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- NEWSTART.EXE 1.01 -- FreeWare from Mote Prime BBS
- Columbia South Carolina - 803-782-3772
- Sysop - Jeff Elkins
-
- NEWSTART will select a .RLE file for your Windows 3.0
- startup screen randomly, or will build a win.com file using the .RLE
- file you specify on the command line. You may also use NEWSTART in a
- mouse-active menu-driven mode which will display a pick list of .RLE files.
-
-
- PARAMETERS: 1. RLE FILE OR (R)ANDOM OR (M)ENU
- 2. DISPLAY TYPE (V/E - VGA-EGA)
- 3. WINDOWS SUBDIRECTORY [OPTIONAL]
-
- I.E. NEWSTART R V C:\WINDOWS - WILL RANDOMLY SELECT A
- VGA TYPE RLE STARTUP FILE FROM THE WINDOWS C:\SUBDIR
-
- NEWSTART M V C:\WINDOWS WILL ACTIVATE NEWSTART'S MENU SYSTEM
-
- NEWSTART MOTE.RLE V - WILL BUILD A STARTUP FILE
- USING THE FILE MOTE.RLE. (THIS ASSUMES YOU ARE IN THE
- WINDOWS SUBDIR WHEN YOU CALL THE PROGRAM. IF YOU INCLUDE
- THE WINDOWS DIRECTORY NAME YOU MAY CALL NEWSTART FROM ANY
- SUBDIRECTORY.
-
-
- Copy the .RLE files you wish to use to generate startup screens
- into your windows subdirectory. If you use the R as
- your first parameter, NEWSTART will randomly select a startup file
- for you. I keep NEWSTART in my autoexec.bat file and start each day
- with a new picture.
-
- A new feature is the (M)enu parameter. Entering a 'M' as your first
- parameter brings NEWSTART up in a mouse-active menu driven mode which
- displays all .RLE files in a handy to use pick list.
-
-
- Newstart uses methods previously described to build a new win.com file
- in your windows subdirectory. In essence, It COMBINES the files 'WIN.CNF'
- 'VGALOGO.LGO' (or 'EGALOGO') and the .RLE file (Run-Length Encoded 4-bit)
- picture file (which you specify or allow NEWSTART to choose) into the file
- 'WIN.COM'.
-
- ***********************************************************************
- PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL .RLE GRAPHICS FILES USED BY NEWSTART ARE EXPECTED
- TO RESIDE IN THE WINDOWS SUBDIRECTORY.
- ***********************************************************************
-
- Creating RLE Files:
-
- To create your qwn RLE file create a graphics file no larger than 640x480
- (640x250 for EGA systems) in Windows Paint or the paint program of your
- choice. The image may have no more than 16 colors. Save it as a BMP
- or GIF file (if your paint program allows GIF format).
-
- Next, use a graphics conversion program such as WinGIF or Paint Shop
- to convert the BMP or GIF file to a 'Format RLE' or 'Format RLE 4' file.
- The file should now be usable as a Windows 3.0 startup screen.
-
- Please note that if the file is too complex and the file is too large (over
- about 55k), it will not display properly or you will receive a "Program too
- large to fit in memory" error when you try to run Windows. Some files may not
- be suitable for start-up screens for this reason.
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