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“	Bin (Recycle bin) is your digital pet. You have to take care of him: clean, feed (by using trash files), tell him good words. Make Bin happy to get rewards! Otherwise it might be a nightmare	”
	— by Clippy

Bin is a digital pet (introduced in version 0.5605 and improved in subsequent versions) that can be taken care of. It used to be available fromProgressbar 95 onwards, all BarOS systems, all server systems, H@ckgresh and B OS. In Progressbar, Bin resembles the Windows Recycle Bin, while in BarOS and B OS, he resembles the Trash in MacOS/BeOS.

He can be fed files and have his happiness changed. He may also do other things (as shown below).

Behavior

Bin has 7 happiness levels:

1. Mad
2. Sad
3. Depressed
4. Neutral (default)
5. Calm
6. Carefree
7. Happy

Bin has 4 hunger levels:

1. Empty (default)
2. Hungry
3. Full
4. Overeating

Feeding

Bin can be fed by:

1. Dragging text files on the desktop or Filer files onto his icon.
2. Deleting a file using the "DEL" or "RM" command in ProgressDOS/Terminus.
3. Removing messages or marking them as spam in Mailbox.

Feeding Bin will cause a bulge effect to appear on his icon if he is overeating, and if he was previously empty, trash will appear overflowing from his icon. This trash will stay until he is cleaned.

• Trash.txt
• cheats.txt
• Mailbox
• SYS and TEM

Trash.txt

Trash.txt is the main food for Bin. When clicked, it opens a notepad program that states the following:

"This is a food for Bin. Drag it on the Bin icon"

By means of dragging this file to Bin, he will get "fed" with the file, earn 1 happiness point and will return one of these messages:

• Delicious!
• Flavorful!
• Yummy!
• Tasty!
• Om-Nom-nom!
• Yum-yum!

During December 25th, the file will be renamed to "GINGERBREAD".

cheats.txt

Main article: Cheats

Once this file is fed to Bin, he will say "Fair play!", and will award you 500 bonus points as well as 1 happiness point. He will still return both the message and bonus even if the file has been opened once.

Mailbox

Main article: Mailbox

If you mark an email as spam correctly in Mailbox, Bin will say "The email spam was very tasty!" and will award you 250 bonus points as well as 1 happiness point. By removing a Mailbox message, Bin will also gain 1 happiness point, but Bin won't say anything and you won't get any bonus points.

SYS and TEM

SYS and TEM are two files that are invoked from defeating the System32 boss. The two files' names make up the word "SYSTEM". Their contents are the exact same as Trash.txt.

Cleaning

Cleaning Bin gives you 100^[verify] to 25000 points depending on how many files he was fed (but if he's mad, he will give you negative points).

Bin will shine once he is ready to be cleaned. Bin will say one of these messages while he awaits cleaning:

• Please,clean me!
• Clean me!
• I'm full. Clean me!

If Bin remains ignored while ready for cleaning, he will eventually start screaming:

• CLEAN ME!!!
• CLEAN ME!!!CLEAN ME!!!

If Bin is ready to be cleaned, then dragging a file to him in an attempt to feed him will result in the file bouncing back to its previous position, Bin losing one happiness point and him saying one of these messages:

• I'm so full!
• I'm not hungry!
• I have a lot of files inside!

Pressing the "Clean" button while Bin is not in need of cleaning will cause him to say:

• I’m not ready for cleaning yet. Wait for tomorrow!

If the "Clean" button is defiantly pressed again, the button will be disabled and Bin will say:

• I've said that I'm not ready!

Happiness

Bin has a happiness meter that will naturally go up and down slowly, corresponding to how happy he is. His mood can still be manually changed by feeding him, caressing or razzing him, etc. Make sure to take care of Bin!

...if you hurt bin by razzing him or anyhow else, i'm sorry. For what? Oh, you'll see.

Changing happiness

Clicking the "Caress" button will give Bin one happiness point, and he will reply with one of the following messages:

• You are the best!
• Purr-purr!
• I love you!
• That was nice!
• Thank you!

Clicking on the Razz button will do the opposite; he will lose one happiness point and say one of the following messages:

• Boo-hoo!
• You are rude!
• Not funny!
• Sob...
• Why???

Questions

Sometimes, Bin will ask a question with 3 possible answers:

• one that will give a happiness point and make him say "You are the best!",
• one that will do nothing,
• and one that will cost a happiness point and make him say "You are so rude!".

The questions that he asks is in the Questions and Answers section.

