How did you first find SereneScreen Aquarium? - Page 2

jwdd · 07-21-2004, 02:27 PM

I saw it on 3dfiles.com also.

nreimer · 07-21-2004, 07:38 PM

Don't remember how I found out about it. It was back at least in 2000. I remember Morgan coming up with a list of fish found in the ss and I gave him some feedback. I remember a lot of the .99 versions ending in letters...b, c, d, etc. I probably have them lying around somewhere. Didn't actually register on this forum till much later though.

aloha,
Neil

Marsh Marigold · 07-22-2004, 06:53 AM

I read a review of Goldfish Aquarium online somewhere, downloaded it, and registered it within days. Once I found the forum, I knew I had to try MA!

:heart: I really enjoy them both. :heart:

I saw a huge display of Marine Aquarium 2 at Sam's Club yesterday, for $13-something. Brace yourselves, forum, there are about to be new members!

Tiny Turtle · 07-22-2004, 09:12 AM

Neil,
Given that when Morgan launched feldoncentral.com on December 11th of 2000 the current version was .99D, I'm assuming you didn't discover it much earlier than 2000...

It seems like 3DFiles.com is responsible for bringing quite a lot of users to our crowd. Anybody (Jim?) know if they picked it up themselves or if they were tipped by SereneScreen?

/Tiny Tank

feldon34 · 07-22-2004, 09:17 AM

The first public release came out in, I think, August or September 2000.

bugsymcd24 · 07-22-2004, 01:40 PM

I was playing around with a Game? called AquaZone.. and decided to do a search for aquarium screen saver and ran across Jim's page and it was at the end of 1998 or early 1999... i have some older files I believe that were .98 or so..but let me do some diggin in some old back ups to veryify that to make sure...

but I have been around this for a while now...LOL

EVERRET · 07-22-2004, 09:08 PM

I saw the screensaver at "best buy" running on a computer with the the plus pack. That same afternoon I searched the internet for it and found jims website and bought it. I have kept up on all updates and check in everyday to see whats new.

Jim Sachs · 07-22-2004, 09:41 PM

Tiny -

I guess you could say that 3DFIles.com was tipped by SereneScreen. Remember, in those early days I WAS SereneScreen -- the programmer, the artist, the tech-support guy, the website. I was in contact with the editor of 3Dfiles.com, and was happy to let them put the program on their site. After a couple of months, they informed me that it was the first program to reach a million downloads. I don't know why their site went under, but I got a lot of business through them.

RayRay · 08-13-2004, 10:13 PM

I saw it on big brother (tv show) and did I search for best fish screen saver.. Then got the program off napster or Kazaa.. Then after realizing what an amazing program it was .. I paid for it..

: )

Surferminn · 08-13-2004, 10:40 PM

ha-ha, good for you!

Jim Sachs · 08-13-2004, 10:47 PM

I found the program on my hard drive the morning after I wrote it.

Marian Nichols · 08-14-2004, 05:09 AM

And were you happy with it?

Jim Sachs · 08-14-2004, 10:01 AM

No. I spent a year improving it before I put it on the Web.

Marian Nichols · 08-14-2004, 10:57 AM

What year was that Jim?

feldon34 · 08-14-2004, 11:17 AM

2000

Marian Nichols · 08-14-2004, 11:19 AM

It seems longer than that to me.

Jim Sachs · 08-14-2004, 11:20 AM

Started it in 1999.

Marian Nichols · 08-14-2004, 01:30 PM

I bought it when I had to mail you a check, that is how long I have had the screen saver.

MadBob · 08-14-2004, 05:23 PM

I first saw it on about 500 monitors at Bowlers in Manchester (been going since it first opened) and scrounged a (ahem) dodgy copy off one of the guys. then a while later I decided to see how it had improved and actually paid for it [Sun Apr 29 10:41:54 2001] still got the original receipt.

I always pirate things first and then pay for them if I use them enough. EG. I downloaded Doom ]I[ about two weeks ago while I waited for my legal copy to arrive (this morning)

I don't like cripple ware so I always get a serial or crack from somewhere and then once I decide that a program is for me (IE. I am going to use it more than once or twice) I pay for it.

I am a believer that if someone wants to get a copy of something for nothing they will, and nothing you can do will make them buy it unless they are the type of person who actually buys things, I have registered / bought at least 50+ pieces of online shareware over the years, and believe that piracy has its place in spreading software to people it otherwise would not get to.

I just know I am going to get flamed for this one

Marian Nichols · 08-14-2004, 05:31 PM

To each his own and I applaud your courage to admit it.

