From: "David Palmer" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:37:27 +0100 Organization: ///\oo/\\\ Lines: 78 Message-ID: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-90.kurchatovium.dialup.pol.co.uk X-Trace: news7.svr.pol.co.uk 955831170 7920 62.136.72.90 (15 Apr 2000 20:39:30 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Apr 2000 20:39:30 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:9949 (This is aimed users with some experience of ms-dos). You can seriously mess up your computer if you don't know what you're doing. Anything you do is at your own risk. If you're using Windows 95/98 you probably have noticed that when your computer boots there's a text mode screen before the Windows splash screen displays. It is possible to display ascii art at this stage without much effort. Simply select Start, Run, type sysedit, click OK. Just paste your pictures at the end of autoexec.bat and prefix each line with ECHO like my example below between the dotted lines (not the dotted lines). Blank lines need the dot after "ECHO" Not all characters are allowed as some have special meaning in ms-dos (in this example I had to replace "|" with "I"). After the clear screen command (cls) you have 25 lines, 80 characters wide. The skulls in this picture were originally created by Joan Stark. If you use them anywhere you should add her initials "jgs." ............................................................................... @ECHO OFF @CLS ECHO. ECHO. ECHO T H I S C O M P U T E R I S T H E P R O P E R T Y O F ECHO. ECHO. 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It is possible to disable the Windows splash screen altogether but I'll leave that for another time... and do you know what's really sad? although you should be doing someting constructive with your life you are instead wasting your time reading this inane drivel from the tWiSTeD mINd of ##### ______ #### _\_ /_ _\ ##=-[.].] |/ \ / \| #( _\ |\__\/__/| # \__| \ / \___/ \ __ / .' `. _\__/_ /\____ /\____ _____ _____ /\___ /\____ /o \ /o \o | \\___/ /o \ // \// | \ | /_____// \ // > \ _ \ /o \ > \ /' / | \ / \ / \ ________/_____|_____/_____/_________/_____ / \| |/ : david@666palmer.freeserve.co.uk : http://www.666palmer.freeserve.co.uk/myascii.html ###### From: parallax@apk.net (Wesley Clifford) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:44:56 GMT Organization: APK Net Lines: 29 Message-ID: <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: as4-16.apk.net X-Trace: plonk.apk.net 955975800 29535 207.54.160.167 (17 Apr 2000 12:50:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@apk.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Apr 2000 12:50:00 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.netcrusader.net!209.48.40.11!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!dca1-feed1.news.digex.net!intermedia!plonk.apk.net!news.apk.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:9973 On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:37:27 +0100, "David Palmer" wrote: > (This is aimed users with some experience of ms-dos). > >You can seriously mess up your computer if you don't know what you're doing. >Anything you do is at your own risk. > >If you're using Windows 95/98 you probably have noticed that when your computer >boots there's a text mode screen before the Windows splash screen displays. It >is possible to display ascii art at this stage without much effort. > >Simply select Start, Run, type sysedit, click OK. Just paste your pictures at >the end of autoexec.bat and prefix each line with ECHO like my example below >between the dotted lines (not the dotted lines). Blank lines need the dot after >"ECHO" Another possibility that allows almost all 256 characters, including those that you can't use in the echo command (Like the | > < etc characters, and all those extended ones like the single and double borders) you can also make a text file with the art in it. Use the EDIT command to make the file, name it something like BOOTUP.TXT and instead of all the echo commands in your autoexec.bat file, just put the command TYPE BOOTUP.TXT --Wesley The only stupid question is the unasked question. And that's a good thing, because I hate stupid questions! ###### From: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Reply-To: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz Message-ID: <38fb14f9.8301922@news.vossnet.net> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Organization: Vossnet Online Cache-Post-Path: serv3.vossnet.co.uk!unknown@sl-du2-183.vossnet.net X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 53 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:54:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.188.10.5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cableinet.net X-Trace: news3.cableinet.net 956091245 195.188.10.5 (Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:54:05 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:54:05 BST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!newsfeed.icl.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!news3.cableinet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10043 .