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- IffBoot V1.0 Copyright Colin Bell 1992. Freely Distributable
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-
- This program was inspired by BOOTLOGO V1.0 by Markus Illenseer.
- The idea being that normally, if you remove all text output during the
- startup-sequence/user-startup you will see only a white(2.0) or black(3.0)
- screen while the startup is executed. Wouldn't it be nice to display a
- picture instead that went away as soon as the Workbench opens up.
- His program displayed a hacked MSWindows logo during bootup which disappears
- as soon as the WB screen appears. It was a nice idea & looked pretty funny with
- the Commodore Windows Logo. Except, I HATED THE LOGO. It said V37.175 when I
- am running V39.106 for a start. We all know that the Amiga 2.0/3.0 GUI rules
- and the bootlogo made me feel like the Amiga windows environment was somehow
- derived from MSWindows.
-
- Well in his notes he mentioned he will be doing a version that will load any
- IFF picture in the future but I just couldn't wait. I already had an IffViewer
- fully coded in assembler & only had to spend about half an hour to convert it
- into IffBoot. So now you can display any IFF ILBM during bootup & it'll exit
- when the WB appears. The viewer automatically enables Borderblanking on the
- ECS chipset & automatically centres the picture on the screen.
-
- Note that when IPREFS is run in your startup-sequence you may see the screen
- move slightly. This cannot be helped I'm afraid. The program can only be run
- on WB2.04 or higher (V37+) & has been tested on WB3. It requires
- iffparse.library in your LIBS directory.
-
- Included is the original Commodore-Windows pic which was captured from BootLogo
- as well as a new Commodore-Workbench picture which was done by Justin
- Trevena especially for this release. Thanks Justin! There is also a picture
- showing you which fonts he used so that you can update the version numbers.
- As a special bonus theres two cool FarSide pictures also by Justin!
-
- To Use it:
-
- Put in startup-sequence: run >nil: iffboot <picname>
-
- Put it straight after SETPATCH!. Don't put it in user-startup because by the
- time user-startup starts the bootup is half over!
- For the best effect. Remove anything that outputs text to the initial cli. It
- will only open if it has to & won't open at all if nothing writes to it.
- This will speed things up as well!!
-
- eg. Remove "echo "Workbench version $Workbench etc"
-
- and send others to nil:
-
- eg "CPU >nil: cache burst"
- "addbuffers >nil: df0: 15"
- "SETPATCH QUIET" or "setpatch >nil"
-
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- IffBoot is Copyright Colin Bell 1992. Freely Distributable
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- Commodore and the Commodore Logo are registered trademarks of
- Commodore-Amiga Inc.
- Amiga, Amiga Workbench & Amiga Kickstart are trademarks of
- Commodore-Amiga Inc.
-
- No representations or warranties are made with respect to the accuracy,
- reliability, performance or operation of this software, and all such use is
- at your own risk. The author does not assume any responsibilty or liability
- whatsoever with respect to your use of this software.
-
- IffBoot V1 may not be included with any commercial product nor may it be
- sold for profit either separately or as part of a compilation without
- my permission. It may be included in non-profit disk collections such as the
- Fred Fish collection. It may be archived & uploaded to electronic bulletin
- board systems as long as all files remain together & unaltered.
-
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- If you wish to contact Myself or Justin, we can both be contacted on
- "The Engineering Connection" BBS. In Australia call (02)524-1584
- Outside Australia call +61 2 524-1584.
- Or Via Fidonet: 3:714/909.12
- AmigaNet: 41:200/584
-
- Apologies to Markus Illenseer.