Extremely Rare Vintage 1991 Microseeds Screen Gems for Apple Macintosh II Computers, evaluation copy NFR
Screen Gems is a collection of utilities designed to enhance the performance and appearance of your Macintosh II screen.
~ ColorDesk by Paul Mercer, is a cdev (Control Panel file) which allows you to display a picture on the desktop in place of the usual dull gray desktop pattern. Any PICT file (such as those created with MacDraw, SuperPaint, PixelPaint, Modern Artist, etc) or those created with GrayView can be used as the desktop picture. Instead of the few rather boring patterns that you have available to select from through the General CDEV on the control panel, imagine starting up your Mac and delivering your company logo or some other friendly message to whomever is using it at the time.
~ Dimmer, by Chris Derossi, is a cdev which darkens your screen after it has been idle for a while, to prevent burn-in and prolong the life of your monitor. Rather than erasing the screen as other screen savers do, Dimmer instead reduces the screen brightness.
~ Switch-A-Roo, by Bill Steinberg, is a FKEY which will quickly switch between two user-defined screen modes (from 256 colors to 2 grays, for example) more quickly than the Monitors Control Panel device. Works with multiple screens; each monitor's modes can be set individually. Turning off color when you don't need it produces up to a 181 percent speed improvement.
~ TN-3, by Dave Winzler, is a program which lets you choose a "color set" for your Finder (foreground); it's an easy way to redecorate your Finder icons in a variety of coordinated colors.
~ Globe, by Paul Mercer, is a Macintosh version of an application made famous on Sun workstations; is is an amazing little spinning sphere that looks just like Planet Earth. You can control the speed at which the globe turns, you can drag the Globe anywhere on the screen, and you can run Globe under MultiFinder, so that it spins while you're running another application.
You'll also find some wonderful art to display in ColorDesk, including a sunset by Galyn Susman, and a ray tracing by Chris Drossi.
Screen Gems utilities are designed to be used on a Macintosh II. At least 2 MB of memory are recommended.
Sold as is vintage, in very good condition.Sticker on front of manual. Folder outer cover has aging discoloration, marks, small stain. Inside pages are crisp and clean. This software did not come from the software developer in a box, it was originally shrink wrapped with the software disk in a sealed packet inside the back cover. (This item does not include the packet or packing that the disk itself was originally sealed in). The master 3.5" floppy disk is in the back pocket of the folder and the registration card is in the front pocket.
This is a great item for the Apple Macintosh II collector! Extremely rare find!