DragonFly boot2 - moved out of commits thread

[Oliver Fromme]

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Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
 > Oliver Fromme wrote:
 > > In theory, the Forth code could leave the graphics screen
 > > enabled.  It's just a matter of removing one command from
 > > beastie.4th.  Then splash(4) should follow on seamlessly,
 > > if it's configured to display the same image, which is
 > > a decision to be made by the user, of course.
 > > I haven't tried to do that myself, though.
 > 
 > I read that and immediately thought "two-frame boot animation!".  It could
 > be very entertaining.

Heh ...  Yes, possibly.

BTW, it's possible to do simple animations in the Forth
code by loading several PCX frames and display them with
small delays between them.

Best regards
   Oliver

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