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- From: hardesty@meiko.com (Robert Hardesty)
- Subject: Re: Make startup screen->background screen?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.150641.2758@meiko.com>
- Organization: Meiko Scientific Corp.
- References: <C14u7L.AM7@news.udel.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 15:06:41 GMT
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- jmg@bach.udel.edu (Jason Mich Gottshall) writes:
- : I use a control panel called "Desk Picture" by Now Software. It's a
- : commercial product, but I bet SOMEONE has written a free- or
- : share-ware application of a similar nature. Ask around. Basically it
- : allows you to take a graphics file in PICT format and slap it on top of
- : the system desktop. Works for me.
- :
-
- I did this by cheating a little bit. I had a program that let the Mac screen
- look like a Next machine. I think the expanded folder name was NextPict.
- There were several inits, one was called Wdef. This init allowed whatever
- was the StartUpScreen to remain showing and become you background. I think
- that I got this from the umich site but I am not sure. I could check if
- anybody interested.
-
- Regards,
-
-
- Robert
- :
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