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BOOTSCREEN
~~~~~~~~~~
Startup screen program for Amigas with Workbench release 37 (2.04) or higher.
Copyright ©1994 by Joseph Luk. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------ README FILE
$VER: 2.2 (3/4/94)
UNREGISTERED VERSION
IMPORTANT
~~~~~~~~~
BootScreen 2.2 is now ShareWare. Registration instructions are included
at the bottom of each doc file. The version that you have here is
complete except it only contains one sample picture file -- I chose not
to hand out crippled versions or annoying requesters in the hope that the
Amiga community hasn't come to need them. You do get benefits by
registering, and the least of them is the smaller executable size of the
registered versions. :> Please read the main documentation and
registration instructions for more information.
LEGAL
~~~~~
All contents of this archive are Copyright ©1994 by Joseph Luk. They are
to be distributed ONLY in the exact same way as they are presented here.
All documentation, and other files must be preserved if redistrbuted.
No tampering with executables is allowed under any circumstance. Note
that this includes "patching" them with third-party programs. I make one
and only exception for those who wish to use RTPatch by Nico Francois
to make the Preferences Editor use ReqTools requesters. This is allowed
only for your own copy of this program. NO DISTRIBUTION OF REQTOOLS
PATCHED PROGRAMS IS ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHATSOEVER!
The files contained in this archive are ShareWare. They are offered
here on a trial basis only. The user may use them for up to one month,
after which they must be removed or replaced with registered versions.
Distribution of this archive may be conducted for reasonable costs only.
The end user must pay no greater than $10 to acquire this demo version.
If one or more of these terms cannot be met, all files in this archive
must be deleted from all locations on this system immediately. You can
report fraud to me, and I will take it to the SPA if necessary.
The "Commodore Windows" graphic is a reasonable parody based on the startup
screen for Microsoft Windows, a registered trademark of Microsoft
corporation. It was totally reconstructed originally and is not intended
to infringe upon the copyrights of said corporation.
THANKS
~~~~~~
Christian A. Weber, for iff.library. And for WBVerlauf. Great stuff!
Jan Van Den Baard, for GadToolsBox. Wow, it sure works nice after if
you bother to read the manuals!
Kenneth Fribert, for making me come up with the really crazy idea of
loading the monitor driver early.
Michael Nielsen, for reporting the enforcer hit bug. Whew, and I thought
I had tested it to the bone!
David Alcock <daa92@life.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, for reporting that hideous
deallocation bug in 2.1. My reply mail bounced, so I couldn't thank
you any other way!
Everybody who reported bugs and made suggestions!
All the people who have registered versions, you know who you are and
why I'm thankful to you!
FORTHCOMING ENHANCEMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's a quick look at what's on my "To do" list:
- "Emergency break" feature would allow you to break your startup-sequence
while BootScreen is active.
- Blank the pointer during display
- Making it so that other screens don't show up behind the "Test" screen
when automatic centering is on.
- Adjustable centering.
- 3rd party graphics board support. Anyone willing to give me code?
- Copperlist support. Again, anyone willing to donate code?
- Integrating the close daemon into the BootScreen program. Please
see the technical article on "Why So Many" files for more information.
- Install script should have an option whereby the user can choose which
line to add the BootScreen command after. This will allow Dirk Wrocklage
to have his special startup-sequence work properly. :>
RELEASE HISTORY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2.2 04-Mar-94 Fixed a really really bad bug that caused BootScreen
to rob the system of memory as big as the picture
file. Sorry about that folks!
No other changes. BootScreen Preferences is still
at version 2.1. I wanted to get this version out
as quickly as possible.
2.1 11-Feb-94 Mostly bug fixes, but some new features added. This
version was sort of rushed out, because of important
bugs in 2.00. Sorry beta testers!
- Version number only has tenths now because the
literal "BootScreen200.lha" was one character too
long for BBBBS bulletin boards.
- Added "BYPASS" monitor option. This allows you to keep
the monitor ID for advanced mode selection. See the
technical article on "Alternate Modes and Early Monitor
Loading."
- Fixed enforcer hit (AARGH!) when file requester opened
with empty string gadget.
- 2.00 should not have required V38 (2.1) ASL library
as I had already written code to cope with the V37
ASL library. This has been fixed.
- Fixed "Test" screen close bug. The old method I used
was to peek at IntuitionBase and wait until the active
screen changed -- quite bad, but it saved some code size.
This broke on some machines, so I now open a window on
the screen and use the system-friendly I/O method.
- Minor aesthetic install script changes.
- Icon positions adjusted. I use Times for my icon font
so it's narrower than Topaz. :>
- Changes to the documentation:
- new article on alternate mode possibilities
- rewritten monitor mode descriptions
- added "to do" list
- added troubleshooting guide in readme first file
- removed registration instructions from readme first
file
2.00 05-Feb-94 First ShareWare release. Code rewritten from scratch.
- New configuration program works just like standard
Preferences editors
- PAL support
- Automatic screen centering
- Install, Upgrade, and Remove scripts
- Documentation rewritten
- Synchronous loading saves time and wear on hard disk
- No more seperate versions for Workbench 2.x and 3.x+
machines.
- Icons created for preferences editor (MagicWB and
standard 4-color)
- "Commodore Windows" graphic shrunk to take advantage
of screen centering.
- BootScreen loads configuration off Preferences editor
icon -- no more command line arguments!
1.01 21-Jan-94 - Added overscan support. Uses the old 1.3 method for
creating overscan, since 2.0 methods are not available
at boot-time.
1.00 19-Jan-94 BootScreen37 improvised to support Workbench 2.x.
1.00 25-Dec-93 Initial release. Public domain.
REGISTRATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
When you register, you will receive a disk containing the latest version
of BootScreen, and it will be a personalized version just for you. Also on
the disk will be as many sample pictures as will fit, and perhaps a utility
or two that might be relevant to BootScreen.
The registration levels are as follows:
$5 Basic registration. This is a small amount of money!!! This
covers the registered version of the disk and U.S. postage
ONLY. For International orders, add $5 U.S. to any order.
$10 Uprgade registration. Will get you upgrade notices in the
mail for one year and significant discounts on upgrades. Will
also get you my personal approval as well as notices for other
products by myself. :>
$11+ If you choose to send additional cash or other gifts (even
a postcard will be cherished), we can arrange specific rewards.
I might even consider that 020 version. :>
To register, fill out the following form and mail it to me, along with
a check or money order made out for the amount you wish to donate.
BOOTSCREEN 2.2 REGISTRATION
Date _________________
Full name ________________________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Telephone # ______________________
E-mail address(es) _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Registration Amount ________
Check if International postage required [ ] + $5.00
Total Amount Sent ________
--
Mail to:
Joseph Luk
P.O. Box 884401
San Francisco, CA 94188-4401
U.S.A.
Your disk will be mailed within four weeks. You may check with me via
e-mail as to the status of your order, if you so choose.
THANK YOU!!!!