OS/2 Shareware BBS: 25 Icons/25-Icons.zip/iconde.zip/readme.v5

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ICONDE.ZIP; VERSION 5; APPROX. APRIL, 1995

All the enclosed icons are guaranteed original, although some (i.e., CHAOS)
were made before I encountered similar (and, yes, sometimes better) icons
by other people.  And the degree of originality that can be incorporated
into a Tetris icon is admittedly limited.  Anyhow, the enclosed are a
continuing effort at what must surely be a new art form: OS/2 icons.  This
form resembles a visual haiku, in that the colors and space available are
limited to an extent far beyond ordinary rigor.  Working within these
constraints is both inspirational and time-consuming (in what is surely an
IBM joke, the icon editor is kept in the "Productivity" folder; sure).  I
hope you enjoy the work -- and sometimes it << IS >> work -- to date.

These icons were formerly presented as a form of shareware: anyone who
liked them was expected to contribute $5.00.  Since then, it occurred to me
that I have money, and don't especially need more.  But I really << DO >>
need criticism and commentary.  Therefore, in lieu of writing a check,
please send me a note regarding the icons.  Which ones you particularly
like, which ones you don't.  Suggestions, praise, abuse: whatever.  PLEASE!
Otherwise this is something of a dry endeavor.

These icons are a supplement to and a replacement of (some were improved, a
few renamed) those previously uploaded as ICONDE.ZIP.  Four previous
versions were uploaded; this is version 5.  If you have the old ones,
brutally toss 'em, or -- because of some improvements -- copy these over
them.  Note that the icons were edited on a 14-inch screen; I'm not sure
how they may look on a larger screen (worse, I'd guess).  Icons were
maximized in terms of color against the standard-issue OS/2 light gray
background, admitting that the choice of colors is not exactly vast.  But
several may be less than spectacular, if that is the word, against white or
other backgrounds.  NOTE: A few of these can be used ONLY against the gray
background; this is noted in their description.

Unlike many other circulating icon collections, these icons are "genuine"
*.ICO files.  This means that they can be used without modification by
Makoto Nagata's superb MNICON program, which permits easy drag-and-drop
changing of object icons.  Downloading this nifty program is highly
recommended, by the way.

Two people (at least?) have had an interesting if bizarre thing happen:
they downloaded ICONDE.ZIP, unzipped it, and, okay, the icons were there
(according to DIR) but they were invisible.  Weird.  If this happens to
you, be sure your UNZIP program is a genuine, 32-bit OS/2 version (download
from CompuServe or AOL or somewhere).  If it is, try making a new directory
(folder) and copy the icons there using the OS/2 command line; when one
person did this, the icons were now visible in the new folder and seemingly
all was well.  I dunno enough about the quirks of OS/2 to even guess why
this happened.

Most of the icons were drawn using one of the OS/2 default palattes.  A few
employ custom palattes; attempts to edit these will cause loss of the
original colors.  If you invoke the icon editor with one of these, and the
image's colors are unattractively different, you may wish to exit without
saving if you desire to retain the icon as it is.

Please do as you will with these icons.  They may be customized, re-
colored, mutilated, given to friends, metastasized over a LAN, etc., at
will.  All I'd ask is that you not unnecessarily rename them, or remove the
signature and descriptive information (EAs) from them, or contribute them
without my permission to one of those "TWO MILLION ICONS!" files.
Thanks!

DAVID EDWARDS
UCSD 200 W ARBOR DRIVE
SAN DIEGO CA 92103-8756
Compuserve: 72610,707
AOL:        DE3
Internet:   [e-mail]

The following are mostly included.  The number at the start of each entry
refers to the version number in which the icon was first released.  All
brand or product names mentioned in this collection, or logos or symbols
illustrated, are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.

