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- Short: Shows a picture during boot. V2.6
- Author: cmh@augs.se (Magnus Holmgren)
- Uploader: row@augs.se (Roger Westerlund)
- Type: util/boot
-
- Introduction
- ************
-
- Have you removed all output in your 2.0+ startup, and only see a
- black screen during boot? Wouldn't it be nice to have a picture
- instead? A picture that disappeared when the Workbench screen opened?
-
- If so, PicBoot is certainly a program for you. What it will do is to
- read any IFF file containing an ILBM - or GIF - picture, and show it.
- As soon as the Workbench screen appears (or you press any
- mouse-button), the picture will go away.
-
- Features:
-
- * Fast picture unpacking, using highly optimized assembler. The
- entire picture is read into memory and then unpacked. This applies
- both to the IFF and the GIF unpacker.
-
- * Optional auto-detaching; the picture is loaded as fast as
- possible, with minimal memory fragmentation.
-
- * A picture can be shown a user-specified time after the Workbench
- screen opens (see DELAY and PATCH).
-
- * Extremely flexible argument parser.
-
- * Random select among any number of pictures, in several different
- ways.
-
- * Force a certain display mode for a picture, even if saved with
- another (can be selected on a picture by picture basis).
-
- * The comment field of a file may be used to specify options.
-
- * Optional screen centering (horisontally).
-
- * Optional screen fading (in various forms). Uses the increased
- palette range in AA (24 bits).
-
- * Should work with most "Intuition emulators" for gfx-cards.
-