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- BERKELEY, Calif., April 20, 1992 -- Berkeley Systems has announced the
- official results of the 1992 After Dark Display Contest. A blue ribbon
- panel of judges awarded a $10,000 Grand Prize, along with first, second
- and third prizes in the Macintosh Programmer, Windows Programmer and
- Computer Artist categories. Entries were judged on originality,
- functionality and appearance. Programmers and artists submitted over 150
- entries for the contest.
-
- And The Winners Are ...
-
- The $10,000 Grand Prize winner is Ed Hall of San Jose, CA for his After
- Dark display "DOS Shell," which simulates a DOS screen on a Macintosh,
- complete with sights and sounds of booting up ... even a C prompt! It then
- types and executes actual DOS commands that access and display the hard
- disk's file and folder names. As author Hall said, "It's a Macintosh
- user's worst nightmare come true!"
-
- In the Windows Programmer Category, Jeff Falkner of Los Angeles took first
- prize honors with "Logrus," a module that maps chaos through a dynamically
- intricate display of line and color patterns. Second prize went to Wes
- Cherry of Bellevue, WA for "Guts," which spins desktop icons, 'splorches'
- and other geometric shapes around a common magnetic center, leaving
- colorful overlapping trails in their path. Third prize was awarded to John
- Hunt of Austin, TX tor his display "Papillon" which sends beautiful
- butterflies fluttering across the screen.
-
- The Macintosh Programmer Category was topped by complex displays, including
- First place winner "The Artist" from Jeff Kowalski and Bob Covey of
- Alameda, CA. "The Artist" displays a PICT graphic, analyzes it, and
- redraws it using simulated painting tools such as 'fine brush,' 'felt
- pen,' and 'charcoal.' Second place was captured by Jean Tantra of
- Berkeley, CA for his display "Patchwork," which creates spectacular
- patchwork patterns. Third prize went to "Renoir," from Wade Riddick of
- Austin, TX. "Renoir" allows a user to create a wide variety of graphical
- displays using Riddick's own mathematical interface.
-
- The Computer Artist category, new this year, brought in a multitude of
- imaginative entries. First prize went to an Autodesk Animator for Windows
- loop called "Berk," by Frank Huyett and Mario Margherio of St. Louis, MO.
- "Berk" is a character created when a Windows desktop gradually wraps and
- contorts to become the shape of a human head. "Berk" then asks "are you
- out there?" Second place went to "CirQoQuirko," a surrealistic circus
- scene from Steve Lyons of Fairfax, CA. Lyons used Macromind Director to
- bring his art to life. Third place honors went to Randy Bowman and Ellen
- von Reiser of Jefferson City, TN for their Macromind Director loop
- entitled "Revenge of the Penguins," featuring penguins frolicing on
- Antarctic ice floes, with one curious penguin approaching the screen to
- knock on the glass.
-
- More Prizes
-
- Along with Flying Toaster Trophies, winners will receive prizes including
- three $2,500 shopping sprees from MacConnection and PC Connection, an NEC
- 5FG 17" monitor, an ATI Graphics ULTRA Windows Accelerator Card, an
- Infinity 88 Turbo Removable Cartridge Drive from PLI, a Prometheus Pro
- Modem Ultima 14,400 bps modem, a Hewlett-Packard DeskWriter C or DeskJet
- 500 C color printer, and the Porta CD-ROM drive and two CDs from CD
- Technology.
-
- Screen Saving
-
- The screen saving displays in After Dark extend the life of monitors. When
- machines are left on but unattended, images can "burn in" to the screen,
- causing permanent damage. After Dark prevents bum-in by automatically
- displaying entertaining or useful screen art.
-
- Formed in 1985, Berkeley Systems, Inc. develops and publishes mainstream
- software for the Macintosh and IBM PC markets and disability software for
- Macintosh users. Mainstream products for the Macintosh include After Dark,
- More After Dark and Stepping Out II, the software big screen. Long
- recognized as a leader in the disability market, Berkeley Systems
- publishes outSPOKEN, inTOUCH, ScreenKeys, and inLARGE. Berkeley Systems
- won the 1990 Computerworld Smithsonian Award for outSPOKEN, the talking
- Macintosh interface for the blind.
-
- Berkeley Systems Inc, 2095 Rose St, Berkeley, CA 94709
- 510-540-5535
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