Time for the short history of screensavers... What was the first screensaver? How does screen burn occur? What did those bizarre people who used MSDOS (like me) do to prevent their screens from being burnt into an uncivilised hell? Well, all those answers and more (probably) lay in wait. In this video I'll be looking at the early days of screensavers, and in particular MS-DOS screensavers. After a brief look at the history of screensavers and their first "mention" in the 1961 novel, Stranger in the Strange Land, we get stuck in at the deep end with such creations as;

Plasma, BugFry, Aquarium, EYE, Rain, Tunnel, VGAGlow, Screamer, Fire, Bushsave, Inner Mission, Fantasy, Snow, DCMatrix, Night Bird, Sparkwood, DSDino and of course, After Dark for DOS.

So sit back, safe in the knowledge, that your screen will be safe from burning during the next 10 minutes or so (unless you have terrible internet and the buffering logo gets burnt on - but that's your problem, not mine).

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