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Here's the Mac Screensaver/After Dark FAQ. Please read it.L.COMP.SYS.MAC FAQ: Screensaver/After Dark answersCONTENTSINTRODUCTION
DO I NEED A SCREENSAVER? (0.0)
--WHAT MAC SCREENSAVERS ARE AVAILABLE? (0.1)
----Modular screensavers (0.1.1)
----Standalone screensavers (0.1.2)
--HOW DO I WRITE SCREENSAVER MODULES? (0.2)
----Writing DarkSide modules (0.2.1)
----Writing After Dark modules (0.2.2)
----Writing your own screensaver (0.2.3)
--HOW CAN I SAVE MY SCREENSAVER PICTURES? (0.3)
HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK? (1.0)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK v1.x? (1.1)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK v2.x? (1.2)
----After Dark revision history (1.2.1)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF STAR TREK: THE SCREENSAVER? (1.3)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF MORE AFTER DARK? (1.4)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY AD MODULES OR OBTAIN NEW MODULES? (1.5)
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF DARKSIDE OF THE MAC? (1.6)
HELP! I'VE FORGOTTEN MY AFTER DARK PASSWORD, AND CAN'T USE MY MAC! (2.0)
WHERE SHOULD I PUT THE 'AFTER DARK FILES' FOLDER? (3.0)
--MY STAR TREK MODULES SAY THEY ARE 'Out of memory', BUT THE REST PLAY FINE!
(3.1)
MY AFTER DARK CONTROL PANEL AND MODULES HAVE LOST THEIR ICONS! (4.0)
--IN LIST VIEW IN THE FINDER, MY MODULES SAY THEY ARE '
documents'! (4.1)
AFTER DARK CRASHES MY MACHINE! (5.0)
--MODULES THAT DON'T WORK UNDER MULTIMODULE AND RANDOMIZER (5.1)
--MODULES WITH OTHER KNOWN PROBLEMS (5.2)
EXTENSION INCOMPATIBILITIES (6.0)
--KNOWN INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH AFTER DARK (6.1)
MODULE NAME CHANGES AND SIMILARITIES (7.0)
--THE NAME HAS CHANGED (7.1)
--NOT TO BE CONFUSED (7.2)
8.0 MODULE REQUESTS
DISCLAIMER AND LEGAL-WEASELLING
--COPYRIGHT
--DISCLAIMERCOMP.SYS.MAC FAQ: Screensaver/After Dark answersVersion: 1.4
Last updated by Lloyd: Saturday, 4 September 1993Copyright (C) 1993, Lloyd Wood (L.H....@lut.ac.uk).
Not for physical distribution unless I get a copy of the medium - see Copyright
at endThis is a FAQ - a Frequently Asked Questions list. These are written and posted
to newsgroups to cut down on needless repetition of questions that everyone (bar
the ignorant questioner) knows the answer to. You can find many of the other
FAQs in existence by searching back through newsgroups for 'faq', or by ftp'ing
to rtfm.mit.edu. (If you don't know what ftp is, ask your systems administrator.
If you don't know what rtfm means, read some FAQs.) There are a number of
Macintosh-specific FAQs, and anyone reading comp.sys.mac.whatever will have read
through these FAQs and will be aware of the information in them.REVISIONS
In reverse order:1.4 - Saturday, 4 September 1993
Apple releases 'Monitor Energy Saver', which will make the screensaver as we
know it obsolete (0.0). Added Citadel, DiskLock, Screensavor and the Disney
Collection (0.1.1). BS has made the programming information publicly available
(0.2.2). Dealt with the 'screen capture' problem (0.3). Made how to update
DarkSide more visible (1.6). Star Trek 'out of memory' explained (3.1).
