.themes.tucows.com/filesthemes/SimAQUARIUM-Tank4-FreeTank-v2.3.exe
>
> 5395 KB
>
> I made a couple of notes: worked the first day, then didn't with
> message to change screen resolution. . . after experimentation
> discovered it works with 16 bit color - does not work with 32 bit color
> setting.
but. . . ATM the setting is 32 bit color and Sim Aquarium worked just
now when I tried it. . . Qien Sabe. . .
JoeA
> I downloaded v 1.6 and gave it a *quick* trial. No-install (unlike v
> 1.5) - I ran FishSaver2v1_6.scr after unzipping and it worked fine. I
> didn't check out the various .ini files. . .
>
> Susan
in its folder. If I just copied the .scr file seperately it would not work.
Anonymous
all have done!
Michael Laplante
news:4740jlF...@individual.net...
> FWIW *my* machine did weird things when I installed this version of Sim
> Aquarium:
>
> http://iquest.themes.tucows.com/filesthemes/SimAQUARIUM-Tank4-FreeTank-v2.3.exe
> 5395 KB
Now that's weird. My version of this file is only about 2.3 megs. This must
be bundled with some of the pay versions. I'm guessing that once you
register, it will unlock some of the other tanks.
My file only includes the free tank AFAIK -- hence, the small size.
M
Michael Laplante
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
>> link at the (Japanese) website:
Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the original
file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated page at:
So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I fully
expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it in this
group ever again. :)
This looks like an interesting ss. Too bad there's no translation of the
various configuration setting. :(
M
Susan Bugher
Yup - recent versions are bundled. :( I posted this last November:
<q>
It appears there is still a free version (bundled nagware). The info
here looks current:
http://www.3dreef.com/simaquarium_download.htm
Download SimAQUARIUM Tank-4 and Free tank!
v2.311
File size: 5.4 Mb
http://simaquarium.com/SA23W/SimAQUARIUM-Tank4-FreeTank-v2.311.exe
also note. . .
v 2.3 is available from Tucows
http://www.tucows.com/preview/357212
</q>
http://www.3dreef.com/simaquarium_download.htm
now at SimAQUARIUM v2.33
Susan Bugher
> "Susan Bugher" <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:4730q2F...@individual.net...
>
>>John Corliss wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
>>>link at the (Japanese) website:
>
>
> Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the original
> file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated page at:
>
> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs3/indexj.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dscreensaver%2B%2522fish%2Bflow%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>
> So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I fully
> expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it in this
> group ever again. :)
That's referring to Fish Saver 3 - not to be confused with Fish Saver 2
or the other Fish Saver 2 by (IIRC) "FLO". . . ;)
I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
[Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
Susan Bugher
> Michael Laplante wrote:
>
>> "Susan Bugher" <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:4730q2F...@individual.net...
>>
>>> John Corliss wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the
>>>> download link at the (Japanese) website:
>>
>>
>>
>> Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the
>> original file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated
>> page at:
>>
>> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs3/indexj.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dscreensaver%2B%2522fish%2Bflow%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>>
>>
>> So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I
>> fully expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it
>> in this group ever again. :)
>
>
> That's referring to Fish Saver 3 - not to be confused with Fish Saver 2
> or the other Fish Saver 2 by (IIRC) "FLO". . . ;)
>
> I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
>
> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
> [Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
> Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
Found this page just now. . .
< Software classification > Free software
< Version > 1.4 (04/01/04)
JoeA
> Michael Laplante wrote:
>
>> "Susan Bugher" <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:4730q2F...@individual.net...
>>
>>> John Corliss wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the
>>>> download link at the (Japanese) website:
>>
>>
>>
>> Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the
>> original file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated
>> page at:
>>
>> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs3/indexj.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dscreensaver%2B%2522fish%2Bflow%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>>
>>
>> So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I
>> fully expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it
>> in this group ever again. :)
>
>
> That's referring to Fish Saver 3 - not to be confused with Fish Saver 2
> or the other Fish Saver 2 by (IIRC) "FLO". . . ;)
>
> I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
>
> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
> [Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
> Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
>
> Susan
> http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/9244/soft/fssv211a.zip
John Corliss
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>
>> FWIW *my* machine did weird things when I installed this version of
>> Sim Aquarium:
>>
>> http://iquest.themes.tucows.com/filesthemes/SimAQUARIUM-Tank4-FreeTank-v2.3.exe
>>
>> 5395 KB
>>
>> I made a couple of notes: worked the first day, then didn't with
>> message to change screen resolution. . . after experimentation
>> discovered it works with 16 bit color - does not work with 32 bit
>> color setting.