Other

Bin will sometimes begin to sleep. Letting Bin wake up by himself after a random amount of time will earn him one happiness point. Waking up Bin (by either pressing him or trying to feed him) while asleep will make him lose one happiness point and say one of the following:

• Why did you wake me up?
• Hey, I was asleep!
• You woke me up! Why?

Occasionally, Bin will have a nightmare while sleeping. When he has a nightmare, his happiness meter will go down rapidly, and the player will need to quickly wake him up pressing or feeding him. If he wakes up on his own, he will lose one happiness point and say "I had a nightmare!". If successfully woken up by the player, he will instead say "I had a nightmare!" and then follow it with "Thank you for waking me up!", along with gaining one happiness point. Then, the player must hug Bin to make him feel better, which awards the player bonus points.

If the current day in the Calendar is Bin day, Bin will sometimes say "Today is my day!".

Surprisingly, rubbing the mouse cursor over Bin's icon will cause happiness icons to appear from his icon - but they do not count as happiness points. Doing this for long enough will actually make Bin go to sleep, and give a happiness point (i checked). This feature was added in version 1.02??^[verify].

For some reason, it works as early as booting up the Progressbar 95 system for the first time, even though Bin is supposedly "shy" at the time. ^{(This fact was found out on Windows XPite's testing copy.)}

Questions and Answers

1. I'm bored. Can you tell me a fairy tale? Please!
   • Good: Yes! Of course! Once upon a time, there was a Bin...
   • Neutral: Maybe next time
   • Bad: Go away! Get a job!
2. Do you love me? I need to know
   • Good: Yes! I love you very much!
   • Neutral: Not now...
   • Bad: What a stupid question!
3. Why files are made of zeros and ones?
   • Good: Because they are digital, my dear
   • Neutral: I'm busy
   • Bad: You are zero!
4. I feel a little bit lonely...
   • Good: You are not! Here I am!
   • Neutral: I'm busy
   • Bad: So what?
5. Who is better: Clippy or me?
   • Good: Of course you! Clippy is annoying
   • Neutral: Not now
   • Bad: Clippy is much better!
6. Am I annoying? Am I talking too much?
   • Good: No! Simply you are very sociable. I like that!
   • Neutral: Maybe next time
   • Bad: Yes! You are talking and talking!
7. I'm afraid of ProgressDOS very much! It's so dark down there!
   • Good: Don't be! You are brave! ProgressDOS is not scary at all!
   • Neutral: I'm busy
   • Bad: Yes! ProgressDOS is full of monsters!!!
8. I wonder why the sky on Progressbar95's intro is blue?
   • Good: Because a normal sky is blue
   • Neutral: Not now
   • Bad: You are so stupid!
9. Calculator said bad things about me! Now I'm sad
   • Good: Oh, ignore him, he is stupid and rude!
   • Neutral: Leave me alone
   • Bad: He is right. Calculator is always right!
10. Are we good friends?
    • Good: Of course, we are! You are my best friend!
    • Neutral: Leave me alone
    • Bad: No, we are not! We are enemies!

If any of these questions are left unanswered, Bin will become sad.