----- On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:37:27 +0100, David Palmer posted: | (This is aimed users with some experience of ms-dos). | |You can seriously mess up your computer if you don't know what you're doing. |Anything you do is at your own risk. | |If you're using Windows 95/98 you probably have noticed that when your computer |boots there's a text mode screen before the Windows splash screen displays. It |is possible to display ascii art at this stage without much effort. | |Simply select Start, Run, type sysedit, click OK. Just paste your pictures at |the end of autoexec.bat and prefix each line with ECHO like my example below |between the dotted lines (not the dotted lines). Blank lines need the dot after |"ECHO" | |Not all characters are allowed as some have special meaning in ms-dos (in this |example I had to replace "|" with "I"). After the clear screen command (cls) |you have 25 lines, 80 characters wide. | '----------------------------------------------- To save replacing the characters, why not simply save the art to a text file and then: @echo off cls type c:\bootup.txt Obviously, replacing that filename with where the file actually is. If you have ANSI.SYS loaded, you could also start that file with ESC[2J to clear the screen (where ESC is the ASCII Character 27), or embed some nice colour codes ESC[?m where ? is a colour code. You can find more on ANSI.SYS in the MS-DOS Help file, which can be found on a Windows95 CD in \OTHER\OLDMSDOS. Or, you could use something like TheDraw to colour in the ASCII art and write out an ANSI file for you... you could even do some ASCIImation this way :) Kind Regards, -Martin -- ______ ----. .' '-' (D'. -"""""--.-' '-. _______ .-' -' .'/ / |\/| /\ |_)| | |\ | .-. .-' '..-'.''. = | |/--\| \| _|_| \| :...: / '-' '.___.' ___ ___ __ :''': / \ /\ ||/ | |\ |(_ '-' | .. . | /--\||\_|_| \|__) .-. _ | / '. | | :...: / '| ' \ | / .-. :''': ( \ | '. ' :...: '-' \_/ '.. | .'. ' :''': mart.atkins@-- ' '' '''"\----' \ \__ '-' ---bigfoot.com '__________/ mga '____\\ ###### From: Unigni Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:41:03 +0100 Organization: Zaynar Productions Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: zaynar.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: zaynar.demon.co.uk:158.152.90.16 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 956253398 nnrp-06:19467 NO-IDENT zaynar.demon.co.uk:158.152.90.16 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 3.03a Lines: 40 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!zaynar.demon.co.uk!unigni Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10143 In article <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net>, Wesley Clifford writes >On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:37:27 +0100, "David Palmer" > wrote: > >> (This is aimed users with some experience of ms-dos). >> >>You can seriously mess up your computer if you don't know what you're doing. >>Anything you do is at your own risk. >> >>If you're using Windows 95/98 you probably have noticed that when your computer >>boots there's a text mode screen before the Windows splash screen displays. It >>is possible to display ascii art at this stage without much effort. >> >>Simply select Start, Run, type sysedit, click OK. Just paste your pictures at >>the end of autoexec.bat and prefix each line with ECHO like my example below >>between the dotted lines (not the dotted lines). Blank lines need the dot after >>"ECHO" > >Another possibility that allows almost all 256 characters, including >those that you can't use in the echo command (Like the | > < etc >characters, and all those extended ones like the single and double >borders) you can also make a text file with the art in it. Use the >EDIT command to make the file, name it something like BOOTUP.TXT and >instead of all the echo commands in your autoexec.bat file, just put >the command TYPE BOOTUP.TXT Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows written on it) from appearing: 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. -- Philip Taylor philip @ zaynar . demon . co . uk http://hangman.games.ultrastore.com - Hangman Online! ###### From: Jan-Erik Finnberg Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 00:06:29 +0300 Organization: SAUNALAHDEN asiakas Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb14f9.8301922@news.vossnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dclxxxix.tdyn.saunalahti.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: tron.sci.fi 956264667 14699 195.197.80.189 (20 Apr 2000 21:04:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Apr 2000 21:04:27 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!skynet.be!newsfeed1.funet.fi!nntp.inet.fi!inet.fi!newsfeeds.saunalahti.fi!uutiset.saunalahti.fi!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10147 On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:54:05 GMT, zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: >Or, you could use something like TheDraw to colour in the ASCII art and >write out an ANSI file for you... you could even do some ASCIImation this >way :) Finally some use for Png2ansi! Why didn't I think of this before! -- Jan-Erik Finnberg wheany@icenet.no.spam.please.fi ICQ:49316651 http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/FFVII/ FF7 midis and not much more!! http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/nethack/ Nethack 3.3.0 download "Life is like a metaphor" ###### From: tony5870@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder05.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 20 Apr 2000 21:36:39 GMT References: Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!portc.