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From: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
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Subject: Re: Backdrop won't work for me...
Summary: Try deskpicture or Color Desk
Keywords: System 7? SE/30 external video?
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Date: 5 Jun 91 05:48:38 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.214145.12583@spool.cs.wisc.edu> elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott) writes:
>I just downloaded backdrop from sumex in the hopes that it would
>enable me to use a nice PICT image as my desktop image. With backdrop
>in the System Folder along with a StartupScreen, the screen only shows
>during startup, and then the normal desktop drawing overwrites it.
>
>Now, I realize I'm in a rather bizarre environment: An SE/30 running
>System 7.0 with an external color monitor set as the menu-bar and
>startup device. One or more of these factors may be why it does not
>work. If anyone has suggestions or pointers to alternative solutions,
>I'd appreciate them.

I believe that when the SE/30 came out, it was determined that Backdrop didn't
work properly with it.  I also seem to remember Deskpicture having problems.

You might, however, try Deskpicture 2.0.3 (distributed with the NOW utilities
package).  Since you have a color monitor, it just might work.

You could also try Color Desk.  I haven't used it, so I don't know if it works
or no.

--Mike