Mentioned umich more often. Made the copyright clearer.1.3 - Tuesday, 26 July 1993
NowFun! reported as being released. More contest info (0.2.2). DarkSide 4.0's
password dialog crashes if Okey Dokey 1.0.1 shows time remaining (0.1). Added
book/disk info (1.5). Added Faces in the Dark (5.1). Clarified info on
AutoDoubler, Slide Show, and password problems. Adam Miller's email address is
now AMI...@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.edu (5.1).1.2 - Saturday,10 July 1993
Twilight Zone is out! It plays After Dark modules in program windows. Added more
NowFun! info. (0.1.1). Rewrote (5.0) to try and cut down the number of 'help me,
I'm far too lazy to read your FAQ myself'-type requests I'm getting.1.1 - Wednesday, 23 June 1993
Added some A/UX-related information (0.0). Pyro! reported at 4.1 (0.1.1).
Received and tested modules I had had reports on, but hadn't yet seen (5.1) -
thanks to Stephane Rousset (rou...@gvprod.enet.dec.com) for his thoroughness.1.0 - Sunday, 20 June 1993
Major revision, and sufficient corrections (including those from BS) to be
called 1.0. DarkSide 4.0 is out, and it plays After Dark modules! Expanded
details of common icon problems (4.0, 4.1). Detailed Macsbug and the alias trick
(5.0). Added Have-a-Blast (5.2). Updated sumex-aim.stanford.edu ftp directory
references from util/ad (old structure) to gui/ad (new). Many other
additions/changes.INTRODUCTION
Abbreviations used here:
AD - After Dark, a commercial screensaver package for the Macintosh.
BS - Berkeley Systems, the makers of AD.
DS - DarkSide of the Mac. A freeware Mac screensaver that will run AD modules.
MAD - More After Dark, a commercial pack of extra AD modules from BS.
ST - Star Trek: the Screensaver, a commercial AD package and modules from BS.This FAQ answers common questions about screensavers for the Macintosh. What's
available and whether or not you need a screensaver are covered. Most of this
FAQ pertains to the most popular commercial Macintosh screensaver - AD from BS,
and the modules available for it.This FAQ is crossposted to most of the comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups on an irregular
basis whenever it is updated. A copy can always be found on
sumex-aim.stanford.edu in info-mac/gui/ad.The FAQ details common AD problems and misconceptions, concentrating on 'Why
does AD crash my machine?' The answer is almost always 'You need to get and run
the free 2.0x updater' or 'You are using a badly-written third-party module
running under the MultiModule or Randomizer modules'. [These modules impose
stricter rules on how a module can run than AD alone does, and a large number of
third party (shareware/freeware) modules either won't run as a sub-module or
crash the Macintosh.]
How to update AD is given in (1.0). A list of 'problem' modules that should not
be run under MultiModule/Randomizer is given in (5.0).The information in this FAQ is based on my use of AD and tidbits I have gleaned
from email from writers and users of third-party AD modules and with BS. I have
no connection with BS other than as a user of AD and MAD. (I'm declaring the
free T-shirt they gave me, though. Nothing underhand here.)I welcome comments and corrections, hints on using specific AD modules, and tips
and compatibility information relating to other Mac screensavers.This FAQ does not cover the use of AD on the Windows platform - it's for the Mac
version (and other Mac screensavers) only. There is no way to convert Windows AD
modules to Mac AD modules without extensive rewriting of the source code - it's
a job for the authors of that module, and few have experience of programming
Windows AND the Mac. Module ports are unlikely. Windows users should look at
'Intermission', a freely-available application that runs Windows AD modules.DO I NEED A SCREENSAVER? (0.0)
Despite what many people will tell you, the answer is almost certainly 'no'. It
takes a long time to burn the phosphor on a cathode ray tube with a still image
- accidentally leaving your Mac on all weekend won't do it, so don't worry if
you did this.
Old Mac Plusses or monochrome Mac monitors that have seen years of service may
have a ghostly bar at the top of the screen from the menu bar, visible when a
menu bar is not present, but that's about it.
