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- This disk contains 36 windows bitmap images, suitable for use as
- wallpaper. These have been reduced to 16 colours. This results in
- some loss of image quality, but the advantages are:
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- 1. The files are much smaller, so you get more of them
-
- 2. They use a LOT less memory as wallpaper, so Windows runs faster.
-
- 3. They look good, even if you only have 16 colour graphics.
-
-
- To install these files:
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- 1. From DOS, change to your windows main directory, Eg C:
- CD \WINDOWS
-
- 2. Run the self extracting program on the floppy, called INSTALL.
- For example, if this disk is in your A drive, type:
-
- A:\INSTALL
-
- If it's in your B drive, type B:\INSTALL
-
- The files are now installed on your system.
-
- 3. To select the new wallpaper:
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- For full instructions, see your windows documentation.
-
- Quick Guide:
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- Run the CONTROL PANEL application, then run DESKTOP.
- This will show you several options for setting up your desktop, the
- one you want is WALLPAPER near the bottom left. If you click on the
- downward arrow by the FILE, you can pick one of the image files.
- Try EAGLE.BMP for a start.
-
- You will also see several image files provided with Windows in the list,
- so if you get a non-space image, you have selected one of these.
-
- The other option to choose with wallpaper is TILE or CENTRE. If you
- select CENTRE windows will give you one image in the middle of the
- screen. As most of the images are small, you will probably want to select
- TILE which repeats the image across your screen.
-
- About the images:
-
- There are a selection of images from Astronomy and Space Exploration here,
- taken from the Starbase One BBS collection. These were resized and dithered
- down to 16 colours using Paint Shop Pro - an excellent shareware graphics
- utility program.
-
- Some personal favorites are:
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- EAGLE.BMP - The Eagle Nebula, a region of glowing gas.
- GEMINI7.BMP - A shot of the early Gemini 7 spacecaft in orbit.
- HSTSAT1.BMP - A view of Saturn from the Space Telescope.
- LEM.BMP - The Lunar Module from the Apollo missions.
- MMU2.BMP - Astronaut above Earth with Manned Manouevering Unit.
- NGC2997 - A lovely spiral galaxy.
- SHUTUP1.BMP - An image of the shuttle launching
- TRIFID.BMP - A view of the Trifid nebula, a region of glowing gas.
- WORLD.BMP - A large image of the whole Earth from Orbit.