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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