Twirl
Legacy Software for pre-OS X Macintosh
twirl

Incredibly compact (less than 100K!), open source, integrated HTML & VRML stand alone web browser for Power Macintosh

Note: this project is no longer under active development

Download
  • twirl_0.9.6.sit.hqx (59 KBytes, updated 2000-04-23)
    Mac QD3D executable plus three sample VRML files. Limited features inchoate version allows VRML 2.0 stand alone file viewing
  • twirl_0.9.6_src.sit.hqx (131 KBytes, updated 2000-04-23)
    Mac QD3D executable and source plus three sample VRML files. Limited features inchoate version allows VRML 2.0 stand alone file viewing
  • twirl_0.9.5.tar.gz (48 KBytes, updated 1999-11-02)
    Linux gzipped Macintosh source snap shot sans Mac binary, resource file and CW project. this source snapshot is for reference only and is NOT ready for Linux development
  • archive
Macintosh QuickDraw 3D (QD3D) software may require QuickTime MacOS extensions to be installed. Macintosh software may require Aladdin's UnStuff for proper expansion after download. Please read release notes for known anomolies and restrictions


Other Twirl products under consideration
  • Twirl GL - Carbon / OpenGL Twirl for Mac OS X
  • Twirl Motif - X Windows / OpenGL Twirl for Linux
  • Twirl Win32 - Win32 / OpenGL Twirl compatible with Microsoft's empire
screen shot medley featuring pumpkin, planet zebulon, and basic
    test nodes
VRML Pumpkin courtesy Stasia McGehee



Awards, Honors, and recent press ...


Logo Artwork for print media:

zaptech logo (Adobe Illustrator, 22 KBytes)
twirl logo (Adobe Illustrator, 8 KBytes)
twirl screen shot medley (JPEG, 96 KBytes)
screen backdrop (PICT, 98 KBytes)