Technical Note: 19990101004

Screen Saver Graphics on DOS Workstation

(Maitre'D 1999 to 2003)

DOS workstations can use standard Graphics Interchange Files (GIF) to display advertising.

Note: DOS Workstations only.

1. Name your GIFs 1.gif , 2.gif..., through 9.gif
2. Copy those GIFs to the C:\Posera\MaitreD\Prg folder
3. Redo your workstations boot disk and / or workstation data.
4. Reboot your workstations.

It is important to respect the following limits when setting up the GIFs to insure that the workstation Data is loaded properly.

• The GIFs are displayed in numeric order, and if a number is skipped, the following GIFs will not be displayed.
• On a workstation floppy, the space left for all GIFs is limited by your options. First make a workstation floppy without any GIFs present in the Maitre'D directory of the Central Computer, so you can determine how much space is left.
• Use the lower amount between 200K or the space left on the workstation floppy. If there is not enough room for all your GIFs, you will have to remove some of them, or reduce their size by reducing their resolution and color depth.
• An individual Gif of 256 colors is limited to 320x200 pixels. A 256 colors Gif larger then that is displayed in the upper left corner, in a smaller size, and in a 16 colors approximation
• An individual Gif of 16 colors is limited to 640x480 pixels. A 16 colors Gif larger then that will get cut off.