Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 20:30:32 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, brandon@glacier.cold.org, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: splash-page on bootup.. Message-ID: <199609221100.UAA20269@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199609221000.DAA00408@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Sep 22, 96 03:00:13 am
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > You're in a difficult situation... even a static GIF image would probably > > be difficult because you don't know what you have for console until you > > have probed the video.. animation I would think is out of the question > > due to the way I understand the kernel works during the probe phase. > > Animation is possible using color register cycling. This is how the > "startrek" bar of the Microsoft "Plus! Pack" is animated. The problem with animation during startup is that during the device probes (the bits that the original proposition was trying to cover with the splash (bad idea IMHO, but I understand the reasoning)), you can't guarantee that you will get your interrupt regularly to do your palette cycles. The animation would be cheezy to say the least. I don't actually thingk that animation is terribly useful. You'll note that Microsoft's W95 startup page shuffles a little band across the bottom (I suspect that they aren't cycling but I never bothered to count the colours on the screen), but then this band disappears for a while... now I wonder why 8) > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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