Desktop Pictures on compacts

[68krazy]

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions for the best way to get a black and white compact mac to display a desktop picture under System 7.1.  

This is not my picture, but I'd like the final result to look something like this SE:

https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/gallery/image/857-img-7827/

I found a guide here, but it requires System 7.5:

https://www.fenestrated.net/mac/DesktopPictures/

Any suggestions as to how to accomplish the same feat under 7.1?

 

[Scott Baret]

I know Backdrop works on System 6, not sure about 7.1.

 

[bibilit]

Décor is a nice software for that purpose.

http://main.system7today.com/software/decor/decor.html

 

[68krazy]

The guide I linked to claims the Decor doesn't work on black-and-white Macs.  Haven't tried it yet though.

I'll experiment when I bring my SE/30 back from my parent's house later this week.

 

[Juror22]

The minimum requirements were a 7.1, 2MB and an '030, so it should work with the SE/30.  Let us know how it turns out.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

What're the minimum system requirements for GraphicConverter? I don't remember when I started using it, but it's the bomb for this and light duty pixel punching.

 

[Themk]

From the documentation file that comes with GraphicConverter 1.62:

1.2.    Requirements
GraphicConverter needs a Mac II (or LC), System 7 and 2 MB free memory.

 
I would assume that Mac II or LC means that it wants a 68020 or better.
 
From the documentation file that comes with GraphicConverter 3.3:
 

GraphicConverter needs a Mac with Color Quickdraw, System 7 or later and 3 MB (4 MB on a Power Macintosh) of free memory.

 
So, I would imagine it would run on an SE/30.

 

[just.in.time]

I use Backdrop on my SE and Plus. Works great there under 6.0.8, and okay on 7.1. With 7.1 the desk accessory to control it doesn't work 100%, but you can work around that by only putting the image you want to use in the Screens folder and storing the others in a different folder.

Backdrop doesn't seem to work properly on my se/30. When I move windows around on the screen it messes up the photo behind where the menu bar was located at.

Decor is great for 030, 040 and early PPC Macs.

 

[bibilit]

The guide I linked to claims the Decor doesn't work on black-and-white Macs.  Haven't tried it yet though.

No problem on B&W, used it on a Pwb 145 a couple of days ago, worked flawlessly.

 

[avadondragon]

On System 7.1 I have found BackSplash II to be superior to Backdrop - plus I like that it uses PICT files rather than Mac Paint.

You can download it at JagsHouse or MacGUI.

 

[just.in.time]

Avadondragon, I'll check that out!