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slateford:os_anm
january - march 2003
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os_anm is a new project by Slateford hosted by
variablemedia at:
http://www.variablemedia.org
os_anm is a lo-resolution pixel animation tool.
It is partly based on two 'old time' digital
media: the lo-resolution of early computer
terminals and 'teletext' [a digital information
system available on British television channels],
and the command-line interface of UNIX and DOS.
It takes the functional limitations which
characterised the look and feel of such systems as
conscious aesthetic parameters from which os_anm
is developed.
Variablemedia have invited Slateford to do a three
month residency on the site. During this time
os_anm is being developed from an initial
'software sketch' [available to use on the web-site
as a Java applet] to a full-blown standalone
system. All source code is being made available
during this process and a development kit to enable
others to adapt the os_anm system will also become
available as the software develops.
Animations can be made and viewed on the site where
a database of visitors' animations is also stored.
os_anm:
http://www.variablemedia.org
variablemedia info:
http://www.variablemedia.info
slateford:
http://www.slateford.org
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technical requirements:
suitable for: Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux, or
Windows 98/NT/2000
notes: Mac OS 9.x does not support the necessary
version of Java required to run os_anm. Windows
XP users will need to upgrade to the latest
Service Pack release, see
http://www.microsoft.com/java for details.
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