This program allows you to have a picture or animation designed by you, on
the Insert Workbench screen (from now on called "BootScreen"). You can
also have a tune playing at the same time. After putting a disk in the
drive you must click the left mouse button to boot from it.
If you wish to temporary disable BetterBootScreen, and you have
Kickstart2.0, you can hold down both mouse buttons while the computer is
rebooting (BEFORE my clock appears), click on "Advanced Options...", and
disable BetterBootScreen, by clicking once on C' Enable (Shown next to the
BBS "Partition"). Kickstart 3.0/3.1 users: Click on Boot Options..., then
on the long line containing BBS.
Configuration
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NEW AGA SCREEN MODES NOT SUPPORTED (At least, I don't think they are)
unless someone sends me an updated version of PPAnim which supports them -
address at end of file.
Pictures
""""""""
Create a Picture using a paint program (such as DPaint), saving it in IFF ILBM format as (Without the quotes) "BootScreen" in the BetterBootScreen Drawer.
Animations
""""""""""
Create an animation using DPaint III or IV or any other program that
supports IFF animations and save it in the BetterBootScreen drawer as
(Without the quotes) "BootScreen"
Music
"""""
Create a musical masterpiece using a music program (such as MED) (make sure it's got a player!) and save your music in the BetterBootScreen drawer as (Without the quotes) "BootMusic" and copy the player (MEDPlayer if you're using MED) in to the BetterBoot
template is something other than "Player <Name of Module>", you will have to
edit the Startup-Sequence in the BetterBootScreen directory using a word
processor of some description. Instructions for altering it are in the file.
If you do not use a MED/Octamed module, you will have to copy the player
program into the BetterBootScreen directory, and call it "Player"
IF YOU DO NOT WANT ANY MUSIC IN YOUR BOOTSCREEN, LOAD
BETTERBOOTSCREEN/STARTUP-SEQUENCE INTO A WORD PROCESSOR AND FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTIONS IN THE FILE.
History
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Version 1.0
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First Release
Appeared On Our Home Wine Making Recipe & Record Filesystem Shareware Demo
Version 1.1 Disk (Entrant for "Longest title of the year"!)
You could have pictures or animations
Version 2.0
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You're using it! (No you're not!)
Now you can have picture/anim and music as well!
I now use PPAnim instead of ShowANIM, because it takes up a LOT less room
(about 40K in fact)
Version 2.01
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This version allows you to boot from external drives etc.
Device name changed to BBS:
Version 2.02
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Fixed the installation script for WB3 (only took me five years...)