VER   NAME        DESCRIPTION

4 2000     ICO  The Millennium is coming: characters 2000 in the sky over
                some mountains: wow.  Awesome.
3 2THBRUS2 ICO  In support of dental health and hygiene
3 2THBRUSH ICO  Much the same
4 3DDOTS1  ICO  Dot figures of two people bustling to the left; becomes a
                random pattern of elevated dots with 3-d viewing; see
                README.3-D for this and all other 3D*.ICO icons
4 3DFACE1  ICO  Face for 3-d viewing
4 3DOS2    ICO  Characters O, S, and 2; with 3-d viewing, the 2 is closest
                to the eye
3 3-DSPECS ICO  Red/green glasses atop a button, for 3-d displays; NOT a
                true 3-d icon
4 3DSTEPS1 ICO  Steps; with 3-d viewing, the lowest step is the highest
                (huh?)
4 3DTEST1  ICO  Pattern of dots to practice 3-d viewing
4 3DTEST2  ICO  As with 3DTEST1
4 3DTEST3  ICO  As with 3DTEST1
4 3DVOL1   ICO  Volcano; left of a stereo pair with 3DVOL2.ICO
4 3DVOL2   ICO  Right of the stereo pair with 3DVOL1.ICO
4 A&B1     ICO  Assault and battery; sigh.  Idea not original.
4 ABE1     ICO  Attempted portrait of Lincoln; put a white pixel or so in
                each eye for a disturbingly demented look
4 AIUM     ICO  Logo of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
4 ALIENS   ICO  Weird creatures in silhouette
2 AMONLINE ICO  America Online: U.S. map with telegraph lines, triangle
5 APPCORPS ICO  Golden apple, words HAIL ERIS!
4 ARROW??  ICO  Compelling arrows pointing to the four winds
4 AUTORACE ICO  Well, an auto race
3 BANDIT   ICO  Jaundiced desperado with pistol
5 BANG     ICO  Asteroid stikes Earth; the Birth of the Moon, heigh ho
4 BEHIND   ICO  What I see while driving home at night
4 BIKE1    ICO  To meet that ever-present need for a motorcycle icon
4 BIKE2    ICO  To meet that same need with a slightly larger motorcycle
4 BIKE3    ICO  Ditto, but motorcycle has high-speed fairing
3 BIKER    ICO  Motorcyclist getting it on in the countryside
3 BITMAP1  ICO  Handy folder for housing bitmaps
5 BLUE     ICO  Blue words "BIG BLUE"
5 BLUE2    ICO  Same, only cutely done in red (no, not counted as a
                separate icon)
4 BLUHERON ICO  Blue heron standing in water
3 BOA      ICO  Bank of America logo
3 BOAT1    ICO  Indifferent sailboat with spinakker sail
3 BOAT2    ICO  Sailing vessel under full sail (needs gray or at least non-
                white background)
4 BOMB     ICO  Well, a bomb, an infernal device, with word "TICK" stupidly
                included (TOCK implied)
3 BRAIN?   ICO  Four renditions of a brain; colored versions show lobes.
                My favorite is the colored version on black, but the others
                may have their uses.  A few pixels of red on the plain
                version give a freshly-dissected look, but may be a tad
                revolting.
3 BROKWIN1 ICO  Broken window with defunct flower decoration
2 BS       ICO  Defecating bull; ugh
2 BSNO     ICO  Same, but as negation symbol
4 BULLET   ICO  Cartridge, helpfully labeled 9 mm
3 BURGER   ICO  A delicious hamburger a la The Whopper
5 BUTTON   ICO  With a finger pushing it
1 CADUCEUS ICO  Caduceus
1 CALENGL2 ICO  Calendar girl (female torso with calendar)
3 CALGIRLS ICO  Two calendar girls, with simulated calendar to meet minimal
                standards of decency and social worth
3 CANOE    ICO  A canoe on a mountain lake, where I wish I were when Fiji
                fantasies fade.  I had in mind Lake Louise, in Alberta.
1 CARDINAL ICO  The bird, not the cleric
4 CBS      ICO  CBS eye logo (not as interesting as NBC's peacock)
1 CHAOS    ICO  Mandelbrot set; there exist better versions of this
