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That was such a pure pleasure. I can't exactly picture it but I remember it was sort of like watching your dwarf fortress.
by upperclasstwit 11y ago
That was such a pure pleasure. I can't exactly picture it but I remember it was sort of like watching your dwarf fortress.
- nitrogen 11y agoMy favorite ones would show you a grid representing all the clusters on the disk. You would see an open block for free space and a solid block for allocated space. Then it would highlight a span of blocks to indicate reading. Finally it would write those clusters elsewhere, indicating so with a different color. Edit: Uhh.. and HN deleted my diagrams. See http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=nKHddiKe http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=nKHddiKe
- ars 11y agoFor your enjoyment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPv1gQ5Rs8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPv1gQ5Rs8A
- nitrogen 11y agoNeat. I had one for DOS too that would go left-to-right instead of top-to-bottom, but I don't remember if it was a Norton tool or something else. It was mesmerizing to me as a kid to watch data moving around on the hard drive and the computer magically getting faster.
- mmozeiko 11y agoNorton Speed Disk? http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stacker-5.png http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/wordpress/wp-con...
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoThe Windows 95 Defragmenter was probably based on this, since it has a Symantec copyright alongside Microsoft's.
- Serow225 11y agoAgreed, very soothing and hypnotic to watch!