OSO Screen Saver
 

If there is any interest in a screen saver I will build one. You can download a sample one with BatBoat pictures from my website at http://www.batboats.com/ or the original one from http://www.soulsoftware.com and try it out. If enough people post messages that they like the idea I will do the same with all OSO boats. You will all need to provide pictures of your boats as well as your favorite quotes. I especially like the Don Aronow quote somebody has as their signature.

Tom

That would be cool!

sounds great!

cool
 

I like it...let me know where to send the pic. of my boat-THANKS

another 1
 

:D

I would love to see one with all types of boats and all types of OSO & boating pictures. The one on the Formula website is really nice, but not my brand of boat.

I'd like to see it Tom, I'd send pics.

I'm in. where do we send the pics?

How to send your images
 

Looks like we have some interest. You need to make the images 720 pixels wide x at most 480 pixels high, but the most important dimension is the 720 wide. You can put the quotes with the author, could be your handle, in a post to this thread. The way the program works is that it puts up a random picture and a random quote every 20 seconds unless you use the "P" key to change the settings.

You can send the images by using an ftp client, FTP Software (WS_FTP, CuteFTP)
http://www.ipswitch.com/ or http://www.cuteftp.com/products/cuteftp/index.shtml

go to ftp.batboats.com and use OSO (all capital letters) for both the user name and password. You will be able to upload files, but will not be able to see those that are there already.

Once I start making them I will post a message here about how you can add them to the screen saver and remove those you do not like.

Tom

Sounds good. I'll have to find my favorite picture, HMMMMMMMMMMMM..................................... ............:D

cool idea

Tom,

I'm in. Do you still have the pic I sent you last time?

I'm in.

I'll be the envy of my office!:D :D :D

Sydwayz,

Do you have a link to the Formula screensaver?

Thx

do they work?
 

can you use the photos that I attached above????

Richard,
No I could not get usable images off the posting for some reason. And here I thought I was the one who taught 100 of the furtune 500 to do the internet. Shows how much I know.

If anybody cannot use ftp, just send me ONE picture attached to email to [email protected]. Please do not send more than one either in the same message or in seperate ones. I live out in the boonies and only have a dial-up connection.

Tom

new movies for screen saver available
 

Laveyman,
Not only did I get your images via the email you sent me, but one of them is up already for everyone to download and add to their screen saver. just go to http://www.batboats.com/screensaver.html to get started.

Everyone please send in your images and quotes.

Tom

Sorry, that Formula Screensaver is gone from the site now. I searched high and low. I would email them, and ask them for it.

Thanks!

that was a waist of time loading!
 

Says I need some king of installer.:mad:

Installer issue?
 

strike,
Windows has its own installer built in so most installers just use the windows one to handle install/remove operations. Including it in the download just makes the download larger. Every now and then there is a system that it does not work on and it seems yours is one of them. Can you send details about what operating system you have, exactly what the installer tells you, how much hard drive space is free, etc.?

Lots of people have said they would send pictures, but so far only a couple have. We need more pictures if you all want to see your boats in the screen saver.

Tom

I've got one or two here I could send you. How do I do it?

You can send the images by using an ftp client, FTP Software (WS_FTP, CuteFTP)
http://www.ipswitch.com/ or http://www.cuteftp.com/products/cuteftp/index.shtml

go to ftp.batboats.com and use OSO (all capital letters) for both the user name and password. You will be able to upload files, but will not be able to see those that are there already.


If you cannot use ftp, you can send them as email attachments.

Thanks,
Tom

I loaded instmsia.exe and the program loaded. If I try to run it, it says I must change to 800x600 pics. Did that, the a window opened with a file named red. All I get on the preview is a black screen!

Strike,
I am impressed that you found a way to install the software. Am sorry it does not work now that it is in. It does take 800x600 minimum screen since the images would be too small for everyone else and there are not that many screens less than 800x600 any more. One guy had the same trouble (looking for red.cct) with the first version, but everybody who has installed the second one has had no problems. I guess as a boat owner you are used to problems huh:)

There has not been that many people sending in pictures to make it worth making though. I wil leave the installer up on my website at http://www.batboats.com and see how many download it or send pictures. Maybe some day we will have enough to make a project out of it. Then I will trouble shoot any problems with the install. The program itself runs fine since I sell a similar one commercially and it has no problems. The commercial one is at http://www.soulsoftware.com and has running waterfalls that are totally realistic. If enough people would have sent images the next version would have had boat videos on it!

Tom

:rolleyes: Okay, I give up.....I think I'm gonna have to wake up my 10 year old to walk me thru this stuff:rolleyes: Guess you can't teach an old dog new tricks:(

I find it hard to believe that there was not enough folks who would want a performance boating screensaver. Come on guys, send Tom some pics. Where else are ya gonna get a FREE

I find it hard to believe that there was not enough folks who would want a performance boating screensaver. Come on guys, send Tom some pics. Where else are ya gonna get a FREE screensaver of your favorite pasttime? It seems there is always someone asking for boating-related wallpaper, I thought there would be similar interest in a screensaver too.