The phosphor on colour monitors is even more difficult to burn, making
screensavers even less useful than you may think.
Running a screensaver (other than an Energy Star saver with an Energy
Star-complaint setup, or a backlight dimmer on an LCD) does not decrease your
monitor's power consumption. The US Energy Star programme will soon lead to the
demise of the screensaver as unused monitors power themselves down.If you use a Quadra, Centris, or LCIII, AND use an Energy Star-compliant monitor
(look for the star logo) off internal video on one of these machines, you no
longer need a screensaver. Apple's freely-available 'Monitor Energy Saver'
package enables the Energy Star features of your monitor with these machines.
Your monitor will power down in stages when the Mac is not in use, saving on
your electricity bills as well as saving your screen. 'Monitor Energy Saver'
(also known by its codename 'DarkStar') is available on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
(info-mac/cfg/monitor-energy-saver.hqx), on AppleLink, and should be on
ftp.apple.com shortly.If you have just bought a Color Classic or LC520, which follow Energy Star
recommendations, you should be using the Screen control panel supplied with the
System Software to automatically turn off the monitor circuitry when the Mac is
not in use - you DO NOT need a screensaver to save your screen, although you may
want to 'smooth' the intrusion of the monitor switching off by using a 'dimmer'
like Twilight. If you own a Mac with an LCD display you are unlikely to need a screensaver. The
only screensaver you would be interested in is one that dims the backlight after
a period of inactivity, to save power when running off the batteries - included
in various PowerBook-specific utility packages. LCDs can retain the colour they
are set to, whether black or white, in a 'memory effect' that takes time to
change, but does fade away. If you use a (probably unnecessary) screensaver, it
has been suggested that it should be one which flips all of the pixels
regularly, to prevent this memory effect. (This is unrelated to the ni-cad
battery 'memory effect'.) More information on both of these topics can be found
in the PowerBook FAQs of the Mac newsgroups. Read through
comp.sys.mac.portables.A/UX users may want to use something to cover the login screen. So far Moire has
been reported as the only screensaver doing this. DS and other startup
applications will never do this. Read through comp.unix.aux for more information
on this and other A/UX issues.Screensavers are primarily fun, decorative things to have around, and should not
be taken seriously. A screensaver is a useful for protecting your Mac from
prying eyes while you are away from it, and many screensavers include optional
password features for this. You may want a screensaver for its password
protection, rather than its 'screensaving' abilities.
--WHAT MAC SCREENSAVERS ARE AVAILABLE? (0.1)
Far too many. This FAQ concentrates on AD because it is the most popular, the
most well-known (being an advertised package), has the most support from other
programmers in the form of different screensaver 'modules', and because there
are other packages that can run AD modules. It's become a standard. AD is
commercial and costs money, although updates, bug fixes, programming information
and third-party shareware modules are freely available online.If you simply want to play the many shareware/freeware AD modules available from
ftp sites, get DarkSide 4.1 (see below). As AD (or Pyro!, or NowFun!) is
commercial, it and its commercial modules CANNOT (and SHOULD NOT) be obtained
from ftp sites. Updaters can be obtained by ftp, but they must update the
original package which you have bought. If you want to use AD (or Pyro!, or
NowFun!) or the modules supplied with it, you must buy AD (or Pyro!, or
NowFun!). If you are looking for a screensaver, it is well worth obtaining freeware and
shareware savers from ftp sites (sumex-aim.stanford.edu in info-mac/gui,
mac.archive.umich.edu in util/screensaver) and evaluating them before
considering commercial products.But first, read (0.0). You may not even *need* a screensaver with your
particular Mac setup.----Modular screensavers (0.1.1)
Modular screensavers, with a number of different effects, include:After Dark (AD) - commercial (brkly...@aol.com) The most popular. Has the most
modules available, and some third-party savers can run these modules. Includes
the screensaver, modules and programming information. More After Dark (MAD) is
an add-on package from BS that does not include the screensaver itself - just
add-on modules and an updater for the screensaver. Star Trek - the Screensaver
(ST), also from BS, includes the ST saver and modules, but not the programming
information included in AD. BS has just launched the Disney Collection, a
package similar to ST.Citadel 1.2 - commercial, by Datawatch. A security package reported as including
hard disk and partition locking, passwording, file encryption and destruction as
well as an AD-compatible screensaver. I haven't seen a copy of Citadel, and
cannot comment on something I haven't seen - tips welcomed. I know nothing
further.DarkSide of the Mac 4.1 (DS) - freeware, by Tom Dowdy, an Apple employee
(do...@apple.com). **DS 4.x also plays AD modules** (unlike DS 3.2 and earlier).
