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AVAILABLE: THE OS/2 Icon Collection #9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fredng@io.org)
Sat Aug 26 12:07:16 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 07:59:05 GMT
From: fredng@io.org
Reply-To: fredng@io.org
Submitted by: Fred Ng (fredng@io.org)
Source: Fred Ng (fredng@io.org)
Date received: 1995 August 24
Date posted: 1995 August 26
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THE OS/2 Icon Collection #9 has been uploaded to the following FTP sites:
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming
There are three editions of THE OS/2 Icon Collection:
IconEase Edition: ticn09ie.zip
Icon Heaven Edition: ticn09ih.zip
Standard .ICO Edition: ticn09ic.zip
To decompress them with the EAs intact, InfoZIP's Unzip (OS/2 port) 5.12 or
later is required.
What is THE OS/2 Icon Collection Anyway?
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THE OS/2 Icon Collection is one of the largest OS/2 2.x/3.0 icon
collections on the Internet, with over 3000 (3375 to be exact) icons.
If you've been longing for some high-quality 32x32x256/40x40x256 icons
to dress up your OS/2 Desktop, then you must get it! They are also great
for decorating your homepages, too!
The Rationale Behind Three Different Editions...
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There are always more than one approach to solving a problem, and
sometimes there is not a significantly superior one. In this case, we want
to enjoy drag-n-drop icon assignments, yet without the waste in precious
disk space, esp. when storing the thousands of icons (in .ICO format) on
FAT partitions, where clusters could be as big as 64KB. The two proprietary
icon storage formats introduced here provide built-in compression, saving up
to 61% of disk space over the standard .ICO format (based on my tests on
HPFS, results are more impressive under FAT). Dave Lester uses the notebook
metaphor in IconEase, whereas Paul van Keep takes advantage of folders in Icon
Heaven. I can't really recommend one over another, so you might want to try
them out first before deciding which program to go for. They are available
at the following locations:
IconEase 2.02 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/graphics/icone202.zip
Icon Heaven 1.10 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/wpsutil/fih110.zip
For those who have huge HPFS partitions, the standard .ICO edition
might be the one for you; it retains the standard OS/2 .ICO format, which
would be more convenient if you are planning to convert some of the icons
for use on your homepages.
