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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Generic Notice INit
Message-ID: <7927@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 11 May 89 23:29:17 GMT
References: <795@manta.NOSC.MIL> <12909@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <12909@ut-emx.UUCP> nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) writes:
>In article <795@manta.NOSC.MIL>, lulue@manta.NOSC.MIL (Dan Lulue ) writes:
>!> Does anyone know of a generic notice init that would place a message on
>!> the screen at startup time?  We need something that places a notice on
>!> user's screens at startup, and we want to be able to compose the
>!> message.
>System will do this for you. Save a file in MacPaint format and
>rename it StartupScreen. Put this file in the System Folder.
>System will display the contents of StartupScreen at boot time.

This isn't QUITE true.  A Mac Plus or SE will display the contents of
a file called StartupScreen at startup time, but I don't think it takes
a MacPaint format file... there's a program out there somewhere called
ScreenMaker that produces files of the appropriate format.

On a Mac II, the StartupScreen file should contain a PICT resource of
ID=0, and this will be displayed at startup.  The PICT can be in
color or greyscale, but should not have a custom CLUT (color look-up
table), since the Mac doesn't load the CLUT for the startup picture.

I have no idea which of these is appropriate for an SE/30, but I assume
the PICT version is correct for a IIx or IIcx.


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