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Since there seem to be so many ex-BeOS users moving to MacOS X, I decided to start bringing some of the old BeOS screensavers over to X. *** NOTE: This package is obsolete; each screen saver is now available separately. Find them on...

Lissart (originally written for BeOS by Chris Tate) is a spirograph-like line art screen saver that is careful to end up where it begins, resulting in beautifully anti-aliased line drawings with unusual symmetries.What is new in this release:Universal...

Buy Now is a screen saver for MacOS X. It is a loving replica of the original Buy Now, a screen_blanker for BeOS R5. If you used the BeOS and loved it, or once read something about it, or just want to be a retro-techno-hipster, this screen saver is for...

Inspired by the eponymous screen saver from BeOS, Message paints text over and over again, in a variety of colors and sizes. The original BeOS Message would only display the output of the "fortune" program, but Message for Mac OS X lets you choose any...

Foam slowly packs your sleeping screen with scores of tiny colored bubbles. Double-precision math ensures that bubbles touch only at their edges. Anti-aliased Quartz rendering results in a smooth, subtle screen saver. Run this on an idle Mac and turn it...

Were you a Mac user in the '80s, saving your Plus's screen from burn-in with tiny fireworks? Pyrotheque revives the classic screen saver concept---adjusted for inflation. Colorful rockets burst into hundreds of sparks in front of a starry night sky. Plus:...

Cuckoo brings clock chimes back to the Mac. Play a beep on the hour---or on the half-hour, or every five minutes if you must. You can use one of Cuckoo's tasteful built-in tones, or any of your Mac's installed sounds. Cuckoo has its own volume control, so...

Liquid crystal displays are susceptible to image persistence (what we used to call "burn-in" on old CRT monitors). Unlike CRTs, however, LCDs with image persistence can often be repaired with special video patterns, saving the cost of a repair or new...