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THE OS/2 Icon Collection #10 - IconEase Edition
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Archive Filename: ticn10ie.zip (Mar. 23, 1996)
Description: This is THE OS/2 Icon Collection #10, *IconEase* edition. It
contains over 3700 (3765 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!
Locations of archive (in URL): ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/multimedia/icons/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/multimed/icons/
OS2News Mailing List: e-mail majordomo@teamos2.org, with "info os2news"
(without quotes) in the BODY of message
What's Changed in this Release?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Release 10 introduces 390 new/improved icons from various sources
(Ray Appleby, Horst Kiehl, Brad Wardell, myself, as well as others). It's
a shame that it took 7 months to come up with this update, but then I have
other things to do besides organizing/making icons. ;) The next one will
arrive after the release of Merlin in July; future updates will be in six-
month intervals...
Why 3 Different Editions?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OS/2 Icon Collection is available in three formats:
- Dave Lester's IconEase format (IconEase Edition: ticn10ie.zip)
* Requires IconEase 2.02 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/graphics/icone202.zip
- Paul van Keep's Icon Heaven format (Icon Heaven Edition: ticn10ih.zip)
* Requires Icon Heaven 1.11 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/incoming/fih111.zip
*to be moved to*
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/wpsutil/fih111.zip
- OS/2 .ICO format (Standard .ICO Edition: ticn10ic.zip)
* Requires 16MB of space on an HPFS partition (needed for long filenames)
Generally, .ICO format is for those using HPFS who 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!
Rationale for Existence:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q: The overall 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... ;)
Disclaimers (taken out of context from the GNU General Public Licence):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You may find some of the icons in this file are seen in other icon
libraries available on various FTP sites. It is because I selectively chose
them from other 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 company logos.
Should you find any of the icons included in ticn10ie.zip infringe your
copyright, feel free to e-mail me, and the icon(s) in question will be
removed promptly. I fully respect the idea of intellectual property, and
would do my part to protect it.
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:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
I) How to decompress this .ZIP:
To decompress the files with the EAs intact, use Info-ZIP's Unzip
(version 5.12 - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/archiver/unz512x2.exe).
II) How to utilize the icons:
IconEase 2.02 needs to be installed first before you can use the
IconEase database format. Create a shadow object of the Icon
Collection database (THEIcn10.IE) in a folder of your choice. For
instructions in setting up and using the program, consult on-line
help in IconEase.
III) How to make new icons:
Under the minor tab *, double-click on any of the following icon
templates to invoke the Icon Editor for editing:
24-bit Icon (w/ Small Colour Forms).ICO
32x32 and 40x40 at 24-bit colour depth
24-bit Icon (w/o Small Colour Forms).ICO
32x32 and 40x40 at 24-bit colour depth, plus their small
colour form counterparts (16x16 and 20x20, respectively)
8-bit Icon (w/ Small Colour Forms).ICO
32x32 and 40x40 at 8-bit colour depth
8-bit Icon (w/o Small Colour Forms).ICO
32x32 and 40x40 at 8-bit colour depth, plus their small
colour form counterparts (16x16 and 20x20, respectively)
Standard Forms Icon.ICO
Independent Color Form (=VGA) - 32x32x16
Independent Small Color Form - 16x16x16
Independent Small BW Form - 16x16x2
XGA/8514 - 16 colors - 40x40x16
XGA/8514 Small Color Form - 20x20x16
XGA/8514 Small BW Form - 20x20x2
Independent BW Form (=1.1 format) - 32x32x2
IV) 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 32x32 simply can't do justice to some highly-detailed
images.
Acknowledgements (presented in alphabetical order):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ray Appleby <rappleby@idirect.com>
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: eugeico3.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]
Rick Hunolt <73501.1113@compuserve.com>
[filename of collection: folders.zip]
Horst Kiehl <h.p.kiehl@kfa-juelich.de>
[filename of collection: hpkico20.zip]
Michael Kilby <Michael.Kilby@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org>
Jeff Kirvin <lunatic@us.net>
K. Leon Kwok <lkwok@calc.vet.uga.edu>
Dave Lester <dlester@cyberia.com>
[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: fih111.zip]
James Wang <wangjam@skule.ecf.toronto.edu>
Brad Wardell <wardell@ibm.net>
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 ║
╟────────────────────────────╢
║ Proud Member of Team OS/2! ║
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