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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-03-29 16:33:48
Anyone know of an app that'll let you put a 1-bit picture as a desktop picture on a 512k Mac?
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Posted by: galgot on 2016-03-29 20:48:30
there was one called "Backsplash", but can't find it now...
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Posted by: galgot on 2016-03-30 02:34:30
Here :
BackSplash_II-1.sit
Works on a Classic with system 6.0.8, so maybe on a 512k...
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Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-03-30 06:50:26
It really depends on the system you're using... IIRC, the 512k can go as high as 4.1 and BackSplash II works for 6 and above.
So I don't think this version will work on your system. It has an extension, so it's good for System 6 all right, but I don't think 4.1 can handle extensions...
I think BackSplash 1 might work with the 512k, but it's nowhere to be found...
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-03-30 08:03:53
Nuts. That'd be a great program, if someone could write a minimal System file that lets you put a 512x384 1-bit GIF as a desktop picture. I bet it wouldn't take more than a few KBs of memory.
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Posted by: galgot on 2016-03-31 00:16:25
maybe this ? :
http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=16039&keywords=desktop
Never tried it...
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-03-31 08:07:08
Doubtful, it was released in 1996. That's about 10 years too late. Would need to run on System 3 or 4.
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Posted by: galgot on 2016-03-31 09:40:22
yeah ... though the same after seeing the date...
How about "Backdrop" ? Says it would run on a 512k...
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/backdrop
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Posted by: Gorgonops on 2016-03-31 10:11:20
Nuts. That'd be a great program, if someone could write a minimal System file that lets you put a 512x384 1-bit GIF as a desktop picture. I bet it wouldn't take more than a few KBs of memory. An uncompressed 1 bit picture the size of the Mac's screen is about 22k. So even if the "extension" (an INIT?) was minuscule it'll cost you about that much memory. Not a huge deal if you're using a Fat Mac mostly to run stuff that also works on a 128k but perhaps a bit chubby for comfort otherwise.
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Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-03-31 13:48:42
Were extensions even a thing on System 3 / 4 ? I dunno never used early systems yet. The 128k is being repaired right now. I'll get a taste of Finder 1.1g in a moment
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Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-03-31 14:05:39
No, Gorgonops is right. They had INITs back then. I think Extensions were a System 7+ thing.
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Posted by: CC_333 on 2016-04-01 00:02:43
Yes, my understanding is that INITs and Extensions are one in the same, and Apple came up with the more user-friendly term "extensions" for System 7.
Likewise, Control Panels were known pre-System 7 as CDEVs.
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