>
> but. . . ATM the setting is 32 bit color and Sim Aquarium worked just
> now when I tried it. . . Qien Sabe. . .
Hmm. Now this makes more sense to me. I'm running 32 bit color out of a
GeForce4 with 128 mb of onboard ram. If it's not the color setting that
prvents me from running the Fishsaver2 ver. 1.6, then it may be some
other conflict with my NVidia driver.
Oh well, I have ver. 1.2 installed and it runs nicely. It's a real work
of art and is in fact, my favorite screen saver of all. I like it even
better than the Skyrocket saver:
Very peaceful to watch those fish swimming around and all getting along.
John Corliss
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> John Corliss wrote:
>>
>>> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the download
>>> link at the (Japanese) website:
>
> Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the original
> file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated page at:
>
> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs3/indexj.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dscreensaver%2B%2522fish%2Bflow%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>
> So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I fully
> expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it in this
> group ever again. :)
The copy I have on my system (ver. 1.2) was freeware when it came out,
so I will not be removing it. Since you quoted my original statement,
you might want to notice that I specifically recommended version 1.2,
*NOT* 1.6.
> This looks like an interesting ss. Too bad there's no translation of the
> various configuration setting. :(
If you have Japanese fonts and language capability installed in IE or
Windows, couldn't you copy and paste the settings text into Bablefish?
John Corliss
I also have this version and have tried it, but it doesn't work as good
as 1.2. The fish tend to run through each other as if they're all
ghosts. This happens occasionally in 1.2 as well, but only rarely and
the longer it runs, the less it happens. 1.4 is still a good one though.
John Corliss
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> Michael Laplante wrote:
>>>> John Corliss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I really like Marimo Software's Fishsaver2 v.1.2. However, the
>>>>> download link at the (Japanese) website:
>>>
>>> Okay, through foreign sites I tracked down the website for the
>>> original file. It appears it's shareware according to this translated
>>> page at:
>>>
>>> http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.marimosoft.com/soft/fs3/indexj.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dscreensaver%2B%2522fish%2Bflow%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
>>>
>>> So it contravenes to John's strict interpretation of freeware and I
>>> fully expect him to remove it from his system and cease to mention it
>>> in this group ever again. :)
>>
>> That's referring to Fish Saver 3 - not to be confused with Fish Saver
>> 2 or the other Fish Saver 2 by (IIRC) "FLO". . . ;)
>>
>> I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
>>
>> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
>> [Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
>> Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
>>
>> http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/9244/soft/fssv211a.zip
This download is an older version of the one I run (only difference is
that mine has flooded "Tokio" skyscrapers in it) but it still works
nicely on my system. I scanned the download for viruses, and it's clean.
If the OP ("Anonymous") didn't get my email with attachment, then this
download is a good choice.
Not only that, but, for Michael Leplante's edification, here's a direct
cut and paste from the readme file that comes in the download:
"Fish Saver 2 is Freeware , Copyrights is held by Marimo Software."
Thanks for doing the research and posting it, Joe!
John Corliss
> Thanks John, and Susan, and everyone else! I appreciate everything you
> all have done!
Did you get my email with the attached file? If not, see the message
from JoeA above. In it, he gives the following link for a download:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/9244/soft/fssv211a.zip
Susan Bugher
>> I downloaded v 1.6 and gave it a *quick* trial. No-install (unlike v
>> 1.5) - I ran FishSaver2v1_6.scr after unzipping and it worked fine. I
>> didn't check out the various .ini files. . .
> It worked on my XP box...I had to unzip it twice and leave the .scr file
> in its folder. If I just copied the .scr file seperately it would not
> work.
Nice to know it works on more than one machine. ;) v 1.6 does seem to
be a bit of a strange beast. I'm probably just displaying my own
ignorance but. . . I don't see how it can be set up as a Windows
screensaver - despite the .scr extension.
Susan Bugher
I was just interested in the ware reference. . . I took Michael's
accusation that Fish Saver 2 is Shareware personally (even though it was
directed at you).
I have Fish Saver 2 listed as Freeware on the ACF program info pages -
AFAICT all versions of Fish Saver 2 by Marimo Soft are Freeware.
