Jaguar Boot Image Installer and Creator

MacBoot is a quick hack of a program which allows you to customize the boot screen of your Macintosh (the grey-on-grey Apple). It will automatically determine a suitable color map for the source image, and will handle the installation of the boot image.

Warning! MacBoot achieves it magic by modifying the file BootX which is essential to the operation of your computer. There is always a risk that something goes wrong. The first time Boot Me Up is started, a backup copy of your BootX file will be created and placed in the location Home → Library → Application Support → MacBoot. In case of emergency, start the computer using a Mac OS 9 disk (or if that is not an option, use Single User Mode) and replace the file BootX which is in the following location: System → Library → CoreServices with the backup. Neither David Remahl, nor Infinity-to-the-Power-of-Infinity takes any responsibility for damages caused by this program, although we have taken significant precautions to make sure everything works reliably.

The instructions for replacing the boot image, were written by Ryan Schmidt. The original article is available at the following URL: <http://www.ryandesign.com/jagboot/>.

MacBoot uses the excellent NeuQuant algorithm to determine the best color table for the image. NeuQuant was designed by Anthony Dekker, who retains copyright to that work. See the included ReadMe and Help for more information. For more information on NeuQuant, refer to its homepage: <http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dekker/NEUQUANT.HTML>.