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- 16 November 1994
-
- I'm one of those people who just can't get enough knobs and buttons. The
- more the better. I have this recurring fantasy that involves connecting
- the front panel from an IBM 360/65 mainframe to my PS/2...
-
- Ah, well, back to reality. These are 40 x 40 256 color icons based on what
- could be called a "techie" theme. Lots of knobs, buttons, displays, and
- other hi-tech doo-dads. They were created using both the old Microsoft
- icon editor and the newer OS/2 2.0 icon editor. In any case, if you want
- to modify them or use the blank templates, select the 8514 device from
- the device list. The palette file is for use with the OS/2 2.x icon editor.
-
- They are a bit on the large side in terms of file size, but I believe
- that's because the display and palette information for more than one
- device type has been embedded into each icon file. But, I could be wrong.
-
- They are 40 x 40 because that's the default icon size for OS/2's desktop.
- The OS/2 icon editor defaults to 32 x 32 (the old OS/2 1.3 icon editor
- can go to 64 x 64 without any unnecessary pain). Consequently, a 32 x 32
- or 64 x 64 icon tends to look rather, uhm, lame, on the default 2.x
- desktop. It has a lot to do with the fact that neither 32 or 64 will
- expand or reduce to 40 x 40 in a graceful fashion. Why are things this
- way? Hey, do I look like a learned sage from Boca Raton? Not hardly. I'm
- totally clueless on this one.
-
- Anyway, I hope you enjoy scattering these little works of art about your
- desktop as much as I do. They are fun to make, too.
-
- John M. Hughes
- jmh%cerberus.uucp@noao.edu
-