Download Johnny Castaway

Modernised version

Jaap van Wingerden from the Netherlands has written a special execution environment for Johnny. Here's what it does:

1. Switches to 640x480 before the screensaver starts running, so Johnny will show up full-screen.
2. Standard configuration dialog lets you configure more properties of the ScreenAntics.ini file.
3. Screen Antics will now show up in the XP Screen-saver configuration dialog without special tweaking
4. Removed "Set Password" feature, since that's managed by Windows itself now.
5. No external directories, like "c:\sierra\scrantic" needed anymore, only "ScreenAntics.scr" and "scrantic.ini" in the Windows directory.

Jaap warns that the program is still beta, but he thinks it should work. “I've tried it on multiple systems by now. Use at your own risk though.” It certainly works on my system! The uninstaller doesn't work yet, but Jaap is working on it — of course, you can always select a different screen saver, or “none” if you don't want to run Johnny any longer.

The new Screen Antics can be downloaded at http://home.zonnet.nl/jaapjp/Setup.exe

A very big thank you to Jaap for doing that.

Screensaver Heaven

Johnny, and 1,600 other screen savers, are featured on Screen Saver Heaven at www.galttech.com/ssheaven.shtml - go to J-K of the Achive Section and scroll down until you get to Johnny Castaway. It was also in the Top Downloads of the Month section, the last time I looked.

The following sites worked the last time I tried them. It may be worth trying several to see which gives you the fastest transfer rate.

www.5star-shareware.com/Windows/Desktop/Savers/Humour/joncastaway.html

http://home.c2i.net/mloevnes/image/funnyExe/johncast.exe

http://www.bcpl.net/~carl9765/JOHNCAST.EXE

http://www.sis.edu.hk/FTP/JC/johncast(5).exe

www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000012196

www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,3312,00.asp

Specially for XP users

If you use Windows XP you may have a few problems running Johnny. Our Download Help page has a section on how to do this, but Jonathan Hanson has bundled instructions of how to install Johnny on a Windows XP machine, together with the installation program itself, and you can download it from: http://jhanson.gotdns.com/johnnycast.html

Remember, you should always virus-check programs you download, before you try to run them

If you don't have a virus checker on your system (and you really shouldn't try surfing the Internet without one), here are a few sites where you can download one:
http://www.datafellows.com
http://mcafee.com/
www.grisoft.com (thanks to Steve Denninger for that one)

You can also get them from magazine cover discs, or even buy them from a computer store!

If you want some help and advice on downloading and/or installing the screen saver, please click here.

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