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Article #1013DOS AREA icons have been uploaded
From: slegge
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:52
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:52
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I have upload the file PROICONS.ZIP to MIR.ECO.UTEXAS.EDU in the \inbasket directory. It's the first time I've uploaded something to an FTP-site someone download it and see if it unzips properly? Thanks. I wanted to use the icons that are found in the DOS PROGRAMS area of GeoWorks Pro. I used the PC/GEOS screen dumper to take various snapshots of the icons in that area and then I clipped them into individual .PCX files. Then I used ICONMAKE 1.0 by MARCUS GROEBER to convert the PCX files into PC/GEOS icons. The resolution of the icons in the DOS PROGRAMS area were about 65x45x16 and in order to convert the files into usable PC/GEOS icons their resolutions had to be reduced to 48x30x16. This required a lot of tedious work, and in most cases the icons had to be completely redrawn. Unfortunately, the icons often don't look as crisp as the originals but I think it was the best that could be done with the utilities available to me. I often draw icons to suit my own needs -- I will upload them when I accumilate a large enough collection of quality icons. I would appreciate any suggestions and ideas that you have for icons -- it's difficult to come up with ideas for new ones. If you find the icons useful please drop me a line, or better yet, send me a postcard! I'm always interested to how wide-spread this work becomes! I should also mention, that I only made EGA versions of the icons and I don't know what they'll look like if you use PC/GEOS on a lesser quality monitor -- sorry. Stephen L. Legge 333 Newfoundland Drive St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA A1A 3R3 Internet: SLEGGE@kean.ucs.mun.ca PS. I was once told that I'm supposed to E-mail someone when uploading to MIR. Could someone tell me who that is so I can write him?
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.pcgeos Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!torn!csd.unb.ca!news.ucs.mun.ca!kean.ucs.mun.ca!slegge From: slegge@kean.ucs.mun.ca Subject: DOS AREA icons have been uploaded Message-ID: <1993Jan10.232216.1@kean.ucs.mun.ca> Lines: 41 Sender: usenet@news.ucs.mun.ca (NNTP server account) Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:52:16 GMT