What is Magic Workbench?

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4 total messages Started by Dan Ritter Sat, 06 Apr 1996 05:03

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Author: Dan Ritter
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 05:03

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I think the title say's it all.  By the way I'm running an Amiga 1200 with an 
IBM SVGA monitor for productivity and a Commodore 1702 composite monitor for 
games.

L8ter 8-]

Re: What is Magic Workbench?

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Author: Jonathan Gapen
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 07:25

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In article <4k4tvj$2p3@globe.lynx.bc.ca> you@somehost.somedomain (Dan Ritter) writes:
> I think the title say's it all.  By the way I'm running an Amiga 1200 with an 
> IBM SVGA monitor for productivity and a Commodore 1702 composite monitor for 
> games.

   MagicWB is a collection of icons and backdrops that conform to a single 8
color palette intended to improve the look of the Workbench.  In the shareware
MagicWB 2.0 package, there are a couple of programs, one to lock the Workbench
colors so the icons look right, and another to support Workbench backdrops
under AmigaOS 2.x.
   If you're looking to improve the look of the Workbench, you should check
out NewIcons, in addition to MagicWB.  There's also a program on Aminet called
MWB2NI which can convert MagicWB icons into NewIcon images, so they look right
without the need to run the palette locking program.

-- 
Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?

Re: What is Magic Workbench?

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Author: Michael
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 09:54

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Hi,

On 6 Apr 1996, Jonathan Gapen wrote:

>    MagicWB is a collection of icons and backdrops that conform to a single 8
> color palette intended to improve the look of the Workbench.  In the shareware
> MagicWB 2.0 package, there are a couple of programs, one to lock the Workbench
> colors so the icons look right, and another to support Workbench backdrops
> under AmigaOS 2.x.
>    If you're looking to improve the look of the Workbench, you should check
> out NewIcons, in addition to MagicWB.  There's also a program on Aminet called
> MWB2NI which can convert MagicWB icons into NewIcon images, so they look right
> without the need to run the palette locking program.
>
> --
> Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@execpc.com)
> Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
>
>

Then if you get tired of the way that MWB looks, cost and want something
better, try Iconographics IMO.

It is Freeware and you get much better looking icons and you can still use
NewIcon to lock the color of the icon, in the icon.

It can be found at AmiNet in...

IGfx30.lha         pix/icon   744K  14+Iconographics 3.0 - Icon/NewIcon
                                        Collection.

...and if you want even more icons, try...

UselessIcons.lha   pix/icon   115K  17+Icons & backgrounds for
                                        Iconographics.

...so there you have it.


Michael (shotgun@slip.net)

Founding member of S.A.D. (Slipnet A Disappointment)

Now with new members!!

Re: What is Magic Workbench?

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Author: Bill Near
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 02:27

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On 6 Apr 1996 05:03:47 GMT, Dan Ritter articulated:
<> I think the title say's it all.  By the way I'm running an Amiga 1200 with an 
<> IBM SVGA monitor for productivity and a Commodore 1702 composite monitor for 
<> games.

MagicWorkbench is a set of replacement icons for the Amiga.
They are more colorful than the original C= icons. IMHO,
NewIcons is a nicer looking package. ;-) Both are available
on the Aminet.

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