Vintage Macs wrote...
>Subject: Are there any programs that let you have desktop pictures in 7.6?
>From: Luca Rescigno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>My brother has a Quadra 950 with 14" monitor running system 7.6.1, and I
>will soon have an LC III+ with a 12" monitor running the same. I'm
>wondering if there's any way to get desktop pictures in system 7.6.1. I
>tried downloading GraphicConverter because the version I've used lets
>you put any picture on the desktop, but that feature is not present in
>the 68k version.
>
>Anyway, it'd be nice to have something a bit more interesting than a
>solid color, but not as garish and ugly as the bundled desktop patterns.
>
>On a half-related note, how restrictive is the 512x384 resolution of the
>12" monitor? I haven't used one of those 12" monitors but I've heard
>that they're really small. It doesn't really matter because I won't be
>using the computer much (I'll be using my dual G4/500 and my PowerBook
>G3), but I would be interested to hear about it.
Most programs were written for a 640x480 minimum res, so expect graphics
to overflow the screen, as they are not scaled down to 512, but for WP
chores and many specialiazed uses a 12 incher is fine and looks "right"
when sitting on the pizzabox cpu.
I've tried 7.6.1 in LCIII's, and it's not nearly as fast as an "enhanced"
7.1.
One way to make 7.6.1 much slimmer is to strip all the PPC code out of it
using "PowerPCheck 3.2 FAT." Adding 16MB of RAM and 512KB VRAM helps a
lot too.
For desktop pictures, you can use any PICT file as along as it's named
StartupScreen and placed in the System folder.
Bob F
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