Kaleidoscope Theme Archive (With Images!)

[François]

I hate to be a worrywart, but it might be time to think about moving that data to a more durable storage medium. Optical media doesn’t last forever, and a CD-RW burned 25 years ago is already at risk of failure. Uploading to the Garden or archive.org is a good way to ensure that these kinds of things aren’t lost.

I second that, I would not put much faith in old burnt media, especially the rewritable kind! Besides, a backup is only good if you test it regularly. What’s the point of having an archive if you can’t actually read it?

 

[khawkins98]

Hijacking a thread in a long-shot, I'm working on a mad thing to use Kaleidoscope themes in the browser (upload the sit file and it will chrome targeted HTML DOM elements) and have had enough success that I would like to get an OK from Greg or Arlo. I don't think this is strictly necessary given that I'm not using the Kaleidoscope code (basically it's a compatible runtime similar much like a video game console emulator), but I'd much rather them be happy for it than surprised.

If someone does have Greg or Arlo's contacts and would be willing to forward a message I'd be most grateful.

I already tried to contact Arlo on linkedin in some weeks back without success. I haven't found any contact for Greg.

 

[CkWeb]

@khawkins98: that browser scheme loading trick you're working on sounds amazing! Maybe messaging The Kaleidoscope Evangel I quoted below who also posted on this very thread about a year ago might yield you some good results? He's about as close to the source as far as I can tell. If all else fails, just go for it knowing you made a concerted effort to locate Arlo and Greg. Good luck!

I thought I’d check in with you guys. I ran the Kaleidoscope scheme archive from 1996-2001, the entire time it existed. So if you ever submitted a scheme, I tried it out and made the preview for the website and the .sit.hqx files to protect them. It’s nice to see there are some people who remember our work. Greg went on to become a physics professor concentrating on M-Theory and Arlo slowly disappeared. I still live in the same city and the same house my KSA salary helped my wife and me buy. I can’t believe you managed to save 4200 schemes. The whole collection is over 10,000, and I still have them all, but they’re on a CD-RW and I don’t even own a drive any more! But they’re safe. Tell me the schemes you guys made. I’d love to here who still remembers our hard work.