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> Here are the latest versions of BigPat and Pik-a-Pat. I hope they
> are more recent than the versions you have now. Version 1.1 attempts
> to address problems which have arisen due to the ?General? cdev's
> inability to deal with patterns which are not 8x8. Because of this,
> the General cdev reverts to B&W whenever an odd size background
> pattern is installed. This causes problems when people remove BigPat
> from their system folder. The instruction panel in BigPat has been
> modified to try to help people in this situation (setting an 8x8
> background pattern restores normal operation). In addition, the
> General cdev sets a bit in the PROM which tells the Mac whether to
> use a color or B&W
> pattern at boot time. If this bit inadvertently got set to B&W by
> General, the mac would boot with a B&W pattern. The new versions of
> BigPat and Pik-a-Pat correctly set this bit, so the problem should
> not arise.
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The patterns included in the file "Background Pats" have come from
many sources, and are not all of my own design. I would like to thank
the people who have sent me patterns. One of the patterns included is
?special? in that uses 16 colors rather than the usual eight. This is
the cat with a yellow outline.
To make more 16 color patterns, set this one as a background and then
edit it with BigPat. The resulting new pattern can be saved with Pik-
a-Pat like any other pattern.