5 CHAOS2   ICO  Says here this is an I CHING ideogram meaning chaos, copied
                from a calligraphy print by Yunn Pann
3 CIGS2    ICO  Two cigarettes in their natural states, unretouched
3 CITY1    ICO  Nocturnal cityscape; add text to the bottom
5 COMET    ICO  Comet, telescopic view
5 COMPASS  ICO  Compass rose
1 COMPU    ICO  CompuServe: phone and keyboard
4 COOLER   ICO  A water cooler, with characters H20; thrilling, huh?
1 COSMOS   ICO  Moon and stars, mostly for EZ-Cosmos
4 CRISIS   ICO  Supposedly Chinese for "crisis" or "danger;" would
                appreciate confirmation from someone knowledgeable.  Round-
                eyed version with lousy calligraphy, anyhow.
3 CRUISE1  ICO  Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines logo
3 CZC1     ICO  Meaningless design, tribute to City Zen Cane; oh, God: he's
                getting into abstractions
3 DAGGER   ICO  A dagger
4 DDAY44   ICO  Shot up Nazi flag; completed June 6, 1994
3 DELTA    ICO  Delta Airlines logo
2 DOOROPEN ICO  Same door as DOOR_3 but opened; some sorta dumb message
                here?
2 DOOR_3   ICO  Door in a battered brick wall (into Hotel California?)
5 DOPPLER1 ICO  Color-mapped Doppler ultrasound examination of the carotids
1 DUALBOOT ICO  Two boots, for literalists who are still running DOS
5 DUMMY    ICO  Face from the excellent "For Dummies" series (IDG Books)
1 DYSFUNCT ICO  Folder with skull, to contain dysfunctional programs
4 EAGLE1   ICO  Face shot of an eagle
4 EAGLE2   ICO  Aztec design of eagle-warrior, unless it's a vulture
4 EAGLE3   ICO  Eagle, stretching its wings, I guess
2 EL_CALIF ICO  See HOTM.ICO below; part of a pair
4 EQUUS1   ICO  The front end of a horse, neighing or threatening to bite
4 ESTERISL ICO  Stone head from Easter Island (a "Long-Ear," if you like)
5 EYECON   ICO  Eye and eyebrow; for the delightful EYECON program
1 FACE7    ICO  Man's face
1 FILEPEEK ICO  Egyptian-style eye of Horus
4 FIMO1    ICO  65 gm block of a popular polymer clay
3 FISH8    ICO  Fish
5 FISHTACO ICO  Really handy fish taco icon: multiple applications
4 FLAP     ICO  A bird; needs light gray, standard OS/2 background.  See,
                you click between this and any other icon, and the wings
                flap.  Well, okay, it's not much, but if you're really
                bored ....
3 FLOSS    ICO  A tooth hanging from floss
4 FNORD!1  ICO  Ill-seen characters FNORD!; it is hard to see the fnords,
                but easier on a black background.  Fnord is a mantra in the
                Discordian religion, as you doubtless already know.
4 FNORD!2  ICO  Ditto
4 FNORD!3  ICO  Ditto; ONLY works effectively on the standard, OS/2 light
                gray background
5 FNORD!4  ICO  Another in the tedious FNORD series
2 FOLDBACK ICO  Ordinary folder, except that the tab is in a different
                position (so what?)
5 FOO1     ICO  Odd space craft or vehicle or something
1 FORMAT1  ICO  Floor mat (yes, admittedly, REALLY corny)
4 FRAGDISK ICO  Fragmented disk; if you have your colors set the way I do,
                the cracks vanish when you highlight the icon (i.e., when
                you prepare to run your defragmentation program)
2 FRUIT1   ICO  Still life with fruit, electrical banana
5 GALLOWS  ICO  Icon for Hangman game
1 GAMES2   ICO  Knight on chessboard (folder)
4 GATOR1   ICO  Ole Louisiana swamp alligator
5 GEMINI   ICO  Sonographic view of twins, early in gestation
2 GESTURE  ICO  Upraised middle finger, symbolizing health and long life
3 GIFFILE1 ICO  Letters G, I, F; don't let the excitement of this icon
                overpower you
4 GIRAFFE  ICO  Giraffe heading home in the sunset
3 GLYPH1   ICO  Mayan glyph "cimi;" yes, Mayan glyphs were brightly
