Re: looking for boot screens - good enuff for wallpapers (or animated GIFs of same)

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 22:37:49 +0000, *ProteanThread* wrote:

> yes, i am cross posting this to multiple comp.sys.* groups but let me finsih
> before you flame me (sheesh):
> 
> i've searched and googled and searched but can't find any decent boot up or
> start up screenshots of the various classics that look good as (800*600) or
> (1024*768) wallpaper (even some 640*480 would do) but most are thumbnails
> (320*200) or smaller and don't look good as stretched wallpaper.  Alta Vista
> which has the best wallpaper search (IMHO) and couldn't find anything there
> either that pertained to the classics (except boot screens for ms dos, ms
> windows, etc.but not the classics).  i've come across multiple sites with
> screen shots of games and apps and stuff but no screen shots of boot screens
> or startup screens that would make good wallpaper (too small or too blurry).
> 
> can anyone help ? (please share your links here as others may be interested)
> 
> ...interestingly enough i've come across several screen savers but no boot
> up or start up screen shots.

	One place you may want to look at is alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper.
These people are usually quite helpful (if a little busy). If there is
nothing there which immediately strikes your fancy you can always post a
request. In general it is always best to keep the request simple. You can
limit it to three points: 1) Subject matter/genre, 2) Resolution, and 3)
Pixel depth. If they have anything handy they'll post it.

				Later
				Mike