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10137 >Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup >From: Jan-Erik Finnberg wheany@icenet.no.spam.please.fi >Date: 4/20/00 5:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: > >On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:54:05 GMT, zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin >Atkins) wrote: > >>Or, you could use something like TheDraw to colour in the ASCII art and >>write out an ANSI file for you... you could even do some ASCIImation this >>way :) > >Finally some use for Png2ansi! Why didn't I think of this before! But remember, ANSI.SYS would have to be loaded for ANSI to be displayed on the DOS screen, not many Windows 9.X computers are set with that to be loaded into memory. ObASCII: & <-- The Mr. Salty pretzel machines finally go haywire. -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Tony's ASCII Zine* http://www.zinezone.com/users/TonyCucchiara *Shockwave.com Version 2.0* http://v2.shockwave.com/ ###### From: ppunk@hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <17g0gs0ovcnmdacspes573fnu7u1icdtoh@4ax.com> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:56:37 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.46.113.192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 956318197 213.46.113.192 (Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:56:37 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:56:37 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!netnews.com!ams-newsfeed.speedport.net!newsfeed.speedport.net!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10158 On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 19:41:03 +0100, Unigni provoked the following text: >>Another possibility that allows almost all 256 characters, including >>those that you can't use in the echo command (Like the | > < etc >>characters, and all those extended ones like the single and double >>borders) you can also make a text file with the art in it. Use the >>EDIT command to make the file, name it something like BOOTUP.TXT and >>instead of all the echo commands in your autoexec.bat file, just put >>the command TYPE BOOTUP.TXT >Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows >written on it) from appearing: >1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) >2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish The best, easiest, non-destructive way to prevent the bootlogo to come up during boot time is to edit MSDOS.SYS (it's in C:\) with notepad, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and add the line: Logo=0 This works for both Win95 as for Win98. Can't find MSDOS.SYS? Go to "Start => Run" and type "attrib msdos.sys -r -h -s", no look again in C:\ and there's MSDOS.SYS. (depending on your settings, you may see MSDOS instead of MSDOS.SYS). -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation The Heineken Uncertainty Principle: You can never be sure how many beers you had last night. ###### From: ppunk@hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: <4pg0gs00826j0ma2pf5067e8kdphjcfff2@4ax.com> References: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:03:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.46.113.192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 956318614 213.46.113.192 (Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:03:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:03:34 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsrouter.chello.at!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10152 On 20 Apr 2000 21:36:39 GMT, tony5870@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) provoked the following text: >>>Or, you could use something like TheDraw to colour in the ASCII art and >>>write out an ANSI file for you... you could even do some ASCIImation this >>>way :) >>Finally some use for Png2ansi! Why didn't I think of this before! >But remember, ANSI.SYS would have to be loaded for ANSI to be displayed on the >DOS screen, not many Windows 9.X computers are set with that to be loaded into >memory. An addition for those who don't know how to get ANSI loaded: Go to "Start => Run" and type "Sysedit", in the window with the name "Config.sys" in the titlebar you type: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS Make sure you insert that line _after_ the line "device=c:\windows\command\emm386" or you'll get an errormessage during boot. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation It's lucky you're going so slowly, because you're going in the wrong direction. ###### From: tony5870@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Lines: 46 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder07.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:26:28 GMT References: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <20000421082628.27161.00001491@ng-cf1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!howland.erols.net!portc.blue.aol.com.MISMATCH!portc01.blue.aol.com!portc.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10131 >Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup >From: tony5870@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) >Date: 4/20/00 5:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> > >>Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup >>From: Jan-Erik Finnberg wheany@icenet.no.spam.please.fi >>Date: 4/20/00 5:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time >>Message-id: >> >>On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:54:05 GMT, zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin >>Atkins) wrote: >> >>>Or, you could use something like TheDraw to colour in the ASCII art and >>>write out an ANSI file for you... you could even do some ASCIImation this >>>way :) >> >>Finally some use for Png2ansi! Why didn't I think of this before! > >But remember, ANSI.SYS would have to be loaded for ANSI to be displayed on >the >DOS screen, not many Windows 9.X computers are set with that to be loaded >into >memory. Oh, and for the ASCII screen to be dislayed well, you could always have the ASCII in a text file and put this into your autoexec: type ASCII.TXT pause then it'll be on the screen as long as you like. Or use WAIT for a specific time interval. ObASCII: Y <-- a woman without arms standing on her head. -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) ||||AMC *Tony's ASCII Zine* http://www.zinezone.com/users/TonyCucchiara *Shockwave.com Version 2.0* http://v2.shockwave.com/ ###### From: "Frederic Merizen" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:51:48 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <8dpjg0$3i3$1@front4m.grolier.fr> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> Reply-To: "Frederic Merizen" NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-44-65-139.wly.