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RWindows 0.5a Beta release 2 Windows startup screen randomizer
Copyright (C) 1994 Michael Lea
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or any later version.
RWindows is a simple program to randomize the startup screen for Windows.
REQUIREMENTS:
Microsoft Windows
PKUnZip
SYNTAX:
rwin.exe [zipfile]
USE:
Place rwin.exe in your Windows directory, and go32.exe in any
directory in your path. You must also have pkunzip.exe in a
directory in your path.
Create a ZIP file (using PKZip) that contains any number of RLE4
(16 color) files that you want to use as startup screens for
Windows. Each RLE file must be no more than 50,416 bytes in length.
Place the ZIP file in your windows\system directory.
You may name your ZIP file anything you want. The default name
is startup.zip, but any other name may be specified on the rwin.exe
command line (including the .zip extension).
SOURCE CODE:
The source code for rwin.exe is included with the program (rwin.cc
and strext.h). The source code for go32.exe is available with the
gcc compiler.
Feel free to modify the source code in any way. I only ask that you
send me a copy of the new source, and a brief description of what you
changed (if it is convenient).
BUGS:
Sometimes rwin.exe will extract a new .rle logo into win.com, but
will not run Windows. I haven't found any pattern to this, but if
you run rwin.exe again, Windows will run.
Sometimes rwin.exe reboots the computer after exiting Windows.
If you find any more bugs, or can find any pattern or solutions to
these ones, please let me know.
VERSION HISTORY:
0.5 first Beta release
separate ZIP files for source/executables
0.5a second Beta release
no substantial changes to code
released under GNU GPL
source & executables in same ZIP file
improved documentation
LICENSE:
See the readme.txt and copying files for license and warranty
information.
CONTACTING THE AUTHOR:
For complements, bug reports, questions, or just about anything else,
you can reach me by snail-mail at:
Michael Lea
P.O. Box 98
Hamiota, MB R0M 0T0
Canada
or by e-mail at:
umlea@cc.umanitoba.ca
TRADEMARKS:
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
PKZip is a registered trademark of PKWare, Inc.