Trivia

• Before version 0.5607, the answers for Bin's questions were always in the same order: Good, Neutral, Bad.
  • In subsequent versions, the answers are shuffled.
• From PB-DOS Shell to Progressbar NOT 3.60, Bin doesn't appear in the desktop. This is because of the Recycle Bin being nonexistent until Windows 95 build 58s.
• If you try to delete the BIN directory in ProgressDOS, the screen will get filled with a repeating "BIN INSIDE BIN...", whereas if you drag the Bin folder to Bin in Filer, he will say "BIN INSIDE BIN...". Beginning with version 0.6004, you will also get the "Trash recursion" achievement for doing so.
• In Progressbar Chitown, Progressbar95 (ver.0.2) and versions before 0.5605, Bin shows in the desktop, but he is not a digital pet and tapping him will say "<Empty>". This was the case with older updates when he was not yet implemented.
• Both Caress and Razz buttons have a cooldown after using, taking a couple of minutes.
• Before 0.6004, Bin’s emotions were different:
  1. Angry
  2. Neutral
  3. Calm (default)
  4. Happy
  5. Very Happy
• If Bin is mad, he will say "I'm so mad! Here are some presents for you!!!" and various Clippies with dynamites will be spawned.
• If a ball falls into Bin, he will say "Goal!!!" and will give you 2500 points every time you do it.
• Bin will also ask the player if he can send notifications. If you press "Yes. Sure!", the game will occasionally send notifications from Bin when he is hungry or sad, besides bugs and inconvenient notifications. This question is only asked once unless you press "May be next time".
  • However, in-app notifications can be enabled or disabled in the Sounds section of Settings.
• If you close the Bin task when Processes is running, Bin will disappear for 10 seconds. Afterwards, he will reappear saying one of the messages that he says when you razz him, and he will lose 1 happiness point.
• There is an unused message that could've been used as the third message that Bin says when you try to clean him if he isn't ready: "Please, let me alone!".
  • However, there is a typo in the message, as either the word "let" is used incorrectly and should be replaced with "leave", or it should've been written as "let me be".
• Whenever you play on Progressbar 95 on levels before level 6, Bin is too shy to talk and tapping him will cause him to say "I'm Bin. And I'm shy. Let's talk later." In level 6, he will say these messages:
  • My name is Bin. Please click me (before Clippy introduces Bin)
  • Please feed me!
  • Drag this file on me
• In BarOS and B OS, Bin will still talk about elements and programs that only exist in Progressbar systems, such as:
  • ProgressDOS
  • Calculator
  • Clippy
• When the calculator pop-up appears, Bin will answer math problems sometimes if he is happy.
• Pink is probably Bin’s favorite color. If you collect a pink segment at 0%, Bin will say a pink message reading: "I like pink!" and will receive 1 happiness point.
  • Furthermore, if Bin says something when the progressbar is pink, his message will also be pink.
• If you collect a gray segment at 0%, Bin will say "NULL".
• Beginning from version 0.9230, Bin thinks "Dreams" when sleeping. If he is having a nightmare, a red "Nightmare!" label will appear in the center of his thought bubble.
• Beginning from version 0.9260, Bin will greet the player after starting the game. The happier that he is, the better the greeting. Before said version, these greetings were found in the game files.
  • Depressed: You again...
  • Neutral: Hi...
  • Calm: Hello!
  • Carefree: Hello! I'm glad to see you!
  • Happy: Hello! I'm happy to see you! I love you!
• Since version 0.9260, Bin will "y-a-wn" after waking up from sleeping.
• Sometimes, Bin dreams of "electric sheeps" (which is actually misspelled because the plural of sheep is still sheep) while he is sleeping. Attempting to wake him up by pressing the bubble will cause 1 happiness point to be sacrificed for 2019 points. The amount of points you receive is likely a reference to Blade Runner, which takes place in 2019 and is based on a book called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
• Starting from version 0.9270, when Bin is happy, he will sometimes attract Clippy pop-ups to himself whilst saying the message "Pop-ups! Come here!". Once attracted, every Clippy will start saying "BIN!" instead of their usual sayings.
  • This also impacts Progreshes in BarOS systems.
• In Progressbar 11.22, Server 2023, 12 and Server 12, Bin is in the taskbar.
• The objects inside the full Bin icon changes on some systems:
  • BarOS 13: The orange flower which is used in some wallpapers.
  • BarOS 14: The green hill used in the first and tenth wallpapers.
  • B OS: Yellow balls with black circles or stripes.
  • The design of the full Bin in B OS is a reference to the bee, which is an insect that shares its name pronunciation with the first part of the aforementioned system's name: B OS
• If you post "Bin is so cute!" in PBook, he will say "Thank you!" and adds +1 happiness points
• Bin in PBook can comment "Tasty!" when the user post "[A photo of a lunch]".
• Bin can post his mood in PBook too.
• If you give him a file when he is overeating. Bin will say "Overeating" and lose -1 happiness points, though the file you give him to eat is deleted.
  • However, if you give him a cheat file when he is overeating. Bin will instead say "Fair play!" and the mood stays intact (possibly because he will get happiness point when he ate the file but lose happiness point when he is overeating). You can still get the bonus points though.

Gallery

Icons

Bin himself

• Empty
• Full

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10

B OS

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10

B OS

Bin's emotions

• Sad
• Neutral
• Happy

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10

B OS

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10
		File:Bin Neutral PBPET3.png	File:Bin Neutral PBPE7.png	File:Bin Neutral PBPE10.png

B OS

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10

B OS

Bin menus

• ProgressbarOS
• BarOS
• Progressbar PE
• Other systems

Progressbar 95, NOT 4.0 and NOT 4.0 Server

Progressbar Chitown, Progressbar95 (ver.0.2) and all systems in versions before 0.5605

