Are screensavers art? If they are, one of the most iconic Windows screensavers, 3D Pipes, only existed because of an internal Windows contest to show off OpenGL support to Windows NT. Chen’s latest ...

In the past, Windows screensavers included '3D pipes' where pipes grow and grow, '3D flying objects' where objects fly around the screen, '3D mazes' where maze spaces expand, and '3D text' where a ...

Way back when: People used screensavers to prevent "burn-in" on CRT monitors, where static images could permanently damage the screen. Screensavers like 3D Pipes animated the display during inactivity ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

In my senior year of high school, a curious visitor joined our AP art class: a Windows 95 computer. No one knew why it was there—not the class, and especially not Mrs. Parker. For the whole semester, ...

Does anyone know where I can get the source code for the Microsoft OpenGL screen savers that ship with their OS'es? 3D Pipes, 3D text, etc... IRCC, that source code used to ship with Visual Studio (or ...