Like AD, DS includes a password feature and a Randomizer. DS runs as a startup
application under System 7. It only patches one trap when it needs to. As it's
an application you can quit it at any time if you need more memory, and restart
it later. (System 6 users want the older DS v2.5, the last version to run under
S6 - but they won't be able to play AD modules).
Some of the forty supplied DS-only modules (e.g. Circuit, LostInSpace,
VaseDance) are very polished and original and are well worth a look. Many others
(e.g. Searchlight, Worms) are similar to AD's and Pyro's, but with fewer cute
frills.
An up-to-date DS package can be ftp'ed from ftp.apple.com (directory:
/dts/mac/hacks). A copy should also be on sumex-aim.stanford.edu (directory:
info-mac/gui).
A number of people have posted, saying that they own AD and MAD, but that they
prefer to use DS to run their modules.
DS 4.1 uses less memory than AD does to play AD modules, and takes up less disk
space and less CPU time. It is claimed to run all AD modules, with the known
exceptions of the commercial BS ST modules ('for legal and technical reasons'
the ST modules require an AD 2.0x control panel. DarkSide can't see or play
these modules).
[If you use Okey-Dokey 1.0.1, turn off the countdown display, which crashes DS
4.0's password dialog.
If the MAD Confetti Factory module crashes, you are using DS 4.0. Get DS 4.1.
If DS still seems to crash, try giving it slightly more memory (your INITS may
be eating up a lot of program heap space) or trashing the DS Preferences file,
and see if matters improve.
If DS stays at the front on startup, check your Startup Items folder. DS should
be there only once.
If you keep your AD and DS modules together, note they both have 'Clock' and
'Puzzle' modules, and that MAD also has a 'Rain' module. Remove or rename one of
each.
To only randomize some DS modules, put them or their aliases together in a
folder, and open that folder with Open...
The docs are in MacWrite Pro format. Eventually, an XTND translator for this
should appear. One in the package would be nice...]
I'll attempt to detail further DS problems in this FAQ as I receive them.
If you don't already have a screensaver, want to write screensaver modules, or
are interested in using the wide range of free/shareware AD modules, this is THE
screensaver to get. The price is unbeatable.NowFun! - commercial. This 'fun' compilation package from Now Software is
reported as including FunScreenSavers, an AD-compatible screensaver with thirty
modules (many previously shareware), FunPictures (an updated DeskPict),
FunCursors, FunColors and FunSounds. I haven't seen a copy of NowFun!, and
cannot comment on something I haven't seen - tips welcomed. I know nothing
further.Pyro! 4.1 - commercial. This was the original 'fireworks' screensaver, and comes
with fifteen or so modules. The modules are similar in function to the DS and AD
modules. One or two third-party modules do exist, but nowhere near the volume AD
has - and, unlike the others listed here, Pyro! cannot play AD modules. DiskLock
1.2 is reported as being a commercial security program, with similar features to
Citadel, that also runs Pyro! modules. I haven't seen a copy of Pyro! 4.1 or of
DiskLock, and cannot comment on something I haven't seen - tips welcomed. I know
nothing further.Screensavor - Commercial, by MIFP Development (mbg3b2!mi...@uunet.uu.net or
pere...@sandy.ohsu.edu) . A 'specialist' picture displayer. Includes a startup
application (like DS) and an equivalent AD module. Sets of pictures (e.g.
landscapes, kittens) also available. Does fades, zooms, and other effects.