Progressbar 95 plus

Progressbar 98

Progressbar Meme to Nepbar and 2000 Server

Progressbar Whisper

Progressbar XB

Progressbar Server 2002

Progressbar Largehorn

Progressbar Wista and 7

Progressbar Server 2005

Progressbar Server 2007

Progressbar 81

Progressbar Server 2081

Progressbar 10

Progressbar Server 2011

Progressbar 1X and 11

Progressbar Server 201X

Progressbar Server 2021

Progressbar 11.22

Progressbar Server 2023

Progressbar 12

Progressbar Server 12

Bar System 1 to Bar System 3

Bar System 4 to Bar System 6

BarOS 7

BAR/X

BarOS 8 and 9

BarOS 10 and H@ckgresh

BarOS 10.II

BarOS 10.III

BarOS 11 and 12

BarOS 13

BarOS 14 and BarOS 15

Progressbar PE

Progressbar PE 2.0

Progressbar.PET 3.0

Progressbar PE Compact 7.0

Progressbar PE Compact 10

B OS

Other

Bin can say that the given txt file as food is tasty.

Bin can ask a question. You have to select the most kind answer to have Bin earn a happiness point.

Bin can asking about the working Progressbar (Progressbar 12 only)

Sleeping Bin in Progressbar Whisper.

Bin in Progressbar Chitown, showing "<Empty>" message.

Bin in game versions before 0.5605, showing "<Empty>" message.

Bin can sometimes tell the answers of math problems for you, when a Calculator appears.

Bin, saying: "Goal!!!" after successfully placing a Ball inside the Bin.

Bin asking whether he can send you notifications.

Bin attracting Clippies to himself.

Talking to Bin in the tutorial level, or before level 6.

Sleeping Bin in Progressbar 10 before 0.9230

Bin getting razzed in Progressbar 7 saying "Why???"

Bin getting caressed in Progressbar 7 saying "That was nice!"

Bin getting caressed in Progressbar 11.22 saying "You are the best!"

Bin during Christmas.

Bin during halloween

Bin dreaming of electric sheeps

Bin having a nightmare

Bin when he is full

Bin earning the player a happiness point

Bin when he is empty

Bin dreaming of electric sheeps while having a nightmare bug

Ditto, but it's only Dream.

Bin's menu showing a absurd amount of negativity for some reason.

Bin is NOT happy.

Changelog

Current versions

Update	Version	Type	Description
0.58	0.5605	Alpha	Bin was added.
	0.5607	Beta 2	The answers of Bin's questions are now shuffled and he has got translations.
	0.5608	Release Candidate	Sounds were added for Bin.
	0.58	Release	Bin is now feature-complete.
0.60	0.60	Release	Bin can now sleep.
0.62	0.6004	Alpha	The happiness levels were improved and the Clean button now indicates if Bin is ready for cleaning.
0.70	0.6820	Alpha	If happy, Bin is now able to solve math problems if the calculator pop-up appears.
0.74	0.7260	Release Candidate	Bin can now have nightmares while sleeping.
0.84	0.8240	Beta	Bin will return a message "Goal!!!" if a ball is placed into the Bin.
0.88	0.8620	Alpha	Bin can send the player notifications.
	0.8820	Hotfix	Bin was updated because of a new tutorial.
0.92	0.9230	Hotfix	Bin will say "Dreams" when he is sleeping.
	0.92??	Unknown	The "Electric sheeps" secret can be now found while Bin is sleeping.
	0.9260	Hotfix	Bin will greet the player on startup of the game and will "y-a-wn" after waking up from sleeping.
0.94	0.9270	Alpha	If Bin is happy, he will attract Clippies to himself.
0.97	0.9602	Beta	A bulge effect occurs to Bin when he is fed.
1.03	1.02??	Unknown	Rubbing the mouse cursor over Bin's icon will cause happiness icons to appear from his icon.
1.05	1.0480	Release Candidate	After Bin is woken up from a nightmare, hugging him will provide a bonus.
1.06	1.0520	Beta	Bin asks Clippy in little cutscene how to download the driver without the working progressbar.
1.10	1.0935	Beta	Bin was accidentally added to every system in the game. He reuses his Progressbar 95 appearance on every system below Progressbar Chitown, and that system's Bin with files sprite is also reused from PB95. Bin does not have a physical appearance in Progressbar 1&2 and does not appear as an icon whatsoever in PB-DOS Shell and the 8-BIT systems, but can still ask you questions and greet you.
	1.0937	Beta II	Bin was removed from those systems.
	1.0939	Release Candidate	A new Collectible wallpaper was added for dragging the Wallpaper.wlp file from the File Copying mini-game onto Bin.