FWIW finding the *real* ware type for apps that are listed on the ACF
program info pages is *damned* time consuming. Googling Japanese web
pages for freeware references was a special challenge (since I don't
know any Japanese). When *misinformation* about ware types is posted in
ACF it makes me cranky. . . ;)
Susan
Michael Laplante
> I was just interested in the ware reference. . . I took Michael's
> accusation that Fish Saver 2 is Shareware personally (even though it was
> directed at you).
Whoa, hope you don't look sleep over all this. I more flexible in my
interpretation of freeware that JC. I was just "poking him with a stick" to
get a rise out of him.
However, kudos to you both for your efforts above and beyond to help Anon.
M
Susan Bugher
> "Susan Bugher" <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:475vkvF...@individual.net...
>>I was just interested in the ware reference. . . I took Michael's
>>accusation that Fish Saver 2 is Shareware personally (even though it was
>>directed at you).
> Whoa, hope you don't look sleep over all this.
Good heavens no - but I did spend a *whale* of a lot of time ;)
yesterday checking ware types and making *follow-up* posts. . . and
that does tend to make me cranky. . .
I more flexible in my
> interpretation of freeware that JC. I was just "poking him with a stick" to
> get a rise out of him.
Yeah, I could tell that was what you were up to but you accidently
jabbed me too and I reacted. Many sites call anything and everything
"Freeware". My goal for the ACF pages is to have *accurate* descriptions
so people can avoid the ware types they don't want.
I *used* to think that would be a fairly easy goal to achieve. . . ;)
John Corliss
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:24:07 -0500, Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>> [...]
>>> I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
>>>
>>> http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
>>> [Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
>>> Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
>
>
> [license]
> BootCount=2
>
Joe, I think 1.6 might be shareware. I don't know for sure though,
because it won't run on my system.
Susan Bugher
>>>[...]
>>>I have this in my notes (dunno what date I visited the site):
>>>
>>>http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
>>>[Freeware] Fish Saver 2 'Fish Flow' V1.1A Released 2002 Apr.1
>>>Download fssv211a.zip(2.7Meg)
> This entry in 1.6's fs2.ini file is odd for a free program:
>
> [license]
> BootCount=2
I agree it seems an odd place to have "[license]". I increased the
BootCount number to BootCount=1000000 as a test - the app still started.
FWIW the opening scene changes with each increment of the BootCount
number. (You can repeat a scene by lowering the BootCount number by one.)
I had looked at "FishSaver2â}âjâàâAâï.txt" - came away no wiser as to
the ware status.
The file begins with:
<q>
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„ X6 Engine „
„ Fish Saver 2 V1.6 „
„ -- Œ¶‘zŠCˆæ -- „
„ Copyright 2001-2005 Marimo Soft „
„ 2005Dec28 „
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-----------------------
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http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA014554/
http://www.marimosoft.com/
<SNIP>
</q>
If anyone can translate any of the non-English portions please do.
TIA :)
Susan
honyakusha
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:41:24 -0500
Susan Bugher <sebu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had looked at "FishSaver2竈稻籵磚糀.txt" - came away no wiser as to
> the ware status.
I can tell you what it means if you send me the text file. I tried to
download the file under FS2 but I got a 404. FS3 seems to be shareware.
Note that I'm not interested in downloading and installing the screensaver.
My memory is tight on the system I'm using now :)
Here's what the following mean:
> -----------------------
> Fish Saver 2 について
About Fish Saver 2
> インストール
Installation
> 設定
Settings
> 履歴・免責
Revision History/ License
Cheers,
GR (remove "no-")
Susan Bugher
>>I had looked at "FishSaver2?????.txt" - came away no wiser as to
>>the ware status.
>
> I can tell you what it means if you send me the text file. I tried to
> download the file under FS2 but I got a 404. FS3 seems to be shareware.
>
> Note that I'm not interested in downloading and installing the
screensaver.
> My memory is tight on the system I'm using now :)
Thank you. :)
I uploaded the file to the FTP directory temporarily (you'll be able to
see it on the index page if the link to the file doesn't work properly):
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/ftp/FishSaver2%e2%7d%e2j%e2%e0%e2A%e2%ef.txt
honyakusha
Here are the salient parts (which I felt were important):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish Saver 2 V.6 "Virtual Sea" is a 3D screensaver using DirectX9.0C.
Schools of fish like bream, horse mackarel, sardine, and yellow tail swim around.
The size, thickness, length of the schools can be adjusted.
If you right click FishSaver2v1_6.scr in the directory after unzipping the
file, and select "Install" from the menu, the application will be
installed.