07-22-2004, 09:12 AM	#24
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Neil, Given that when Morgan launched feldoncentral.com on December 11th of 2000 the current version was .99D, I'm assuming you didn't discover it much earlier than 2000... It seems like 3DFiles.com is responsible for bringing quite a lot of users to our crowd. Anybody (Jim?) know if they picked it up themselves or if they were tipped by SereneScreen? /Tiny Tank Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

07-22-2004, 09:17 AM	#25
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	The first public release came out in, I think, August or September 2000. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

07-22-2004, 01:40 PM	#26
bugsymcd24 PC Professional Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: virginia beach, va Posts: 147	I was playing around with a Game? called AquaZone.. and decided to do a search for aquarium screen saver and ran across Jim's page and it was at the end of 1998 or early 1999... i have some older files I believe that were .98 or so..but let me do some diggin in some old back ups to veryify that to make sure... but I have been around this for a while now...LOL Last edited by bugsymcd24; 07-23-2004 at 02:58 AM.

07-22-2004, 09:08 PM	#27
EVERRET Leopard Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: california Posts: 115	FISH BYTE I saw the screensaver at "best buy" running on a computer with the the plus pack. That same afternoon I searched the internet for it and found jims website and bought it. I have kept up on all updates and check in everyday to see whats new.

07-22-2004, 09:41 PM	#28
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Tiny - I guess you could say that 3DFIles.com was tipped by SereneScreen. Remember, in those early days I WAS SereneScreen -- the programmer, the artist, the tech-support guy, the website. I was in contact with the editor of 3Dfiles.com, and was happy to let them put the program on their site. After a couple of months, they informed me that it was the first program to reach a million downloads. I don't know why their site went under, but I got a lot of business through them. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

07-21-2004, 02:27 PM	#21
jwdd Registered Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 133	I saw it on 3dfiles.com also.

07-21-2004, 07:38 PM	#22
nreimer Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Honolulu Posts: 52	Don't remember how I found out about it. It was back at least in 2000. I remember Morgan coming up with a list of fish found in the ss and I gave him some feedback. I remember a lot of the .99 versions ending in letters...b, c, d, etc. I probably have them lying around somewhere. Didn't actually register on this forum till much later though. aloha, Neil

07-22-2004, 06:53 AM	#23
Marsh Marigold Still Folding Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plymouth, Michigan Posts: 190	I read a review of Goldfish Aquarium online somewhere, downloaded it, and registered it within days. Once I found the forum, I knew I had to try MA! :heart: I really enjoy them both. :heart: I saw a huge display of Marine Aquarium 2 at Sam's Club yesterday, for $13-something. Brace yourselves, forum, there are about to be new members!

08-13-2004, 10:13 PM	#29
RayRay Registered Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	I saw it on big brother (tv show) and did I search for best fish screen saver.. Then got the program off napster or Kazaa.. Then after realizing what an amazing program it was .. I paid for it.. : )

08-13-2004, 10:40 PM	#30
Surferminn Senior Puddle Jumper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: California Posts: 6,017	ha-ha, good for you! Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes.

08-13-2004, 10:47 PM	#31
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	I found the program on my hard drive the morning after I wrote it. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-14-2004, 10:01 AM	#33
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	No. I spent a year improving it before I put it on the Web. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-14-2004, 10:57 AM	#34
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	What year was that Jim? Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.

08-14-2004, 11:17 AM	#35
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	2000 "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

08-14-2004, 11:19 AM	#36
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	It seems longer than that to me. Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.

08-14-2004, 11:20 AM	#37
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Started it in 1999. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

08-14-2004, 01:30 PM	#38
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	I bought it when I had to mail you a check, that is how long I have had the screen saver. Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.

08-14-2004, 05:23 PM	#39
MadBob Guitar Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancs. UK Posts: 194	I first saw it on about 500 monitors at Bowlers in Manchester (been going since it first opened) and scrounged a (ahem) dodgy copy off one of the guys. then a while later I decided to see how it had improved and actually paid for it [Sun Apr 29 10:41:54 2001] still got the original receipt. I always pirate things first and then pay for them if I use them enough. EG. I downloaded Doom ]I[ about two weeks ago while I waited for my legal copy to arrive (this morning) I don't like cripple ware so I always get a serial or crack from somewhere and then once I decide that a program is for me (IE. I am going to use it more than once or twice) I pay for it. I am a believer that if someone wants to get a copy of something for nothing they will, and nothing you can do will make them buy it unless they are the type of person who actually buys things, I have registered / bought at least 50+ pieces of online shareware over the years, and believe that piracy has its place in spreading software to people it otherwise would not get to. I just know I am going to get flamed for this one

08-14-2004, 05:31 PM	#40
Marian Nichols ~Author~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Rocky Mount, NC Posts: 7,429	To each his own and I applaud your courage to admit it. Write paranormal mysteries. Six books so far.