After Dark
After Dark 2.0 is the screensaver from Berkeley Systems that defined the look of the early-1990s Macintosh desktop. The 2.0 release expanded the original control panel with new modules and configuration options, and is the version most often associated with its iconic Flying Toasters.What it isA control panel and scree…
After Dark 3.0 is the 1993 release of Berkeley Systems' iconic Macintosh screensaver suite, a collection of animated modules that took over the screen during idle time and turned the once-dull task of CRT phosphor protection into a playful desktop spectacle synonymous with 1990s personal computing.ModulesVersion 3.0 bu…
After Dark 4.0 is the 1996 release of Berkeley Systems' iconic screensaver suite for the classic Mac OS, packaging dozens of animated modules into a single Control Panel. Building on the legacy of Flying Toasters, it added new scenes such as Starry Skyline, Bad Dog, and Art Critic.Berkeley Systems HeritageBerkeley Syst…
AfterDarkofSmirnov.Cpt.Binhex is a third-party module for Berkeley Systems' After Dark screensaver for the classic Mac OS, themed as a parody on Smirnov vodka iconography. It ships as a Compact Pro archive (.cpt) wrapped in BinHex 4.0 (.hqx) for posting to Info-Mac, part of the early-1990s explosion of fan-built After …
Afterdarkupd is the After Dark 2.0v updater for the classic Berkeley Systems screen-saver suite on the Macintosh. Distributed as a Compact Pro archive (afterdarkupd20v.cpt), it patches an existing After Dark 2.0 install up to the 2.0v maintenance revision rather than acting as a standalone screen saver.What it updatesT…