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- BOOTSCREEN
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Startup screen program for Amigas with Workbench release 37 (2.04) or higher.
-
-
- Copyright ©1994 by Joseph Luk. All rights reserved.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------ README FILE
- $VER: 2.2 (3/4/94)
- UNREGISTERED VERSION
-
-
- IMPORTANT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- BootScreen 2.2 is now ShareWare. Registration instructions are included
- at the bottom of each doc file. The version that you have here is
- complete except it only contains one sample picture file -- I chose not
- to hand out crippled versions or annoying requesters in the hope that the
- Amiga community hasn't come to need them. You do get benefits by
- registering, and the least of them is the smaller executable size of the
- registered versions. :> Please read the main documentation and
- registration instructions for more information.
-
-
-
- LEGAL
- ~~~~~
- All contents of this archive are Copyright ©1994 by Joseph Luk. They are
- to be distributed ONLY in the exact same way as they are presented here.
- All documentation, and other files must be preserved if redistrbuted.
- No tampering with executables is allowed under any circumstance. Note
- that this includes "patching" them with third-party programs. I make one
- and only exception for those who wish to use RTPatch by Nico Francois
- to make the Preferences Editor use ReqTools requesters. This is allowed
- only for your own copy of this program. NO DISTRIBUTION OF REQTOOLS
- PATCHED PROGRAMS IS ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHATSOEVER!
-
- The files contained in this archive are ShareWare. They are offered
- here on a trial basis only. The user may use them for up to one month,
- after which they must be removed or replaced with registered versions.
-
- Distribution of this archive may be conducted for reasonable costs only.
- The end user must pay no greater than $10 to acquire this demo version.
-
- If one or more of these terms cannot be met, all files in this archive
- must be deleted from all locations on this system immediately. You can
- report fraud to me, and I will take it to the SPA if necessary.
-
- The "Commodore Windows" graphic is a reasonable parody based on the startup
- screen for Microsoft Windows, a registered trademark of Microsoft
- corporation. It was totally reconstructed originally and is not intended
- to infringe upon the copyrights of said corporation.
-
-
- THANKS
- ~~~~~~
- Christian A. Weber, for iff.library. And for WBVerlauf. Great stuff!
-
- Jan Van Den Baard, for GadToolsBox. Wow, it sure works nice after if
- you bother to read the manuals!
-
- Kenneth Fribert, for making me come up with the really crazy idea of
- loading the monitor driver early.
-
- Michael Nielsen, for reporting the enforcer hit bug. Whew, and I thought
- I had tested it to the bone!
-
- David Alcock <daa92@life.ecs.soton.ac.uk>, for reporting that hideous
- deallocation bug in 2.1. My reply mail bounced, so I couldn't thank
- you any other way!
-
- Everybody who reported bugs and made suggestions!
-
- All the people who have registered versions, you know who you are and
- why I'm thankful to you!
-
-
-
- FORTHCOMING ENHANCEMENTS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Here's a quick look at what's on my "To do" list:
-
- - "Emergency break" feature would allow you to break your startup-sequence
- while BootScreen is active.
- - Blank the pointer during display
- - Making it so that other screens don't show up behind the "Test" screen
- when automatic centering is on.
- - Adjustable centering.
- - 3rd party graphics board support. Anyone willing to give me code?
- - Copperlist support. Again, anyone willing to donate code?
- - Integrating the close daemon into the BootScreen program. Please
- see the technical article on "Why So Many" files for more information.
- - Install script should have an option whereby the user can choose which
- line to add the BootScreen command after. This will allow Dirk Wrocklage
- to have his special startup-sequence work properly. :>
-
-
-
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- RELEASE HISTORY
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- 2.2 04-Mar-94 Fixed a really really bad bug that caused BootScreen
- to rob the system of memory as big as the picture
- file. Sorry about that folks!
-
- No other changes. BootScreen Preferences is still
- at version 2.1. I wanted to get this version out
- as quickly as possible.
