Short: Loads an IFF Picture while loading (Kick 2.0) Architecture: m68k-amigaos IffBoot V1.0 Copyright Colin Bell 1992. Freely Distributable ==================================================================== This program was inspired by BOOTLOGO V1.0 by Markus Illenseer. The idea being that normally, if you remove all text output during the startup-sequence/user-startup you will see only a white(2.0) or black(3.0) screen while the startup is executed. Wouldn't it be nice to display a picture instead that went away as soon as the Workbench opens up. His program displayed a hacked MSWindows logo during bootup which disappears as soon as the WB screen appears. It was a nice idea & looked pretty funny with the Commodore Windows Logo. Except, I HATED THE LOGO. It said V37.175 when I am running V39.106 for a start. We all know that the Amiga 2.0/3.0 GUI rules and the bootlogo made me feel like the Amiga windows environment was somehow derived from MSWindows. Well in his notes he mentioned he will be doing a version that will load any IFF picture in the future but I just couldn't wait. I already had an IffViewer fully coded in assembler & only had to spend about half an hour to convert it into IffBoot. So now you can display any IFF ILBM during bootup & it'll exit when the WB appears. The viewer automatically enables Borderblanking on the ECS chipset & automatically centres the picture on the screen. Note that when IPREFS is run in your startup-sequence you may see the screen move slightly. This cannot be helped I'm afraid. The program can only be run on WB2.04 or higher (V37+) & has been tested on WB3. It requires iffparse.library in your LIBS directory. Included is the original Commodore-Windows pic which was captured from BootLogo as well as a new Commodore-Workbench picture which was done by Justin Trevena especially for this release. Thanks Justin! There is also a picture showing you which fonts he used so that you can update the version numbers. As a special bonus theres two cool FarSide pictures also by Justin! To Use it: Put in startup-sequence: run >nil: iffboot Put it straight after SETPATCH!. Don't put it in user-startup because by the time user-startup starts the bootup is half over! For the best effect. Remove anything that outputs text to the initial cli. It will only open if it has to & won't open at all if nothing writes to it. This will speed things up as well!! eg. Remove "echo "Workbench version $Workbench etc" and send others to nil: eg "CPU >nil: cache burst" "addbuffers >nil: df0: 15" "SETPATCH QUIET" or "setpatch >nil" ============================================================================= IffBoot is Copyright Colin Bell 1992. Freely Distributable ------------------------------------------------------------- Commodore and the Commodore Logo are registered trademarks of Commodore-Amiga Inc. Amiga, Amiga Workbench & Amiga Kickstart are trademarks of Commodore-Amiga Inc. No representations or warranties are made with respect to the accuracy, reliability, performance or operation of this software, and all such use is at your own risk. The author does not assume any responsibilty or liability whatsoever with respect to your use of this software. IffBoot V1 may not be included with any commercial product nor may it be sold for profit either separately or as part of a compilation without my permission. It may be included in non-profit disk collections such as the Fred Fish collection. It may be archived & uploaded to electronic bulletin board systems as long as all files remain together & unaltered. ============================================================================== If you wish to contact Myself or Justin, we can both be contacted on "The Engineering Connection" BBS. In Australia call (02)524-1584 Outside Australia call +61 2 524-1584. Or Via Fidonet: 3:714/909.12 AmigaNet: 41:200/584 Apologies to Markus Illenseer.