[Coco] Viewing GIF files on a Coco

[Robert Gault]

Boisy G. Pitre wrote:


> On Sep 28, 2004, at 3:27 PM, Kevin Diggs wrote:

> 

>> Hi,

>>

>>     Couldn't you achieve the same effect with an image viewer from the 

>> startup file? It would be more configurable and not coded in the OS.

> 

> 

> You could, but it wouldn't be nearly as instantaneous.

> 

>>     What does {cc3,Sys}Go do?

>>

> 

>     1. Displays a startup banner

>     2. Sets up the initial data/execution directories

>     3. Runs the startup script (if present)

>     4. Starts the CMDS/AutoEx file (if present)

>     5. Chains to the shell

> 

> What I'm proposing would happen at step 1.  SysGo would search for a 

> file (say, SYS/welcome.vef) and if it exists, would display it to a 

> graphic screen.  If the file wasn't there, it would just display the 

> standard banner.

> 

> For an example of how this might look, see 

> http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~ponpoko/FM11/FM-11AD2.jpg

> 

> Boisy

> 

> 


If that is all you want, how about ASCII graphics for a big NitrOS-9? It 
would simplify the issue of different /term resolutions at startup and 
be much faster than any graphics package.