To uninstall, delete the FishSaver2v1_6 directory.
Versions after DirectX9.0c should be installed and working properly.
No entries are made in the Registry.
* Freeware
* Copyright held by Marimo Soft/Freetaco
* No responsibility will be borne in case of loss or damage to hardware
or software becuase of installation/running this software.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I suppose that covers it all? Let me know if you have any specific
questions.
Cheers,
Gururaj Rao (from Kisarazu-city, Japan)
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:50:13 -0500
Susan Bugher
> Susan,
> Here are the salient parts (which I felt were important):
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Fish Saver 2 V.6 "Virtual Sea" is a 3D screensaver using DirectX9.0C.
> Schools of fish like bream, horse mackarel, sardine, and yellow tail swim around.
> The size, thickness, length of the schools can be adjusted.
>
> If you right click FishSaver2v1_6.scr in the directory after unzipping the
> file, and select "Install" from the menu, the application will be
> installed.
>
> To uninstall, delete the FishSaver2v1_6 directory.
> Versions after DirectX9.0c should be installed and working properly.
> No entries are made in the Registry.
>
> * Freeware
> * Copyright held by Marimo Soft/Freetaco
> * No responsibility will be borne in case of loss or damage to hardware
> or software becuase of installation/running this software.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I suppose that covers it all? Let me know if you have any specific
> questions.
Not a single one. That's more information than I had hoped for - the
installation instructions are an unexpected bonus. Thank you *very*
much. :) :) :)
John Corliss
And it would seem that version 6 (1.6?) is freeware after all. Still
can't get it to run on my system though. Can't even configure the thing
when I right click on it!
Strange that the folder names are all in English, but the help file is
in Japanese.
This makes me wonder if I need to install Microsoft language support for
Japanese to make the saver run.
John Corliss
I appreciate honyakusha going to the trouble to translate, but want to
be able to use Bablefish to do this for Japanese readme files in the
future. So, FWIW, I managed to get Firefox to display the readme file in
Japanese encoded characters. Then I was able to select, copy and paste
the file into the Bablefish website and to translate it. Here's what I
did (this works for XP):
First, I installed support for Japanese characters on my computer by:
1. Go to Control Panel/Regsional and Language Options/Languages tab/
2. Put checkmark by "Install files for East Asian languages"
3. Click "OK"
4. Put the XP install disc in the requested drive. Windows copies the
needed files from it.
5. Reboot.
In my case, Estonian keyboard support got added for some reason. I
simply deleted it from the list and the keyboard selection option icon
then disappeared from my tray.
Next, I started Firefox and opened the "FishSaver2ā}ājāąāAāļ.txt" file,
which I had unzipped from the fs2v16.zip file:
File/Open File.../ and navigate to the folder where I unzipped the
"FishSaver2ā}ājāąāAāļ.txt" file. Then I selected it and clicked the
"Open" button.
With the file open in Firefox, I next clicked on:
View/Character Encoding/Japanese (Shift_JIS)
VOILA! Now the file was displayed using Japanese characters. I then did
a "Control-A" and "Control-C", and went to the Bablefish website:
Click on the area under "Translate a block of text - Enter up to 150
words" and press "Control-V"
Select "Japanese to English" from the dropdown, and then press the
"Translate" button.
Due to the 150 word limitation, I'm not sure that I got it all
translated, but it looks like it might have done so. At least it
translated enough to include the following:
"Fish Saver 2 is the freeware"
honyakusha
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:30:37 -0800
John Corliss <jcor...@fake.invalid> wrote:
>
> I appreciate honyakusha going to the trouble to translate, but want to
> be able to use Bablefish to do this for Japanese readme files in the
> future. So, FWIW, I managed to get Firefox to display the readme file in
> Japanese encoded characters. Then I was able to select, copy and paste
> the file into the Bablefish website and to translate it. Here's what I
> did (this works for XP):
<snipped>
>
> Due to the 150 word limitation, I'm not sure that I got it all
> translated, but it looks like it might have done so. At least it
> translated enough to include the following:
>
> "Fish Saver 2 is the freeware"
If anybody just needs to know whether a Japanese application is a
freeware or not, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to answer anytime. I
translate technical documentation between Japanese and English for a
living and dashing off a message after a glance at a readme file would
hardly take me any time. Least I can do for the benefits I have derived
from this group. :)
Gururaj Rao
Kisarazu City , Japan.
