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[jg2f+@andrew.cmu.edu writes]:
>For color desktops on a Mac II, try ColorDesk.  It opens PICT files, not
>PICT resources, and has an option to expand small pictures to the size of
>the screen.  Being a CDEV, it can be turned on and off via the Control
>Panel with no need to reboot.  And it doesn't display an obnoxious logo
>upon startup, just a little animated icon in the corner.

On the macII's if you want a color startupscreen instead of the
default "Welcome to Macintosh" alert you place a PICT resource (id=0)
in a file called StartupScreen <case ignored> in the blessed system
folder.  DeskPict.init, available from sumex, will use that
startupscreen as the desktop image in the event that another file
called DeskPicture with a PICT resource (id=0) is not found in the
blessed system folder.  If the file DeskPicture is found
DeskPict.init will use it as the desktop image instead.  There are
numerous applications that will easily easily create/convert color
PICT files and/or resources.  PictDisplay (utility) and visionlab
(application) both available at sumex come to mind.  the "obnoxious
logo" displayed by DeskPict.init at startup is really just two PICT
resources within the init file.  these images can be replaced by two
other PICT resources (same id numbers) that are less obnoxious or for
that matter virtually invisible.  this might require the use of
ResEdit or something similar. DeskPict.init is free! the availability
and cost of ColorDesk are another matter. i don't think ColorDesk is
available from sumex or free.

-dave-    hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu