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Pancake
Jun 3, 2006, 06:07 AM
I hope this is the right place to ask this question.

I've been trying to remember the name of a program I used to play around with on my Mom's Mac years ago. I think she had a PowerMac 7100, 7200 or 7500. I remember the 7 part :)

I think the program was a screensaver. It would let you select some varibles like size, planet, etc. and then create a fly-over of a random planet's surface made of little polygons.

I wish I could give a better description but its just on the tip of my brain.


kretzy
Jun 3, 2006, 06:14 AM
It wasn't something from AfterDark was it? They used to do lots of Mac screen-savers back in the day though I don't recall the one you described.
Pancake
Jun 3, 2006, 08:46 AM
It wasn't something from AfterDark was it? They used to do lots of Mac screen-savers back in the day though I don't recall the one you described.

I know she had AfterDark, I remember the flying toasters, but I'm not sure if what I'm trying to remember was part of it or not.

I suppose it's not really important, but it just one of those things that has been bugging me for days now.:p
dpaanlka
Jun 4, 2006, 10:32 AM
It sounds like you're describing the "Vista" module of AfterDark, which is far less exciting than you probably remember it.
dpaanlka
Jun 4, 2006, 10:34 AM
It sounds like you're describing the "Vista" module of AfterDark, which is far less exciting than you probably remember it.

Actually I take that back, it is pretty cool to watch (doing so right now).
Pancake
Jun 4, 2006, 11:14 AM
Actually I take that back, it is pretty cool to watch (doing so right now).

Oooooo, that's what I was trying to remember. Thanks a million, dpaanlka. Now my mind can move to other pointless strugles, like why in X-Men 3 are all the headlights on the cars on the bridge lit in the extra wide night shot, when everyone abandoned their cars during daylight?