-
-
- 2.1 11-Feb-94 Mostly bug fixes, but some new features added. This
- version was sort of rushed out, because of important
- bugs in 2.00. Sorry beta testers!
- - Version number only has tenths now because the
- literal "BootScreen200.lha" was one character too
- long for BBBBS bulletin boards.
- - Added "BYPASS" monitor option. This allows you to keep
- the monitor ID for advanced mode selection. See the
- technical article on "Alternate Modes and Early Monitor
- Loading."
- - Fixed enforcer hit (AARGH!) when file requester opened
- with empty string gadget.
- - 2.00 should not have required V38 (2.1) ASL library
- as I had already written code to cope with the V37
- ASL library. This has been fixed.
- - Fixed "Test" screen close bug. The old method I used
- was to peek at IntuitionBase and wait until the active
- screen changed -- quite bad, but it saved some code size.
- This broke on some machines, so I now open a window on
- the screen and use the system-friendly I/O method.
- - Minor aesthetic install script changes.
- - Icon positions adjusted. I use Times for my icon font
- so it's narrower than Topaz. :>
- - Changes to the documentation:
- - new article on alternate mode possibilities
- - rewritten monitor mode descriptions
- - added "to do" list
- - added troubleshooting guide in readme first file
- - removed registration instructions from readme first
- file
-
-
- 2.00 05-Feb-94 First ShareWare release. Code rewritten from scratch.
- - New configuration program works just like standard
- Preferences editors
- - PAL support
- - Automatic screen centering
- - Install, Upgrade, and Remove scripts
- - Documentation rewritten
- - Synchronous loading saves time and wear on hard disk
- - No more seperate versions for Workbench 2.x and 3.x+
- machines.
- - Icons created for preferences editor (MagicWB and
- standard 4-color)
- - "Commodore Windows" graphic shrunk to take advantage
- of screen centering.
- - BootScreen loads configuration off Preferences editor
- icon -- no more command line arguments!
-
-
- 1.01 21-Jan-94 - Added overscan support. Uses the old 1.3 method for
- creating overscan, since 2.0 methods are not available
- at boot-time.
-
- 1.00 19-Jan-94 BootScreen37 improvised to support Workbench 2.x.
-
- 1.00 25-Dec-93 Initial release. Public domain.
-
-
-
-
- REGISTRATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When you register, you will receive a disk containing the latest version
- of BootScreen, and it will be a personalized version just for you. Also on
- the disk will be as many sample pictures as will fit, and perhaps a utility
- or two that might be relevant to BootScreen.
-
-
- The registration levels are as follows:
-
- $5 Basic registration. This is a small amount of money!!! This
- covers the registered version of the disk and U.S. postage
- ONLY. For International orders, add $5 U.S. to any order.
-
- $10 Uprgade registration. Will get you upgrade notices in the
- mail for one year and significant discounts on upgrades. Will
- also get you my personal approval as well as notices for other
- products by myself. :>
-
- $11+ If you choose to send additional cash or other gifts (even
- a postcard will be cherished), we can arrange specific rewards.
- I might even consider that 020 version. :>
-
-
-
- To register, fill out the following form and mail it to me, along with
- a check or money order made out for the amount you wish to donate.
-
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- BOOTSCREEN 2.2 REGISTRATION
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- Date _________________
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- Full name ________________________________________________________________
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- Address __________________________________________________________________
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- __________________________________________________________________
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- __________________________________________________________________
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- Telephone # ______________________
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- E-mail address(es) _______________________________________________________
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- _______________________________________________________
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- Registration Amount ________
- Check if International postage required [ ] + $5.00
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- Total Amount Sent ________
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- --
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- Mail to:
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- Joseph Luk
- P.O. Box 884401
- San Francisco, CA 94188-4401
- U.S.A.
-
- Your disk will be mailed within four weeks. You may check with me via
- e-mail as to the status of your order, if you so choose.
-
- THANK YOU!!!!