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- From: paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk (Paul Copsey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New IPREFS
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- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 22:03:04
- Organization: E. Scrooge's Humbug Factory
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- Thomas Karlsen (sledge@algonet.se) wrote:
- >
- > I have NewIcons installed and uses 32-colors. It's not that SLOW, very
- > acceptable. I have a 50Mhz 030 installed in my A1200 and it works just
- > fine on that one.
-
- Same here, but in 64 colours in Super72! That includes some 256 colour
- ones.
-
- > NewIcons are alot better then the MUI stuff. It's alot more colorful then
- > MUI. MUI feels like being in Poland or something.. grey sky and buildings
- > with a bit of sunshine that comes out of the polluted air.. :-)
-
- (It's MWB actually, but there's too many TLA's around ;-)
- When I get MWB icons I just convert them to Newicons now. Thankfully,
- the way I have my colours set, MWB icons look ok anyway.
-
- > Eventhough it would not hurt with a faster Iconsystem. But hey, try to
- > make Amiga Tech to do the AGA chipset running on 50Mhz instead :-)
-
- The icon system definitely needs an upgrade though. If the newicons
- idea could be hacked into the normal system (ie w/o using tooltypes)
- then that'd be great.
-
- Paul
-
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- "There's no price high enough to compensate for being surrounded by Narns."
- -- Talia Winters, "Legacies"
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