Way back I hacked together a VB6 application (don't remember what it did) but after a while it popped up a new window that faked a DOS prompt formatting the c drive. Then I send it to my best bud on April 1st with a message "Hey, check out this new program I made!" :-)
jrmg 32 minutes ago [-]
This is cool - but…
It’s an app, not a system-integrated[1] screensaver?
> Installation
> Drag FakeDOS.app into /Applications.
> Double-click to launch. It installs itself as a menu-bar icon.
> Click the menu-bar icon to configure or start manually.
> After the configured idle time (default: 5 min), FakeDOS takes over fullscreen.
> Type EXIT to return to your real desktop.
> Cmd + , opens six pages of pure control: idle time, warp speed, the ghost writer, sound and more. The PC speaker can be silenced. Your co-workers cannot.
Reminds me of the 'BSOD' module from Xscreensaver.
owenmarshall 21 minutes ago [-]
Still my screensaver of choice after two decades. Even after it's tricked me into a forced reboot two or three times...
Tsarbomb 46 minutes ago [-]
Maybe I'm blind, but is this closed source?
creatonez 4 minutes ago [-]
Yup. OP wants you to download a sketchy closed source screensaver from an obnoxiously vibecoded website that looks identical to the scourge of phishing pages currently going after random open source projects in a fully automated way.
numpad0 2 hours ago [-]
gives me SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT on Firefox
thehamkercat 2 hours ago [-]
same on Chrome, maybe it's real DOS
RedShift1 16 minutes ago [-]
Doesn't work for me either.
tosti 1 hours ago [-]
DOS has been DoS'd
1970-01-01 2 hours ago [-]
The quantum fireball was a nice touch.
Bengalilol 2 hours ago [-]
I was site visitor 0001101 (hit return).
I will get back until counter reaches 01000110 01010010 01001101 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000011 00111010
jasomill 13 minutes ago [-]
I'll stick with 86Box and DOSBox and try not to run FORMAT C: without backups.
qubex 2 hours ago [-]
You couldn’t run a format command when within the disk you were trying to format. You’d need to (for example) cd A: and then format c:.
Deltree, on the other hand…
foobarian 2 hours ago [-]
There was a secret option at one point 'FORMAT C: /AUTOTEST'
stuaxo 1 hours ago [-]
The favourite of naughty kids in computer shops with Windows 95
qubex 38 minutes ago [-]
Yup.
hdgvhicv 2 hours ago [-]
32768MB of ram?
Yeah, that’s wrong.
TheIncredibleCh 2 hours ago [-]
Thanks for the hint, and very old bug from the beginning, forgotten in space and time....
It amusing how Mac users yearn for the PC experience. They know they're missing out on something great, but they can't or won't leave their cult.
wtch98 13 minutes ago [-]
Except dos isn't the PC experience. It was back in the 90s when you'd edit your config.sys and autoexec.bat to shift your himem settings so you could run a given game with your soundblaster
That world doesn't exist any more, whether you're on a mac, linux, or any other OS.
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It’s an app, not a system-integrated[1] screensaver?
> Installation
> Drag FakeDOS.app into /Applications.
> Double-click to launch. It installs itself as a menu-bar icon.
> Click the menu-bar icon to configure or start manually.
> After the configured idle time (default: 5 min), FakeDOS takes over fullscreen.
> Type EXIT to return to your real desktop.
> Cmd + , opens six pages of pure control: idle time, warp speed, the ghost writer, sound and more. The PC speaker can be silenced. Your co-workers cannot.
[1]: ScreenSaver.framework: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/screensaver
I will get back until counter reaches 01000110 01010010 01001101 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000011 00111010
Deltree, on the other hand…
Yeah, that’s wrong.
Fixed!
0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQSw6jqJO8
That world doesn't exist any more, whether you're on a mac, linux, or any other OS.