Re: [Freedos-devel] splash screen

> On Nov 22, 2017, at 10:04 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > [...] > Not really. We had a similar discussion about a much earlier FreeDOS > release, and it doesn't make sense to have a graphical splash screen > for FreeDOS. Since FreeDOS runs in "text mode" and isn't a GUI on its > own,

Re: [Freedos-devel] splash screen

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > I gave thought to this when creating FDI. >[..] > You could easily add a splash screen to your own custom USB installer. > > I have no idea wether or not Jim would want a splash screen added for the > next OS release. >

Re: [Freedos-devel] splash screen

I gave thought to this when creating FDI. I figured that the standard release could have one. But, it was not needed and would use more precious disk space on the boot floppy. However, an OEM vendor that shipped on of those FreeDOS systems may desire to display their logo or something. So,

Re: [Freedos-devel] splash screen

Am Mittwoch, dem 22. Nov 2017 schrieb Tom Ehlert: > > Currently I'm experimenting with graphics modes and I thought, > > it would be a good idea if your installer starts with a splash screen. > > it is not. > > maybe for a (grafic) game or paint program, where a splash screen is shown > while

Re: [Freedos-devel] splash screen

> Hello, > Currently I'm experimenting with graphics modes and I thought, > it would be a good idea if your installer starts with a splash screen. it is not. maybe for a (grafic) game or paint program, where a splash screen is shown while in the background magical things are happening.

[Freedos-devel] splash screen

Hello, Currently I'm experimenting with graphics modes and I thought, it would be a good idea if your installer starts with a splash screen. Have a look at this: https://akfoerster.de/dl/tmp/fdsplash.com With an MDA or Hercules adapter it just exits with error level 1, so you can show some