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   Brian Quinn to Brian Quinn   
   Re: Model III Desktop   
   02 May 09 00:31:41   
   
   From: brianq@mchsi.com   
      
   Just checked again. At the bottom, you will see the Windows Vista taskbar.   
      
   On Fri, 01 May 2009 19:28:06 -0500, Brian Quinn  wrote:   
      
   > This is a wallpaper, then several different programs are used to display   
   > the current computers stats (I think it's just two, but I'd have to go   
   > back and look). The 3.5 GB RAM is the systems RAM, printed in TRSDOS   
   > format on the picture of the TRS-80. If you'll notice, the blurred out   
   > portion is the current IP address of that machine. IP didn't exactly   
   > exist back in that day, at least not as we know it now.   
   >   
   > There's links to the downloads there that you use. You get the   
   > downloads, then set up your wallpaper (a picture of a TRS-80 in this   
   > case), then tell the display routine where and how to display the info.   
   >   
   > It's a nice wallpaper, IMHO, with real-time stats. Several other   
   > examples on that page, too.   
   >   
   > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:13:43 -0500, david.sutherland    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Apr 27, 11:23 pm, N Morrison  wrote:   
   >>> On Apr 10, 5:18 pm, R Flowers  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >http://lifehacker.com/5206348/the-trs+80-retro-desktop   
   >>>   
   >>> > Not sure if this is something you can download, I can't seem to find   
   >>> > any way to do it.   
   >>>   
   >>> > -- R Flowers   
   >>>   
   >>> Save the picture as a picture. Trim the bottom of the image off. Make   
   >>> it your background image.   
   >>   
   >> I am the only person who noticed the TRSDOS boot screen (with the 3.5   
   >> GB RAM - lol) on a Model 3 *that has no disk drives* -!  lol.   
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