[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.