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Archive Filename: ticn09ic.zip (Aug. 24, 1995)
Description: This is THE OS/2 Icon Collection #9, *Standard .ICO* edition.
It contains over 3000 (3375 to be exact) OS/2 icons, many of them
unavailable elsewhere. IMHO, this is the best ensemble of OS/2
2.x/3.0 icons on the Internet!
Location of archive (in URL): ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/multimedia/icons
What's changed in this new release?
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Release 9 introduces 517 new/improved icons from various sources
(Sam Beckett, Eugene Chun, Edward Deans, Jeff Kirvin, and myself) and is now
available in three formats: Dave Lester's IconEase Database format, Paul van
Keep's Icon Heaven (.FIM) format, and the OS/2 .ICO format in storing the
icons. The .ICO format is back, as some people using HPFS also happen to
have huge HDs. It's recommended to use one of the first two formats;
although they require special programs to access the icon collection, the
savings in disk space (up to 61% in my case) is well worth the small effort
in setting them up!
Purpose of Existence & Clarification:
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Q: The general quality of the icons in OS/2 Warp Version 3 is much higher
than those in OS/2 2.x, why would I want to waste several megabytes of
disk space in storing these icons?
A: Good point. I don't know why, but people (at least me and my friends)
seem to be obsessed with getting their desktops look unique and cool,
thus justifying the presence of "THE OS/2 Icon Collection" on their hard
drives...
Note: You may find some of the icons in this file are seen in other .ZIPs
on ftp.cdrom.com. It is because I selectively chose them from other
icon collections in an attempt to create a "One Library for All" OS/2
icon compilation to ease the burden of people who are new to OS/2 or
Internet, so that they can get started in exploring the power of OS/2,
without worrying whether they've got all the "good" icons or not.
Some icons are also extracted from different WWW homepages, not to
mention the various company logos. Should any of you find any of the
icons included in ticn09ic.zip infringe your copyright, feel free to
e-mail me, and I will remove the icon(s) in question promptly. I fully
respect the idea of intellectual property, and would do my part to
protect it.
Disclaimers (taken out of context from the GNU General Public Licence):
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Since this icon collection is distributed free of charge, there is no
warranty for it of any kind. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. In no event I would
be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental,
consequential, physical, and psychological damages arising out of the use
or inability to use the icons (including but not limited to loss of precious
disk space or time or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure
of the icons to display decently on your 640x480/800x600 desktop), even if
I have been advised of the possibility of such damages. (whew! Was that
long or what?) IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT FLAMING ME IF YOU
THINK THE ICONS SUCK (many OS/2ers do resent using 32x32x16 icons - those
converted from Windows, basically); INSTEAD, DRAW/IMPROVE/ENHANCE SOME ICONS
TO REPLACE THEM! I'm only maintaining this archive in good will, and I expect
nothing but appreciation of my effort, which is open to interpretation... ;-)
Instructions:
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I) How to decompress this .ZIP:
To decompress the icons with the EAs intact, use Info-ZIP's Unzip
(latest OS/2 version is 5.12).
II) How to utilize the icons:
Create a shadow object of the icon folder on your OS/2 Desktop.
It is highly recommended to use an HPFS partition to icon storage,
as many of the files will NOT be extracted under FAT.
III) Hi-Res Icons:
40x40 icons requires OS/2 2.x/3.0 to be running at 1024x768 or
higher resolutions to be displayed properly. For systems with
lower resolutions the quality of some icons might not be that
good, since 32x32x16 simply can't do justice to some highly-
detailed images.
Acknowledgements (presented in alphabetical order):
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Sam Beckett <eabv94a@prodigy.com>
Colin Bird <cwbird@loyalistc.on.ca>
Tore Bredeli Joergensen <toreb@brosme.dhmolde.no>
Alan Choi <alanchoi@fsw.utoronto.ca>
Eugene Chun <g2euge@cdf.utoronto.ca>
[filename of collection: eugeico2.zip]
Edward Deans <eadeans@aol.com>
[filename of collection: edsicons.zip]
Truman W. Collins Jr. <tcollins@teleport.com>
Peter Conteos <conteos@io.org>
Jose R. Gonzalez <jrg7@cornell.edu>
[filename of collection: wowicon2.zip]
John M. Hughes <jmh%cerberus.uucp@noao.edu>
[filename of collection: techicon.zip]
Michael Kilby <Michael.Kilby@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org>
Jeff Kirvin <lunatic@us.net>
Dave Lester <dlester@ibm.net>
[filename of program archive: icone202.zip]
Cris McRae <cris@bt.quake.com>
Hugh Preston <hpreston@emh.osan.af.mil>
Greg Roelofs <roe2@midway.uchicago.edu>
James Ullom <ullom@ibm.net>
Paul van Keep <pvk@acm.org>
[filename of program archive: fih110.zip]
James Wang <wangjam@skule.ecf.toronto.edu>
Frank Yannetta <e-mail address unknown>
[*** Some of your icons are seen in the library, yet
your name isn't listed above? Send me your address!]
To anyone who has some nifty icons which are not contained in this archive:
╔═══════════════════════════════════╗
║ E-MAIL THEM TO: ║
║ fredng@teamos2.org ║
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║ Proud Member of Team OS/2 Canada! ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════╝
*** Have Fun!!! ***