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- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew
- From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: Backdrop picture for Powerbook 100?
- Message-ID: <TRyTVB7w165w@mantis.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 15:41:28 GMT
- References: <Byv66I.6KD@agora.rain.com>
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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- hoofb@agora.rain.com (Bruce Hoof) writes:
- > mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes:
- > >Can anyone supply me with the name of such a program which will actually
- > >work?
- >
- > Back in the days when I had an SE I used a INIT called "Backdrop".
- > It would put up a different picture as a background screen each time
- > my computer started up. It came with a DA that allowed viewing and
- > changing of the background screen.
- >
- > It broke when I got a IIcx. I threw it out. Now many years later I
- > got rid of my IIcx and have replaced it with my PB100. Because of
- > the memory requirements of color pictures and the disk space requirements
- > I did not want to use DeskPict or like. I looked on some old tape
- > and found "Backdrop". I said why not and tried it. It works!!!.
-
- I had tried Backdrop, but it seems I had an old version. (Mine doesn't have
- the DA.)
-
- So the answer is: the latest Backdrop does work on the PB100, the old ones
- don't.
-
- > Avaliability:
- > Have no Idea. If I get enough requests I'll put together a
- > package.
-
- A package would be nice; or a pointer to an FTP site.
-
-
- mathew
-
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