Shows GIFs and PICTs as well as its proprietary format - more flexible than the
AD Slide Show module.Twilight Zone - an entry for MacHack 1993 by Steve Falkenburg (no email address
known). Although it isn't a screensaver, this little application will run
AfterDark modules inside individual windows. The modules can be resized, moved,
run in the background, and more than one can be run at once. It won't run all of
the Berkeley Systems modules - it crashes on most - but, as an example, I had
Fractals, Mathos and Spinning Bow Tie running at the same time - faster than
they do when screensaving. It's the only way to run more than one module at
once. A copy can be ftp'ed from mac.archive.umich.edu or its mirrors (directory:
util/screensaver/afterdark). It's unstable and buggy (it IS a hack!), and needs
work - anyone want to use the source code (included) or know where to email
feedback?----Standalone screensavers (0.1.2)
There are also a large number of small standalone screensavers to choose from,
and many are present in the gui directory of sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Some aim to
be as simple, small and unobtrusive as possible (e.g. TinySaver 2.2,
FadetoBlack, BasicBlack). Popular choices include Eclipse 1.0 and Moire 4.01 (If
you are using Moire simply because it also includes a menu-bar clock, consider
getting the SuperClock! 4.0.4 control panel, which is far better, and another
screensaver. Moire is also available as an AD module - you can run it under DS
4). There are a number of screensavers for Macs that support use of the Brightness
control panel and dim an unused screen, e.g. Twilight. Twilight 7.1.4 onwards
also 'dims' the same way on all other Macs, by allowing you to install the
Brightness driver. The Brightness control panel can then be used on these Macs
as well.[If you want software brightness control, but don't want to install the system
software driver supplied for Twilight, a copy of the 7.0b1 Brightness control
panel, which works on all Macs, can be found on sumex in cp - someone has added
new icon and version resources.] If you do think you need a screensaver, look at what's freely available from ftp
sites first - particularly DS if you're running System 7 or better. You will
find something to suit you.
--HOW DO I WRITE SCREENSAVER MODULES? (0.2)
----Writing DarkSide modules (0.2.1)
If you don't own After Dark, but you have a neat idea for a screensaver and
don't fancy writing an entire standalone package, look at DS 4. All the
information and code you need to write DS modules is supplied within the
complete package. At present, I know of only two third-party DS modules -
there's definitely a market window here.If you are writing DS modules, bear in mind that older versions of DS have a
deliberately incompatible module format - DS 4 won't play 3.x modules, and
neither will play 2.5 modules. I suggest supporting 4.x (an easy upgrade for any
System 7/3.x users) and, if possible, 2.5, which is the last version System 6
users could use, although you'll have to dig around a bit to find a copy of DS
2.5 to get its example code and to test with.----Writing After Dark modules (0.2.2)
You learn to write After Dark modules by examining the example code that came
with the AD package you bought. This example code makes up the Bouncing Ball
module. ST does not include programming information - BS has posted the
programming examples and information on AOL, AppleLink, and CompuServe. It's
also available upon request from BS.
Although some shareware modules do come with source code, it's probably out of
date. Get the latest version of the AD package for up-to-date code, or contact
BS.As an incentive to write AD modules, you can enter programming contests (This is
why AD dominates). The 1993 contest closed on 15 July 1993. It had a grand prize
of $10,000, with runner-up prizes of hardware, for the best AD modules in
Macintosh, Windows, and Computer Artist categories. Contact BS for details of
the next contest.The BS contest concentrates on good-looking modules. If you'd rather show off
your programming skills, consider an alternative Dutch contest, organised by
VAMP (Vereniging Actieve Mac Programmeurs) - cash prizes and a Symantec Mac
development setup are on offer, with the chance of getting your modules
published on CD-ROM. Entries will also be seen by BS. Closes 31 December 1993,
judged by April 1994.
