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- Replacement Windows 95 Logos
- ============================
-
- PACK 2:
- "The Clouds' Revenge"
-
- Revision date: August 20, 1996
-
- 1. Introduction
- ---------------
-
- Over a year ago, we provided Windows users everywhere with a means
- of replacing the "everything's perfect in Microsoftland" clouds that
- plague PC boot-ups. We got _a_lot_ of mail :) It's great to see
- that so many folks have taken up the fight against computerized
- tyrrany.
-
- Anyway, we kept promising that there'd be a second pack. And well,
- here it is. Some of these logos have been on my hard drive for a very
- long time. I hope you enjoy these, or at least make your own.
-
- 2. Installation
- ---------------
-
- Ok, first you'll want to know what the logos look like, so I left
- the .BMP extension on them for easier previewing. Just use MSPAINT,
- QPV or whatever to look at them. Remember they look stretched to
- twice their normal hight.
-
- You'll note these instructions are intended for a DOS window.
- Hmm... I wonder why. :)
-
- For boot logos, just copy the file of your choice to the root
- directory of your boot drive (see below) as LOGO.SYS. Windows will
- automatically find and use it there. For example,
-
- (from the directory where you unzipped this stuff)
-
- COPY MACOS.BMP C:\LOGO.SYS
-
- (if it asks you to overwrite, say yes, but don't blame us)
-
- The exit logos are stored in your Windows directory as:
-
- LOGOW.SYS - The cloud one like the standard boot logo.
- LOGOS.SYS - The "You can now safely . . ." message.
-
- Installing these is just as easy:
-
- (from the directory where you unzipped this)
-
- COPY COMPUTER.BMP D:\WIN95\LOGOW.SYS
-
- Of course, you have to put your Windows drive and directory where
- the "D:\WIN95\" part is . . .
-
- That's all.
-
- Note that WARN3.BMP is identical to the logo included in the first
- pack, but now the little icon flashes. Oooooo.
-
- 3. Isn't there an easier way?
- -----------------------------
-
- Of course! We have provided an installer written in (ick!) Visual Basic,
- which, naturally, requires a multi-megabyte DLL file to run. So, if
- you can manage to get VB40032.DLL installed in your Windows SYSTEM
- directory, then all you have to do is double-click on LOGOPACK.EXE and
- shazam! It should be pretty straight-forward. Use the file box to
- load a logo, then hit a button to copy it into one of the boot or
- shutdown screens.
-
- The DLL file can be found at:
-
- ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win95/sysutil/vb40runt.zip
-
- It's 975k. Yeah, I know.
-
- 4. The exit ones work, but the boot logo doesn't.
- -------------------------------------------------
-
- If you run Stacker or some such thing, your real boot drive probably
- isn't C:, so you have to put LOGO.SYS on the real boot drive.
-
- If you're still runner Stacker, get a clue. Hard drives (in North
- America, anyway) are cheaper than glue. :)
-
- 5. Where can I get the old logo pack?
- -------------------------------------
-
- Try either of our homepages, listed below.
-
- 6. How can I make my own logos?
- -------------------------------
-
- Again, check the homepages on this one. Dave thinks he's got the
- coolest version, but I'm not so sure.
-
- If you want any extra info, please check the homepages first, but
- then feel free to mail either of us. Praise is alweays welcome,
- however :)
-
- 7. Other crap
- -------------
-
- We're not responsible for anything that happens to your computer as
- a result of doing anything we suggest with these files (or with any
- files or ideas or suggestions), no matter how stupid you are.
-
- And no, I'm not going to type in capital letters, so screw off.
-
- BTW, the release date of this file has nothing to do with the
- anniversary of Windows 95. We just want more mail. :)
-
- 8. Who did this, and who can I yell at?
- ---------------------------------------
-
- We are:
-
- Brad Spencer <spencer@ug.cs.dal.ca>, creator of JONDISCO.BMP,
- PAULJON.BMP and MACOS.BMP in this pack, and WARN1.BMP, WARN2.BMP,
- HOLLY1.BMP, HOLLY2.BMP, C64BOOT.BMP in the old one.
-
- Dave Whiting <whiting@cs.stmarys.ca>, creator of REDWARF.BMP,
- COMPUTER.BMP, BRAIN.BMP, WARN3.BMP in this pack, plus PNKBRAIN.BMP,
- RNSTMPY1.BMP, RNSTMPY2.BMP in the old one.
-
- Yelling at us won't help... see part 7 :)
-
- Let us know if you like them!
-
- Homepages:
-
- Brad: http://www.ug.cs.dal.ca/~spencer/
- Dave: http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aj259/
-
- Thanks to yardbird and WinXpert on #Windows95 for a bit of technical
- help... Also thanks to Johan Redestig for telling us about enabling
- colour cycling.
-
- 9. Release History
- ------------------
-
- LOGOPAK1.ZIP was uploaded damn near everywhere and contains different
- stuff. You can get this from our homepages.
-
- WARNLOGO.ZIP was uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu before we realized
- that we could make a lot more cool logos :) All it contained were
- the two warning logos. This is better.
-
-