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Subject: Re: Rebel.gif file should not be tampered with OR ELSE!!

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:38:50 01/22/01

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On January 22, 2001 at 11:44:55, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Hermano and Howard,
>
>Yes, I know that.  I want to modify the .gif file but she won't fly.  Maybe the
>master Ed Schroder could help us?  Ed could put up some different start up
>screens at his site that would work.

You can modify the GIF to whatever you want but you are obliged to create
it in "version 87a" mode.


>I think that the start up screen is cute but it has a bright white background
>that flickers on most computers.

Not on my PC's.

Ed (master?)



>Tim Frohlick
>
>BTW  I use the Rebel Tiger "Roar" file as a start up for Windows and have Lucy
>Lawless "Xena" dressed up in tiger skin as a background. Now that would be great
>for the Rebel Tiger intro.
>
>On January 22, 2001 at 05:54:48, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:
>
>>On January 22, 2001 at 01:16:50, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>
>>>Try as I might, I can not modify the Rebel.gif file in Rebel Century 3.0 without
>>>causing the .clr (color) files to become unstable.  I have attempted to put a
>>>black background on the file so that there would be less flicker but this
>>>prevents the .clr initiation file from being retained or recalled.  When the
>>>Rebel.gif file is eliminated Rebel Century 3.0 will not start at all.  Seems
>>>like some kind of copy protection .
>>>
>>>You can get rid of the roar in Chess Tiger but you can not delete the start-up
>>>screen in RC-3.  Too bad, since most of us here at CCC like to experiment.
>>>
>>>Tim Frohlick
>>
>>If you use the "S" flag, (rebel.exe S), it will not ask for that file, and
>>will start without it.



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