First post, by red_avatar
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My old IBM PCs all have boot splash screens that hide the DOS text while it loads, displaying a logo instead. I quite like this approach so would like to use a similar system for my main "driver": an AT&T 486 DX2 66.
I found some programs like "Blackout" but I cannot seem to get them to work with CONFIG.SYS - it locks up the system when I add it to config.sys (I can't get it to load using the INSTALL= command for some reason).
The idea is that the splash screen loads before all the EMM386 & Sound Blaster stuff appears.
Basically what I want is:
- DOS starts booting
- splash screen appears
- after autoexec.bat is done executing, splash screen disappears
Right now the best I can do is:
- DOS starts booting
- config.sys runs & is visible (which has the most text by far)
- splash screen appears
- after autoexec.bat is done executing, splash screen disappears
Anyone have any ideas?
Retro game fanatic.
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