Susan Bugher
> If anybody just needs to know whether a Japanese application is a
> freeware or not, feel free to ask and I'll be happy to answer anytime. I
> translate technical documentation between Japanese and English for a
> living and dashing off a message after a glance at a readme file would
> hardly take me any time. Least I can do for the benefits I have derived
> from this group. :)
Thanks Rao. :) I'll ask *sooner* in the future (instead of struggling
along trying to find answers the hard way). ACF rocks. :)
John Corliss
Gururaj,
After re-reading my message, I can see that it seems to imply that I
didn't totally trust your translation. That wasn't what I meant to say.
Rather, my doing the translation as well should have been further proof
for Michael Leplante that the program is freeware (assuming, of course,
that Michael trusts me too.)
Many thanks for your kind offer to translate, and I, for one, will
indeed keep you in mind.
Michael Laplante
news:120tc57...@corp.supernews.com...
> This makes me wonder if I need to install Microsoft language support for
> Japanese to make the saver run.
Don't think so. Worked for me right out of the box and I don't have Japanese
language support. Of course, the configuration panel is full of gibberish
but once you run it, it updates the ini file. You can then open this in any
text editor to see the various settings in English(!) though the effects of
some are rather cryptic. I wish I knew how to slow the cam down. At times,
I'm like a scuba diver on crack, the way the cam keeps whipping around. . .
M
honyakusha
On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:20:05 -0800
John Corliss <jcor...@fake.invalid> wrote:
> ,
> After re-reading my message, I can see that it seems to imply that I
> didn't totally trust your translation. That wasn't what I meant to say.
> Rather, my doing the translation as well should have been further proof
> for Michael Leplante that the program is freeware (assuming, of course,
> that Michael trusts me too.)
No, not at all. I made the offer especially because I use a Japanese OS
(Windows 2000). For most of you (without Japanese OS) installing all the
Japanese fonts might be overkill just to read and translate a Japanese
application that does not come up frequently. Moreover, other than being
a lurker and sucking off all the good information that many of you have
posted and continue to post here, I haven't done much. It'll make me
happy to give back a little to the fine folks here.
> Many thanks for your kind offer to translate, and I, for one, will
> indeed keep you in mind.
So feel free to post to this list if you need information on a Japanese
application and I'll do my best to assist!
Cheers,
Gururaj Rao
John Corliss
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> didn't totally trust your translation. That wasn't what I meant to say.
>> Rather, my doing the translation as well should have been further proof
>> for Michael Leplante that the program is freeware (assuming, of course,
>> that Michael trusts me too.)
>
> No, not at all. I made the offer especially because I use a Japanese OS
> (Windows 2000). For most of you (without Japanese OS) installing all the
> Japanese fonts might be overkill just to read and translate a Japanese
> application that does not come up frequently.
The fonts don't seem to have any effect on my system's speed at least,
but I'd bet that they would on an older system. And of course, a literal
word-for-word translation from Bablefish is alway hard to understand
because different languages also structure their sentences differently
and use different phrases as well.
> Moreover, other than being
> a lurker and sucking off all the good information that many of you have
> posted and continue to post here, I haven't done much. It'll make me
> happy to give back a little to the fine folks here.
Not little at all! This is a very nice contribution.
>> Many thanks for your kind offer to translate, and I, for one, will
>> indeed keep you in mind.
>
> So feel free to post to this list if you need information on a Japanese
> application and I'll do my best to assist!
Will do, and thanks again!
John Corliss
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> This makes me wonder if I need to install Microsoft language support for
>> Japanese to make the saver run.
>
> Don't think so. Worked for me right out of the box and I don't have Japanese
> language support. Of course, the configuration panel is full of gibberish
> but once you run it, it updates the ini file. You can then open this in any
> text editor to see the various settings in English(!) though the effects of
> some are rather cryptic. I wish I knew how to slow the cam down. At times,
> I'm like a scuba diver on crack, the way the cam keeps whipping around. . .
Michael,
Forgot to mention that I also tried manually changing the
configuration file, but no joy. And you're correct, installing the
Japanese fonts didn't help at all. My guess is that the saver probably
has a problem with my video card's drivers, although my video card is
almost exactly what the author recommends.
I have version 1.2 installed and running nicely and its (totally
English!) configuration window has a dropdown that contains a listing
for "wandering point". You might look for that dropdown and if it's
there, try changing it to something else and you'll "come down" from the
crack. 80)>