Displaying ascii art at during Windows bootup

           (This is aimed users with some experience of ms-dos).

You  can  seriously  mess up your computer if you don't know what you're doing.
Anything you do is at your own risk.

If you're using Windows 95/98 you probably have noticed that when your computer
boots  there's a text mode screen before the Windows splash screen displays. It
is possible to display ascii art at this stage without much effort.

Simply select Start, Run, type sysedit, click OK. Just paste your  pictures  at
the  end  of  autoexec.bat and prefix each line with ECHO like my example below
between the dotted lines (not the dotted lines). Blank lines need the dot after
"ECHO"

Not  all characters are allowed as some have special meaning in ms-dos (in this
example I had to replace "|" with "I"). After the clear  screen  command  (cls)
you have 25 lines, 80 characters wide.

The  skulls  in this picture were originally created by Joan Stark. If you use
them anywhere you should add her initials "jgs."
...............................................................................
@ECHO OFF
@CLS
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO       T H I S   C O M P U T E R   I S   T H E   P R O P E R T Y   O F
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO               .------------------------------------------------.
ECHO            ___I__                                           ___I__
ECHO         .-"      "-.      _____              _     _     .-"      "-.
ECHO       .'            `.   I  __ \            (_)   I I  .'            `.
ECHO       I              I   I I  I I __ ___   ___  __I I  I              I
ECHO       I,  .-.  .-.  ,I   I I  I I/ _` \ \ / / I/ _` I  I,  .-.  .-.  ,I
ECHO       I )(__/  \__)( I   I I__I I (_I I\ V /I I (_I I  I )(__/  \__)( I
ECHO       I/     /\     \I __I_____/ \__,_I \_/ I_I\__,_I  I/     /\     \I
ECHO       (_     ^^     _)I  __ \    I I                   (_     ^^     _)
ECHO        \__IIIIIIII__/ I I__) I_ _I I_ __ ___   ___ _ __ \__IIIIIIII__/
ECHO         I \IIIIII/ I  I  ___/ _` I I '_ ` _ \ / _ \ '__I I \IIIIII/ I
ECHO          \         /  I I  I (_I I I I I I I I  __/ I    \          /
ECHO           '_______'   I_I   \__,_I_I_I I_I I_I\___I_I     '________'
ECHO               I                                                I
ECHO               I     .-----------------------------------.      I
ECHO               '-----I UNAUTHORISED ACCESS IS FORBIDDEN  I------'
ECHO                     '-----------------------------------'
................................................................................
If you want the picture to stay on the screen longer add the command PAUSE at
the end.

It  is  possible  to  disable the Windows splash screen altogether but I'll leave
that for another time...

                     and do you know what's really sad?

although you should be doing someting constructive with your life you are instead
wasting your time reading this inane drivel from the tWiSTeD mINd of

                   #####                       ______
                  #### _\_                    /_    _\
                  ##=-[.].]                  |/ \  / \|
                  #(    _\                   |\__\/__/|
                   #  \__|                    \      /
                    \___/                      \ __ /
                   .'   `.                     _\__/_
               /\____    /\____ _____ _____ /\___  /\____
              /o     \  /o     \o    |     \\___/ /o     \
             //       \//   |   \    |     /_____//       \
            //    >    \    _    \        /o     \     >   \
           /'          /    |     \      /        \        /
           \  ________/_____|_____/_____/_________/_____  /
            \|                                          |/
             :     dav...@666palmer.freeserve.co.uk      :
           http://www.666palmer.freeserve.co.uk/myascii.html

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