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| My name is David Baker and this is a snapshot of my Workbench. |
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| Thank you for taking the time to actually read this file. |
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System Setup:
-A1200 Tower
-Apollo 040/25
-16meg Fastram
- 2meg Chipram
-4.2gb IDE Hard Drive
-32x max IDE CD-ROM Drive
-Power Flyer
-MicroVitec GPM 1701 17" Monitor
The first thing I did to my Workbench was to move from the boring 8 colour icons and backdrops of
Magic Workbench to the dazzling 64 colours of NewIcons. This can be found on just about any Aminet/
CUAmiga/AF CD. Those of you ex-CUAmiga Magazine readers will probably recognise the icons I use for
the main directories on my hard drive.
The next thing was to get ride of the very dull and plain grey screen that is Workbench. To do this
I used a backdrop called 'Satan Inside', this is a very nice and moody backdrop and can be found on
Aminet Set 6 or Set 7, but be warned, after I began using it my Amiga would crash for no reason at
all and give all sorts of weird guru messages. This went on for a few weeks until it suddenly stopped
happening.
I also gave the windows a backdrop of their own, for this I chose a backdrop creatively called
'01'. This was found on Aminet Set 6 or Set 7, but with a name like '01' it may be hard to find.
Other Programs/Utils I use:
TitleClock - This puts a digital clock in the top bar of the workbench. But for some reason
the grab screen util I have used (PictSaver) doesn't grab this. Toolbar clocks
can be found on just about any CD that contains utils.
BlitzBlank - Obviously this is a screen blanker and cannot be seen in the screen shot here. I
don't know if it is the best there is, but it does it's job and is very
configurable. I obtained my copy from a CD called '500 screen savers Volume 2'.
Lock - This is a very handy util that allows the user to protect a specific partition(s)
from being written to unless it is unlocked first. I use it for my Workbench
partition as I am forever installing and removing programs and this prevents me
from deleting things I don't really want to delete. I think I got this neat util
from an old AUI cover disk.
NoClick - This util is a Godsend and without it I'm sure I and many other Amiga users would
have been driven mad by the constant clicking of the disk drive. My thanks go to
the author who's name eludes me as I can't find the readme file. My copy of
NoClick was taken from an old AUI coverdisk.
NaeGrey - Although this is a very old program I like it. Basicly NaeGrey removes the grey
borders from around the workbench screen, so if like me you use a dark backdrop
this program can make it look that bit better. Yet again this util was extracted
from an old AUI coverdisk.
You will have noticed that there are 2 almost identical snapshots of my workbench. The second
snapshot has had the 'No Borders' option in NewIcons Prefs activated, this is currently the screen
I am using. The only problem with this is I have notice that older icons tend to get psychedelic
colours for some reason and the black in the backdrop that I use turned a bit lighter. This prompted
me to slightly modify the colours of the backdrop so that it looked better on my workbench. Also you
can actually see the digital clock in the top right hand corner of the screen.
Well that's my workbench for you. I hope you like it and has given you a few ideas for your own
workbench. The three backdrops 'SatanInside_01', 'SatanInside_02' and '01' can be found in this
directory.