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front4m.grolier.fr 956322112 3651 213.44.65.139 (21 Apr 2000 13:01:52 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 13:01:52 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10128 Unigni wrote: [heavily edited] > Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows > written on it) from appearing: > > 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) > 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish > > I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it > works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP > image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. I've got a less romantic solution: 1) attrib -rhs c:\msdos.sys 2) use the text-editor you like to add a line saying "logo=0" (without the quotes) under the "options" section of msdos.sys 3)attrib +rhs c:\msdos.sys _Y_ O <- Now the woman's got arms and a head, but... :( ###### From: "Frederic Merizen" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:51:48 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <8dpj8b$8mu$1@front6m.grolier.fr> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> Reply-To: "Frederic Merizen" NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-44-60-9.wly.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front6m.grolier.fr 956321867 8926 213.44.60.9 (21 Apr 2000 12:57:47 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:57:47 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10136 Unigni wrote: [heavily edited] > Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows > written on it) from appearing: > > 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) > 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish > > I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it > works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP > image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. I've got a less romantic solution: 1) attrib -rhs c:\msdos.sys 2) use the text-editor you like to add a line saying "logo=0" (without the quotes) under the "options" section of msdos.sys 3)attrib +rhs c:\msdos.sys _Y_ O <- Now the woman's got arms and a head, but... :( ###### From: "Frederic Merizen" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:51:48 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <8dpjbo$dn2$1@front5m.grolier.fr> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> Reply-To: "Frederic Merizen" NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-44-60-9.wly.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front5m.grolier.fr 956321976 14050 213.44.60.9 (21 Apr 2000 12:59:36 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:59:36 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10138 Unigni wrote: [heavily edited] > Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows > written on it) from appearing: > > 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) > 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish > > I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it > works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP > image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. I've got a less romantic solution: 1) attrib -rhs c:\msdos.sys 2) use the text-editor you like to add a line saying "logo=0" (without the quotes) under the "options" section of msdos.sys 3)attrib +rhs c:\msdos.sys _Y_ O <- Now the woman's got arms and a head, but... :( ###### From: "Frederic Merizen" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:51:48 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Lines: 21 Message-ID: <8dpiv7$squ$1@front2m.grolier.fr> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> Reply-To: "Frederic Merizen" NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-44-65-139.wly.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front2m.grolier.fr 956321575 29534 213.44.65.139 (21 Apr 2000 12:52:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:52:55 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10140 Unigni wrote: [heavily edited] > Here's how to stop the start-up screen (the cloudy thing with Windows > written on it) from appearing: > > 1) If C:\LOGO.SYS exists, rename it to something (as a backup) > 2) Open C:\LOGO.SYS in a text editor and type in a load of rubbish > > I think this works, but I can't remember, so it might not -- if it > works, it's because Windows can't read LOGO.SYS as 320x400 256-color BMP > image, so it doesn't display it, leaving the text underneath visible. I've got a less romantic solution: 1) attrib -rhs c:\msdos.sys 2) use the text-editor you like to add a line saying "logo=0" (without the quotes) under the "options" section of msdos.sys 3)attrib +rhs c:\msdos.sys _Y_ O <- Now the woman's got arms and a head, but... :( ###### From: "Frederic Merizen" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 15:05:21 +0200 Organization: Club-Internet (France) Lines: 4 Message-ID: <8dpjpm$o3i$1@front7m.grolier.fr> References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> <8dpjg0$3i3$1@front4m.grolier.fr> Reply-To: "Frederic Merizen" NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-44-65-139.wly.club-internet.fr X-Trace: front7m.grolier.fr 956322422 24690 213.44.65.139 (21 Apr 2000 13:07:02 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 13:07:02 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!grolier!club-internet!