Further details from in...@fourc.nl - automatic response.If you are writing AD modules, you will want to make sure that they will also
run without problems (either coding or cosmetic) under the freeware DS 4.1 and
Twilight Zone, and probably NowFun! as well. No sense in unnecessarily limiting
your market.----Writing your own screensaver (0.2.3)
Why bother? If you write a module for AD or DS you will have a much larger
market than for yet another stand-alone screensaver, and all the stand-alone
niches (smallest, brightness, clock etc) have been filled. You won't have to
worry about incompatibilities with other software or breaking with the next
system release - that's the job of the AD or DS authors. And you can enter the
contests. No-one needs another standalone screensaver.If you want to write something that does interesting things with After Dark
modules, the code supplied with Twilight Zone should be your starting point. If
you really want to write your own screensaver, The Macintosh C Programming
Primer (Vol 1, 2nd ed.) contains source code, as does The Macintosh Pascal
Programming Primer.
--HOW CAN I SAVE MY SCREENSAVER PICTURES? (0.3)
This is short and simple, so it's here. First, have you tried the obvious -
pressing command-shift-3? This is the 'Camera function key (FKEY)', which
captures your screen to disk. [Under System 6, this only works in
black-and-white. If you're using S6 on a colour Mac (why?), skip ahead to
Flash-It!]. Disable your screensaver password if you use one, and set your screensaver
going. When ready, press command-shift-3 together. You should hear a camera
shutter click and your screensaver will wake. If this is successful, a PICT
file called 'Picture ' will appear in your hard disk's Finder window.Double-click on this to open it with TeachText and see what you have captured.
If it's the screensaver picture, well and good. This method appears to work fine
with AD 2.0x under S7.1, although it may not work for earlier ADs and/or earlier
Systems. This doesn't work for DS 4 under S7.1, which wakes before the screen
capture takes place - you will get a picture of your desktop instead.If the Camera FKEY didn't work for you, you need to get Flash-It!, a control
panel (v3.0.2 at time of writing), from an ftp site like sumex-aim.stanford.edu
(directory info-mac/cp). Drop Flash-It! into the 'Control Panels' folder and
restart. Choose one of Flash-It!'s functions and set the function hotkeys to be
command-shift-3, replacing the Camera FKEY. Repeat the above procedure, and this
time you should get your picture.HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK? (1.0)
What version of AD do you own? There are two major revisions, namely versions 1
and 2. When someone mentions they own 'After Dark', you can assume they mean
version 2, of which there have been a number of minor revisions in the past few
years, listed below. Version 2.0 was released back in August 1990, so version 1
is OLD.
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK v1.x? (1.1)
An updater to 1.1c is available from sites on the Internet. If you are already
running 1.1c and wish to upgrade to version 2, you can do so by returning your
master disk to BS with $15. There is NO free updater from version 1 to version
2, and the changes are major.You may find that version 1.1c fails to work on the brand-spanking new Mac* you
have just bought. If so, trash it or, better, upgrade to version 2 - see (1.2).
Or, if you are running System 7 or better (which AD 1.x will have problems
with), get the free DS 4.1, which plays AD modules.*Here, even a clapped-out IIci running System 6.0.5 qualifies as 'brand-spanking
new'. Version 1 is THAT OLD.
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF AFTER DARK v2.x? (1.2)
An updater to update the various revisions of version 2 to the latest revision
can always be found in the info-mac archive on sumex-aim.stanford.edu
(directory: info-mac/gui/ad) or on one of the mirror sites scattered world-wide.
