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From: cwang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Ted Wang)
Subject: Re: How do I get large BMPs as desktops?
Message-ID: <cwang.671567109@copper>
Keywords: BMP desktop
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References: <1991Apr13.125238.17769@uniwa.uwa.oz>
Date: 13 Apr 91 18:25:09 GMT
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andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz (Andrew John Williams) writes:


>Hi- I have been converting gifs to .BMP files to use as wallpaper,
>hoping to have a large (1024x768x256c) file as a backdrop.
>Unfortunately, Windows seems to crash if I try to install a file larger
>than around 260k or so as a wallpaper. (257894 bytes workes, 262000
>doesnt)
(stuff deleted)

	I have no problem when using BMP files as large as 417K for 
my windows desktop background.  However, it crashed in enhenced mode
when the BMP file is larger than 470K.  In standard mode, I can even 
use files as large as 750K for my windows desktop background.  I've
posted a news to this group yesterday and got a response from another
person who has the same problem as I have.  Our hardware configuration
is:
	cpu:        80386-25 with 64K cache
	memory:     4MB
	monitor:    SONY 1304
	video card: Orchid PROII with 1MB RAM

And I've installed a Cyrix 80387-25 math-coprocessor.

>		Andrew Williams
>		Physics Department,
>		University of Western Australia.

>		andrew@earwax.pd.uwa.oz.au   OR
>		andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz.au  (note the extra 'w')

Ted 
cwang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu
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Ted Wang	                            <cwang@copper.ucs.indiana.edu>
Department of Computer Science              Phone #: 812-339-4701
Indiana University                          Address: 928 S. Henderson
Bloomington, Indiana                                 Bloomington, IN 47401