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10139 Whoop sory for that one, my newsserver said I had failed to sent the message. I'll be more careful next time ! ###### From: Jan-Erik Finnberg Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:28:05 +0300 Organization: SAUNALAHDEN asiakas Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mvi.tdyn.saunalahti.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: tron.sci.fi 956352362 5958 195.197.81.206 (21 Apr 2000 21:26:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Apr 2000 21:26:02 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!news.algonet.se!newsfeed1.telenordia.se!algonet!newsfeed1.funet.fi!nntp.inet.fi!inet.fi!newsfeeds.saunalahti.fi!uutiset.saunalahti.fi!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10181 On 20 Apr 2000 21:36:39 GMT, tony5870@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) wrote: >>Finally some use for Png2ansi! Why didn't I think of this before! >But remember, ANSI.SYS would have to be loaded for ANSI to be displayed on the >DOS screen, not many Windows 9.X computers are set with that to be loaded into >memory. I don't want to sound rude, but I'm the author of Png2Ansi. I know that. Right now I'm downloading software to convert some of my movietrailers to single images to png to ansi-animation. Yes, as a matter of fact, it IS geeky. -- Jan-Erik Finnberg wheany@icenet.no.spam.please.fi ICQ:49316651 http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/FFVII/ FF7 midis and not much more!! http://www.saunalahti.fi/~wheany/nethack/ Nethack 3.3.0 download "Sometimes a metaphor is just a metaphor" ###### Message-ID: <39050B70.36AC2AB1@crosswinds.net> From: "Ryan S." X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> <17g0gs0ovcnmdacspes573fnu7u1icdtoh@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 17 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:10:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.12.208.233 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 956632201 12.12.208.233 (Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:10:01 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:10:01 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.19!wnmasters2!bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10236 on my win 98 i made a "custom" logo.sys but the startup splashscreen ISN'T logo.sys. how do i change my comp to display logo.sys as the startup splash or where can i find the startup splash screen so i can edit it? i remember doing this in win 95 but i think i forgot/bill gates is a homo and changed it. the one i made is cool. i replaced the windows logo with bob marley's head!!! i used the ol' rubber stamp on logow.sys -- O CH3 _ __ H2C | / |_) _.._ (_ \ / \ /N\ | \\/(_|| | __)o N | | / \_N_/ \N/ Email: houdini@crosswinds.net / | URL: http://home.att.net/~bearbait O CH3 Hotline Nick: Fishee ###### From: ppunk@damnthatspam.hetnet.nl (Peter Punk) Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:07:54 +0200 Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: References: <8dak22$7ng$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk> <38fb06d2.692836@news.apk.net> <17g0gs0ovcnmdacspes573fnu7u1icdtoh@4ax.com> <39050B70.36AC2AB1@crosswinds.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art NNTP-Posting-Host: d113192.dtk.chello.nl 213.46.113.192 Lines: 28 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeedZ.netscum.dQ!netscum.int!npeer.kpnqwest.net!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!news1.kpn.net!master.news.hetnet.nl!news1.hetnet.nl Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10268 On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:10:01 GMT, "Ryan S." provoked the following text: >on my win 98 i made a "custom" logo.sys but the startup splashscreen ISN'T logo.sys. how do i >change my comp to display logo.sys as the startup splash or where can i find the startup splash >screen so i can edit it? i remember doing this in win 95 but i think i forgot/bill gates is a >homo and changed it. > >the one i made is cool. i replaced the windows logo with bob marley's head!!! i used the ol' >rubber stamp on logow.sys Open the file MSDOS.SYS with notepad and change the line Logo=1 to Logo=0. Note that MSDOS.SYS usually is read-only, hidden and a system file so you need to go to the dosprompt and type: cd \ attrib msdos.sys -r -h -s before you can edit the file. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family. ###### From: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup Reply-To: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz Message-ID: <39071937.11679396@news.vossnet.net> References: <20000420173639.01419.00001198@ng-fx1.aol.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Organization: Vossnet Online Cache-Post-Path: serv3.vossnet.co.uk!unknown@sl-du2-248.vossnet.net X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 14 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:36:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.188.10.5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cableinet.net X-Trace: news3.cableinet.net 956777798 195.188.10.5 (Wed, 26 Apr 2000 20:36:38 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 20:36:38 BST Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!isdnet!diablo.theplanet.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!news3.cableinet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.ascii-art:10276 On 20 Apr 2000 21:36:39 GMT, Anita Doobie posted: > >But remember, ANSI.SYS would have to be loaded for ANSI to be displayed on the >DOS screen, not many Windows 9.X computers are set with that to be loaded into >memory. > Well, my original post did say that but it was snipped when being replied to :) Kind Regards, -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com