Some time ago I asked how to create a splash screen for a DOS program. It was
to be something like the Lotus 123 splash screen in that it would appear on
the screen "immediately" and stay there for the few seconds that it took to
load the program. I received some responses, but none that seemed useful.

This morning I realized how to do it, and successfully implemented it.

Create a unit that contains nothing except _initialization_ code that writes
the splash screen. Put that unit first in the "uses" statement of the main
program.

And that's all there is to it.