                colored, way back when they were new
5 GOLGOTHA ICO  Crucificxion scene
3 GREEKHEL ICO  Greek battle helmet, Corinthian style, 6th century B.C.
3 GRVYRD1  ICO  Landscape of a graveyard, not as spooky as I'd wished
2 GUILIN   ICO  The Li River, near Guilin, China; not exactly a handy, all-
                purpose icon, but you never know
4 GUN1     ICO  Semiautomatic pistol
5 HAWAII?  ICO  Hawaiian islands
5 HAWAII3  ICO  The big island of Hawaii
4 HEART1   ICO  Heart after cardiectomy (the famed Aztec procedure), for
                Valentine's Day use or whatever
2 HELP3    ICO  A desperate face and "HELP;" face looks good in yellow, too
2 HOMELESS ICO  Homeless person with shopping cart; rather a sad icon
3 HORNET   ICO  Unless it's a bee
1 HOTLINE  ICO  Word "HOT!" (ho, hum); for Hotline dialing program
2 HOTM.ICO and
  EL_CALIF.ICO  "There's plenty of room at the Hotel California."  [The
                Eagles]  There's plenty of room because the hotel spreads
                over two icons.  What you do is, put HOTM.ICO where you
                want it to be, and then drag EL_CALIF.ICO and fuse it just
                to the right.  Assembled thus, it's a fun icon to leave on
                your desktop for other OS/2 users to see.  Ominous colors
                reflect the mood of The Eagles' song; cheer it up, if you
                like.  Paint the hotel yellow.  Lighten up the sky.
3 HOUSDAY  ICO  A hillside house
3 HOUSNITE ICO  Same house at night
2 ICON     ICO  Idiotic self-defining thing: delete immediately
3 ICONFOLD ICO  Handy folder for storing favorite icons
3 INTERNT1 ICO  Network sort of maze; to celebrate The Internet
5 JACK     ICO  A phone jack
3 JOYSTICK ICO  Joystick
5 JUNGLE   ICO  Machete and twigs
4 KIBO1    ICO  Unauthorized icon of the Usenet god Kibo (a Discordian
                heresy)
4 KILLWHL1 ICO  Killer whale breaching in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
2 LAWYER   ICO  A fish, of the great white variety; may you never have to
                label a folder with this icon
5 LAZYDOG  ICO  A "Lazy Dog" missile, just over an inch long, dropped by
                the bushel from aircraft during WW II; they hit with the
                impact of a bullet; isn't that special?
1 LIFE     ICO  Elements of Conway's game of Life
4 LIGHTER  ICO  A cigarette lighter
3 LION     ICO  B/W lion face
4 LIPSTICK ICO  A lipstick
4 LITEHOUS ICO  Lighthouse on Cape Cod, evening
4 LOBSTER2 ICO  Lobster claw and cracker; oh, yum!
4 MAPLEAF  ICO  Canadian flag
1 MAPS     ICO  Road map (folder)
5 MARTINI  ICO  A chilled vodka martini up, shaken, not stirred; with olive
3 MASK1    ICO  Polynesian mask
4 MATHORN  ICO  Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
5 MAZE1    ICO  A little maze, for confusing programs
5 MELON    ICO  Slice of watermelon
1 MENSA    ICO  Mensa logo
1 MODEM_1  ICO  Old-style telephone (folder)
5 MONSTER  ICO  Cover of REM album, "Monster"
5 MOONPIE  ICO  Delicious Lookout (TM) Moon Pie; tastes way better than it
                looks in this icon
5 MOREDOS  ICO  Yet another DOS icon, ho, hum
3 MORPHOSE ICO  From Morphose game
3 MRI_T1   ICO  Magnetic resonance image of the brain, with T1 weighting
                (say WHAT?)
5 MTFUJI   ICO  Mt. Fuji, after rendition by Hokusai (1760 - 1849)
1 NEBULA1  ICO  Nebula, sort of; astronomically impefect
4 NOEL     ICO  Christmas greeting: a mail box with Noel (groan)
4 NOSMOKE  ICO  Puritanical, health-nut stuff; to be ignored; light up!
3 NT1      ICO  Logo of some sort of (doubtless worthy) Microsoft program
3 NUCLEON  ICO  Board piece from Nucleon game
4 OLDE     ICO  Ivy-covered folder for those archaic files we still haven't