You can also try mac.archive.umich.edu (directory: util/screensaver/afterdark).BS issues updaters periodically, in line with new Apple machines or System
software. The updater generally takes up to a couple of weeks from release to
reach sumex-aim.stanford.edu, so be patient if you have heard rumours of an
updater but can't find it yet.Alternatively, if you don't have access to ftp or an email file-server, you can
return your master disk to BS to have it updated for free. (You do own a master
disk, don't you?) MAD includes a copy of the AD updater (2.0u or later,
depending on when the MAD disk was mastered.)The updater updates version 2 revisions (NOT version 1 - see (1.1)) to the
latest revision, currently 2.0x. The 2.0x updater updates both the control panel
and all of the modules supplied with the AD package, making minor revisions
throughout.Note that you want the 2.0x updater v1.02 - the first release of this updater,
without a version number, scrambled the password - clear the password and turn
off passwording to avoid this. The second release, again no version number (tut,
tut!), fixed this by clearing any stored password. v1.02 is the only updater to
add the longer-than-five-minutes Randomizer times mentioned in some of the posts
about the new features in 2.0x, and to fix the -'Fish!' sea-floor showing
inverted blocks of colour problem- that users of the earlier updater versions
experienced, by updating Fish! to v2.01.There is no reason not to upgrade. The newer your model of Mac and/or System,
the newer your copy of AD must be to run correctly. If you have a problem and
you're not running the latest version of AD, don't even bother asking about it
UNTIL you've updated and seen if that fixes it. Experience is that not running
an up-to-date After Dark is usually the problem, and the reported 'problem' is a
symptom of this, which vanishes when AD is updated.
This FAQ assumes that you have the latest revision of version 2 (2.0x, updater
v1.02, at time of writing).
----After Dark revision history (1.2.1)
The version history of the updater releases (not detailing the numerous minor
improvements, bug fixes, or feature additions to modules) is:
2.0 - August 1990 - initial release.
2.0h - Bug fix relating to using (H)yperCard with AD.
2.0s - Bug fix of (s)ound code. Last version where the letter meant anything,
since they had squandered two-thirds of the alphabet already.
[They're not making this mistake with the Windows version - after 2.0 came
2.0a....]
2.0t - September 1991 - Supports new System 6.0.7 sound code.
2.0u - June 1991 - Full System 7 compatibility. Understands new System Folder
layout. Much faster when only the Finder is running.
2.0v - August 1991 - Fixed 040 cache-compatibility problems.
2.0w - September 1992 - Fixed problems with newly-released machines running
System 7.1 (IIvx, Duos) - old (pre-7.1) machines running System 7.1 could still
use 2.0v. Added 'All' and 'None' buttons to the Randomizer. Prevents Randomizer
and MultiModule recursively launching each other. [Updater 2.0w is unusual in
only updating the control panel, MultiModule and Randomizer, and not other
modules.]
2.0x - February 1993 - new control panel icon, updater clears password (first
release of updater scrambled it - see above), more 'When' options, muting sound
via the control key. Slide Show (updated to 2.1) now works with QuickTime
without crashing. Some recognition of aliases of modules. Brings AD and the ST
package into line with each other feature-wise. AD can now play ST modules.
Longer Randomizer times, but only with v1.0.2 of the updater updating a non-2.0x
Randomizer (Fish! is updated to 2.01 from a previous 2.0x update).[Updater release info from Jim Tso at BS]
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF STAR TREK: THE SCREENSAVER? (1.3)
At time of writing, by applying a revision 2 updater LATER THAN 2.0w, i.e. 2.0x
or later. This will update the control panel and modules shared in common with
the AD package (Randomizer, MultiModule).At time of writing, there is no updater for the ST modules. A ResEdit template
for extracting PICT resources from the ST files is available from a number of
ftp sites, for use by the inquisitive.
--HOW CAN I UPDATE MY COPY OF MORE AFTER DARK? (1.4)
There isn't an updater for these modules, and there are no longer plans for one.
There was a minor revision