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From: sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: How does the death star "working" logo on the UNIXPC work?
Message-ID: <1869@naucse.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jan 90 14:34:17 GMT
References: <591@limbic.UUCP>
Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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From article <591@limbic.UUCP>, by gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.):
> In article <219@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> baur@venice.sedd.trw.com (Steven L. Baur) writes:
>>I am curious to know what system calls, etc.  are used to implement the
>>AT&T death star "working ..." logo that appears on the UNIXPC.
 
> The death-star "Working" icon is produced by the window driver, and is
> on the screen whenever the "current" window (ie. the window attached to the
> keyboard) is not blocking for input.
 
And yes, you can change it.  It is *fairly* easy.  You need a program
like 'FATBIT' or Iconoclast to create the bit map you want, and then
adb to write the bit map into the window driver.  This has been discussed
before, but if anyone is interested, I'll dig out the gory details.

-- 
	Steve Wampler
	{....!arizona!naucse!sbw}