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From: djensen@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Dallas Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Hacking the "Welcome to Macintosh." intro
Message-ID: <4603@pikes.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 7 Dec 90 16:23:07 GMT
References: <9254@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1365@tardis.Tymnet.COM> <1990Dec5.213658.13732@svc.portal.com>
Reply-To: djensen@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Dallas Jensen)
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In article <1990Dec5.213658.13732@svc.portal.com> daven@svc.portal.com writes:
>In article <1365@tardis.Tymnet.COM> carl@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Carl Baltrunas) writes:
>>In article <9254@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> biswa@galileo.berkeley.edu (Biswa Ranjan Ghosh) writes:
>>>I want to hack the "Welcome to Macintosh." logo that comes up at startup

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>>Someone correct me if I'm wrong, (I'm sure someone will :-) but isn't the
>>easiest way to change the "Welcome to Macintosh." logo to just put a file
>>called "StartupScreen" in your system folder.  The contents of which are
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    Yes, this is the easiest way. Use a program (such as Superpaint) that
    supports the startup screen format and have fun. 

>>any pict resource that you'd like to see instead of the "Welcome" logo..

>Another way to do this, is to go in with ResEdit and modify one of the DSAT
>resources of the system file. There maybe more than one, but just look
  IMHO........ DON'T  do this (unless you enjoy rebuilding your
               system folder :-[)

					Dallas Jensen
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