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  1. Title:            DESKSTART
  2. Author:            A.Thoukydides
  3. Version:        1.19
  4. Title From:        Documentation
  5. Author From:        Documentation
  6. Version From:        Documentation
  7. Supplier:        A.Thoukydides (u91at@ecs.ox.ac.uk)
  8. Date:            06/10/93
  9. Keywords:        
  10. Shareware:        No
  11. Machine:        Archimedes
  12. Operating system:    RISCOS
  13. Memory requirements:    
  14. Peripherals needed:    
  15. Other s/ware needed:    INTERFACE (a/a093), MsgTrans (if RISC OS 2)
  16. Directory:        micros/arch/riscos/b/b101
  17. Date mounted/updated:    10/10/93
  18. File names:        b101.arc
  19. Unarchived files:    10
  20. Unarchived size:    84 Kbytes
  21. Omissions:        
  22. See also:        STARTUP (b/b068)
  23.  
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  25.  
  26. Acquiring the package:
  27.  
  28. Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
  29. file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).
  30.  
  31.  
  32. Description:
  33.  
  34. !DeskStart performs a similar function to *DeskTop -file. The main difference
  35. is that each task is allowed to start-up fully before the next is started,
  36. and a limited degree of multi-tasking is available. The original reason for
  37. this program was to enable something more interesting than a blank grey
  38. screen to be shown while a lengthy start-up sequence is performed. Since then
  39. many other facilities have been added, including a status window and a
  40. percentage completed display.
  41.