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From: robbins@blackfin.rice.edu (Thomas Robbins)
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Subject: Re: Does this exist?
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Date: 3 Mar 91 03:27:40 GMT
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In article <1991Mar1.075317.18695@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> sienkiew@nsslsun.gcn.uoknor.edu (Meta Sienkiewicz) writes:
>The 'Backdrop' init can be found at sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  The version
>in the 'init' directory is an older one; a newer version can be found in
>the file art/various-macplus-desktops.hqx, along with some interesting
>startup screens.  (I like 'Earth', myself.)  I hope this is helpful.
>
>							Meta Sienkiewicz

I have been combing every mac newsgroup for several hours now looking
some info on background screens, and this discussion is pretty close.

QUESTION: Does any utility exist that will display 256-color PICT files
as a background? How about for startup-screens? (naming it StartupScreen
only gives you a 16-color image)

Thanks.

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