                gotten around to deleting
3 OLYMPIC1 ICO  Olympic games logo
5 ORGCHART ICO  An organization chart
4 OSTRICH  ICO  Face of an ostrich
2 OVTHERE  ICO  Finger pointing left
1 PCOM1    ICO  Telephone receiver with P COM (as in ProComm)
4 PEACOCK  ICO  Symbol of N.B.C.
5 PELICAN1 ICO  Face view of brown pelican, South America
5 PEN1     ICO  Tip of fountain pen; for word processor
5 PEN2     ICO  Tip of ballpoint pen; for ditto
4 PENGUIN  ICO  Actually, a couple of 'em
2 PORN     ICO  Gynecological view (vile and not included; available only
                by persuasive request from responsible adults)
1 POWER    ICO  Southwestern non-representational design
4 PUKE     ICO  Folder with puking face; for files that belong there
4 PYRAMID1 ICO  The eye in the pyramid, with apologies to Shea and Wilson
4 PYRAMID3 ICO  Nocturnal view of Mayan Pyramid (Temple II, Tikal?)
4 QUOTES   ICO  Lips, quotation marks: for any of several quotation
                programs
4 RACCOON  ICO  Nocturnal face view of raccoon
2 RADIOAC1 ICO  Same as above, plus skull and h-nu
2 RADIOACT ICO  International symbol for radioactivity
3 RAKUPOT  ICO  Raku-fired pot, cleverly labeled RAKU, not a spittoon
3 RDSIGN1  ICO  Road sign: curves ahead
3 RDSIGN2  ICO  Road sign: merging traffic
3 RDSIGN3  ICO  Road sign: slippery
3 READY    ICO  Self-flagging icon, for use on a gray background; when
                highlighted, the NOT from NOT READY vanishes, ho, hum
4 REFUSAL  ICO  Words "I DON'T DO WINDOWS"
4 RHINO1   ICO  Rhino by moonlight, uttering a mating call
4 ROACH    ICO  Roach (St. Gulik) fetchingly displayed on tile
5 ROSE     ICO  A rose
4 ROSY     ICO  Rosy-fingered dawn, a phrase used endlessly by Homer
1 SANDIEGO ICO  Outline map of San Diego; just what everyone needs
3 SATURN   ICO  Saturn automobile logo; as with Toyota below
5 SCALE1,2 ICO  Balance-type scale; I use this for a unit conversion
                program.  SCALE1 is balanced, SCALE2 is not.
4 SCHCAT2  ICO  Cat's paw, poison bottle, and radioactive source
4 SCHROCAT ICO  Schrodinger's cat, in its living mode, complete with poison
                bottle
5 SCREAM   ICO  Face from "The Scream," by Edvard Munch
4 SEAWOLF1 ICO  Submarine, for Seawolf game
3 SHIP2    ICO  Ship sailing straight toward viewer
3 SHOUT    ICO  Open, yelling mouth, complete with uvula
3 SHRED2   ICO  A hydrocephalic dwarf devouring a file: for shredder
3 SHRED3   ICO  Gory version (but one which I use daily) of default
                OS/2 shredder icon
4 SKATEBOA ICO  Politically very incorrect logo of Bitch Surfboards, Los
                Angeles, founded by Sal Rocco, Jr.  Really.
1 SKULLDE  ICO  Skull with cross(ed) bones
1 SLIDE1   ICO  Photographic slide
1 SLIDE2   ICO  Another photographic slide
4 SMILE    ICO  Fairly toothy smile: my secretary's reminder of a dental
                appointment
3 SNOWCAT  ICO  Winter scene with snowplow; poor on a white background
5 SOCCER   ICO  Hexagons
1 SOLITAR1 ICO  Heart on a spade
3 SOWEST1  ICO  Southwestern desert scene
4 SOWEST2  ICO  Another: still trying to get it right
5 SOWEST3  ICO  Kokopelli dancing and playing his flute in front of a fire
3 STAMP    ICO  A Mickey Mouse stamp; just what we always needed
1 STAT2    ICO  Bell curves, for statistics programs
5 STEALTH1 ICO  F-117A Stealth aircraft, front view
4 STOPLITE ICO  Stoplight
1 STP      ICO  The oil treatment logo
5 SUB      ICO  Submarine, surfaced, front view
3 SUITCASE ICO  Well-traveled suitcase
1 SUNSET   ICO  Fiji dreams with palm trees
1 SUPERTET ICO  Super Tetris (typical dull Tetris icon)
1 SURF1    ICO  A surfer
1 SURF2    ICO  Another surfer
