Thinkpads Forum

has anyone figured out an easy step by step way to put a giant classic 1967 System 360 13-stripe logo on the T60 startup screen? - I know this is very doable, I once saw a T60 that had it done.

pic below is the style I am referring to, I know we are limited to like 16 or 256 colors or something like that so maybe white letters or else grey on the black background.

Thinkwiki is your friend!
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_ch ... Windows%29

I remember I looked into this right after I bought my T60, as I wanted a splash screen similar to the one I have on the T43. I found the ThinkWiki entry, and also an old forum thread about it. I think it was this one: http://67.214.227.38/~thinkpad/forum/vi ... 51&start=0

Unfortunately some of the image links there don't work anymore, and I didn't have the image I wanted, so I didn't put more work into it. I believe you can probably extract it out of a BIOS file from an older Thinkpad, like one of the guys there suggest, but that will be project for a day I have too much time. Of course, if someone has some of these images, I would be happy to have it. And probably Wild Bill too.

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhib ... ogo_8.html

Only 8 stripes but there's other sites:

http://www.ibmcafe.com/2010/07/the-history-of-ibm-logo/
http://ibmcollectables.com/ibmlogo.html
http://ibmcollectables.com/IBMlogo13.html

I think this must be the splash screen we are looking for: http://ibmcollectables.com/IBMPCjrb.jpg Imagine people's surprise when your brand new Thinkpad displays that one.
(Sorry, couldn't resist..)