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Article #9575Re: Backdrop picture for Powerbook 100?
From: mathew
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:41
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:41
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hoofb@agora.rain.com (Bruce Hoof) writes: > mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> writes: > >Can anyone supply me with the name of such a program which will actually > >work? > > Back in the days when I had an SE I used a INIT called "Backdrop". > It would put up a different picture as a background screen each time > my computer started up. It came with a DA that allowed viewing and > changing of the background screen. > > It broke when I got a IIcx. I threw it out. Now many years later I > got rid of my IIcx and have replaced it with my PB100. Because of > the memory requirements of color pictures and the disk space requirements > I did not want to use DeskPict or like. I looked on some old tape > and found "Backdrop". I said why not and tried it. It works!!!. I had tried Backdrop, but it seems I had an old version. (Mine doesn't have the DA.) So the answer is: the latest Backdrop does work on the PB100, the old ones don't. > Avaliability: > Have no Idea. If I get enough requests I'll put together a > package. A package would be nice; or a pointer to an FTP site. mathew
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Backdrop picture for Powerbook 100? Message-ID: <TRyTVB7w165w@mantis.co.uk> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 15:41:28 GMT References: <Byv66I.6KD@agora.rain.com> Distribution: world Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 31