4 TAKEOFF  ICO  Jet liner over airport, headed for Fiji, yeah
5 TARGET   ICO  Bullseye with red holes; pulling up and left
4 TECHSUP  ICO  Cobwebbed phone and skull that have formed while waiting
                for any generic technical support
1 TETDE    ICO  Yet another of the countless boring Tetris icons
4 THUMBS   ICO  Thumb up (or down); needs light gray, standard OS/2
                background
5 THUMBSDN ICO  Thumb(s) down
5 THUMBSUP ICO  Corresponding
2 THURNITE ICO  A pair of legs.  If you need an icon for every day of the
                week, this is Thursday.
3 TITANIC2 ICO  R.M.S. Titanic at an unpleasant moment in her career;
                certain artistic liberties have been taken with reality.
3 TOYOTA   ICO  Toyota logo
2 TPAPER   ICO  A roll of toilet paper on a blue background
1 TRASH_1  ICO  A lead bin for radioactive materials, looks like
5 TRASH_2  ICO  Trash can
1 TREE_2   ICO  Just a tree
1 TREE_3   ICO  Directory-type "tree"
3 TRIPE?   ICO  Fokker Dr.1 triplane.  #1 is in combat situation.  #2 has
                black background; okay, these planes didn't fly at night;
                this again is artistic license, because it makes a dramatic
                icon.  #3 uses screen background.  As with BRAIN?.ICO
                above, I couldn't make up my mind.
4 TRISTERO ICO  Muted post horn with W.A.S.T.E., dots implied; for "We
                Await Silent Tristero's Empire" or whatever
3 TROLLEY  ICO  Logo of San Diego trolley system
3 TUNNEL2  ICO  Oh, no: the light at the end of the tunnel IS an oncoming
                train!
4 UCSD1    ICO  University of California at San Diego School of Medicine
4 UCSD2    ICO  Complete with the Undergraduate Library, or the "UGLY"
3 UNITED   ICO  Logo of United Airlines
5 UNLEASH1 ICO  Unleashed dog labeled OS2; in honor of "OS/2 Unleashed,"
                published by Sams Publishing
5 UNLEASH2 ICO  Same as UNLEASH1, only dog is less menacing
2 UNODOS   ICO  Counting in Spanish; like several in this collection, looks
                best on a dark background, or when highlighted by OS/2
1 USADE    ICO  Outline map of USA
1 UTILITY1 ICO  Wrench (folder for utilities)
2 VISACARD ICO  VISA card
2 VISAFOLD ICO  Folder with VISA card
4 VWBUG1   ICO  Volkswagen logo and beetle; mine is actually black
4 VWBUG2-4 ICO  2 and 3 are front views (indecision... ) of a 1958 Beetle;
                the rear view in 4 is a 1957 model
5 WAOL20   ICO  For Windoze America On-Line, version 2.0
5 WARP1    ICO  Warped letters WARP
5 WARP2    ICO  Similar to WARP1
5 WHEREIS  ICO  Words "Where is my file?," for file-finder program (AW.EXE,
                for example)
1 WORDS    ICO  WORDS folder, to house word processors
1 WORDSTAR ICO  Characters "WS7," as in WordStar 7
5 WW2ACE1  ICO  WW II fighter plane in combat environment
5 WW2ACE2  ICO  WW II fighter plane, probably a Spitfire
4 XMASFLOW ICO  Poinsettia surrounded by holly or something
5 YAWN     ICO  The Yawn (see SCREAM), with sincere apologies to Edvard
                Munch

1 SIGNATUR ICO  Well, you gotta sign your work

4 GRID     BMP  Hey, what's a bitmap doing here?  Well, this is a small and
simple one.  What you do is find a really cluttered folder or desktop and
you invoke GRID.BMP as a background.  Then, using all those nifty little
grid lines, you arrange the icons into RIGID, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE, ANAL-
RETENTIVE rows and columns that are positionally exact down to the smallest
pixel.  When everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is EXACTLY IN PLACE JUST
LIKE YOU WANT AND EVEN MOST REASONABLY DEMAND AND EXPECT, DAMN IT, you
return to a plain color background.  Light gray is nice.  Anyhow, that's
what I do.