Here's my desktop on my computer at work: :)
(http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/WiskowDesktop.JPG)
For anyone else who would like a "Commodore-themed" desktop on their Windows/Linux PC or Mac, I went ahead and made screenshots of the startup screens for various Commodore computers. They're all TIFF images. Feel free to use any of these as you see fit:
Commodore 128 40-column (http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/c128.TIF)
Commodore 128 80-column (http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/c128-80col.TIF)
Commodore 64 (http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/c64.TIF)
Commodore Plus/4 (http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/plus4.TIF)
Commodore VIC-20 (http://cottonwood.servebbs.com/vic20.TIF)
-Andrew
Thanks again for the screenshots, Andrew.
Got them on my home pc's.
It's now on my work PC.
Thanks, Andrew! You da man!
c64geezer posted on another forum, asking for a screenshot of a C128 boot screen. I thought it was a cool idea, so I just decided to take screenshots of a bunch of different Commodore boot screens for use as wallpapers... Nice way to show your Commodore pride. ;)
-Andrew
What, no vertical "ghost" lines on the C128? ;)
Quote from: Andrew Sutton on May 06, 2008, 11:39 AM
What, no vertical "ghost" lines on the C128? ;)
He's using the 80 column mode :-)
Quote from: Andrew Wiskow on April 25, 2008, 07:04 AM
c64geezer posted on another forum, asking for a screenshot of a C128 boot screen. I thought it was a cool idea, so I just decided to take screenshots of a bunch of different Commodore boot screens for use as wallpapers... Nice way to show your Commodore pride. ;)
-Andrew
This isn't quite what you had in mind, but there is a program called BootSkin for Winblow$ which makes the startup screen (the one which shows the OS logo as it boots, if that wasn't obvious from my wording) anything you'd like:
www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/
There is a guy named SAarge who did a Commodore bootskin. I can't install it on my computer without generating a bluescreen, though. Typical crappy video drivers, no doubt.
Oh well.
Quote from: Andrew Sutton on May 06, 2008, 11:39 AM
What, no vertical "ghost" lines on the C128? ;)
Robert's right, you wouldn't see the vertical lines in 80-column mode... However, there are no vertical lines on any of the wallpaper images that I uploaded because they're copied from WinVICE. :)
-Andrew
Quote from: Pinacolada on May 11, 2008, 04:24 PMThis isn't quite what you had in mind, but there is a program called BootSkin for Winblow$ which makes the startup screen (the one which shows the OS logo as it boots, if that wasn't obvious from my wording) anything you'd like:
www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/
Thanks... But the Windows startup screen only displays for a few seconds on my computer, so it's not really worth it to me to change it.
I just wish I could figure out some way to have the cursor blinking, but I don't think there's a way to have an animated background image in Windows. Could be an idea for a screensaver, however. ;)
-Andrew
I haven't done anything with it in years, but Windows has an active desktop, which means you can create a desktop background using an HTML file. With CSS, you could give your C128 screen background a blinking cursor. :)
In my humble opinion, animated backgrounds suck. They're very distracting and Active Desktop sucks up system resources like... Windows sucks up system resources... :/
Quote from: Pinacolada on May 16, 2008, 06:06 AM
In my humble opinion, animated backgrounds suck. They're very distracting and Active Desktop sucks up system resources like... Windows sucks up system resources... :/
Yeah, you're probably right... Best to just have a static cursor. ;)
-Andrew