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Startup screens
	As in the one that shows for a few seconds between you typing win and the screen going black and the hourglass cursor appearing. If you've got an old PC then you see this for a long time (I regularly clocked over 30 seconds on a 486SX-25 over a network) and if it's fast, you'll hardly see it (less than a second on my Cyrix 233). As far as I know, these are the limitations: It must be 16 colours It must be less than 640×480 pixels It must be saved with RLE compression. It must be less than about 40KB, I think. If it's too big, windows won't run. To get it this small, you need to avoid random dithering (RLE compression works with repeating pixel patterns, such as alternating colours or solid colour). The image, if smaller than 640×480, is centered. Please email me if I've missed anything. Here are a few examples from my own collection. I've simulated the full-screen effect, and resampled with high quality down to 200×150. This is the kind of thing the final version of the page will have. By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: From Pinky and the Brain, one of my fave TV programmes. Size: 7 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: Nicked from the Mega Drive version (emulated, of course :o) Size: 8 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: The Windows 95 startup screen seen through a hole Size: 22 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: 3D metallic text. Size: 6 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: More 3D metallic text, saying "Micro$oft Windows powered by Calmira 3.02". Size: 12 KB By: Stephan Großklaß Homepage Comments: Windows OT - a variation on the original logo. They were done almost by hand with PSP 3.11/3.12. Size: 12 KB By: Stephan Großklaß Homepage Comments: Same as above, but with "powered by Calmira II". Size: 12 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: Doh! Size: 13 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: With added text for higher nutritional value... or something. Size: 14 KB By: Maxim Homepage: Maxim's World of Stuff Comments: Matches the wallpaper and start menu banner Size: 19 KB

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