Windows 95 archaeology (9)

1 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-01-12 17:24 ID:W2Xjqa2Z

I'm sure most of those who installed 95 way back when remember the videos included in the cd, like the one with Weezer. There's this other one that I watched around the same time on my pc, but I can't find it anywhere on my 95 cd. It was a short film about these marbles going down a slide and through a tunnel, but one was a cube and couldn't fit. The other ones helped to push it until the tunnel broke and they could all slide.

Am I remembering something completely different or was it really part of the windows install?

2 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-01-12 19:30 ID:fnlUZZY1

I never had those at all. A lot of times I think the computer manufacturers put those on the drive with the original windows install, so it probably isn't a universal windows thing, more of a whoever made your computer thing.

3 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-01-21 02:18 ID:W2Xjqa2Z

I found it! It was actually on an old ATI driver CD(came with the PC), with a bunch of other neat videos.

4 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-01-24 04:37 ID:Heaven

I remember installing Windows 95 from a 13-floppy set. Another four floppies installed Internet Explorer 3, but only as a bundled optional browser, not a required integrated core OS requirement. I still have the complete floppy set somewhere in storage.

5 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-02-23 21:12 ID:W2Xjqa2Z

The video can be viewed here, if anyone cares to.
http://www.youtube.com/?v=qXgYiBHoSUc

6 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-02-24 06:38 ID:tFAvxjUj

>>5
Personally, I think the block is suppose to be a black kid, the ball white kids, and "helping" is affirmative action.

Yes, this clip is brought to you by a comi government.

...So, have a link to the Weezer one?

7 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-02-24 23:10 ID:W2Xjqa2Z

That one's a lot more common, as it got play on music channels and whatnot.
http://www.youtube.com/?v=D_Tg4i4vja0

8 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-02-25 11:40 ID:tFAvxjUj

>>7
ah, just that normal video.

9 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2006-02-28 05:42 ID:W2Xjqa2Z

The Windows 95 CD also included a more obscure music video by Edie Brickell. http://www.youtube.com/?v=cd8wwL0ylMo There were actually two copies, one in mpg format and one in avi, which I'm assuming was a newfangled thing at the time because the avi was in a subfolder called HighPerf. Ironically, the mpeg had fewer artifacts and smoother playback.

Seeing this on a brand new computer was mindblowing after years of living with at most 256 colors and "videos" that were at best 3-5 seconds of tiny, grainy gif-like loops.

I like to watch it whenever I come across it. It's so relaxing.

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