This is a page for Acorn Computer users to download sprite files to use on their desktops. To start off with here are a number of Backdrop sprite images to use with Pinboard.
These are either in 256 shades of grey or 256 colours.. All of them are to be used as 'Tiled' backdrops.
Shift-Clicking on the zip file you want will bring up a save window so you can drag it to a suitable folder on your harddisc. You will need a copy of !Sparkplug to unpack these folders.
bkdp1/zipThe first 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp1/zip' which contains two Acorn logo backdrops, one on a black background and one on a white background.
The zip file is 7k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 30k and 20k.
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| AcornB - Acorn 3D text on black background | AcornW - Acorn 3D text on white background |
bkdp2/zipThe second 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp2/azip' which contains two embossed Argo style logo backdrops, one of these being on a lighter grey background than the other.
The zip file is 25k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of about 28k each.
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| ArgoGrey - Embossed Argo logo on grey background | ArgoGreyL - Embossed Argo logo on light grey background |
bkdp3/zipThe third 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp3/zip' which contains two Argo logo backdrops, one grey on a white background and green on a white background.
The zip file is 5k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 15k and 14k.See small screenshots below.
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| emailbw - 3D Argo email on white background | emailg - 3D Argo email in green on white background |
bkdp4/zipThe fourth 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp4/zip' which contains two grey satellite dish backdrops, one of these being on a black background and the other on white.
The zip file is 19k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of about 38k each.See small screenshots below.
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| dishblack - grey satellite dish on black background | dishwhite - grey satellite dish on white background |
bkdp5/zipThe fifth 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp5/zip' which contains two grey ArgoRing icon type backdrops, one of these being on a light grey background and the other on white.
The zip file is 10k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 12k and 18k.See small screenshots below.
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| argoring1 - Argo Webring logo on grey background | argoring2 - Argo Webring logo on white background |
bkdp6/zipThe sixth 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp6/zip' which contains two grey Phoebe text icon backdrops, one being on a grey background and the second on lighter grey.
The zip file is 18k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 49k each.See small screenshots below.
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| phoebe1 - Phoebe 2100 embossed text on grey background | phoebe2 - Phoebe 2100 embossed text on light grey background |
bkdp7/zipThe seventh 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp7/zip' which contains two grey spaceman backdrops, one being on a black background and the second on white.
The zip file is 23k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 24k each.See small screenshots below.
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| spacemb - Spaceman on black background | spacemw - Spaceman on white background |
bkdp8/zipThe eight 'Zipped' folder is 'bkdp8/zip' which contains two Phoebe imaage backdrops, one being a grey embossed image and the second in colour.
The zip file is 8k in size and unpacks to two sprite files of 20k and 11k. See small screenshots below.
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| sriscbw - Phoebe embossed | sriscc - Phoebe in colour |
