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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: garyg on May 03, 2024, 08:29:34 PM

Title: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: garyg on May 03, 2024, 08:29:34 PM: the cursor is becoming harder to see as I get older.

I went to the Pointer prefs but I don't see a way to increase the
size of the Workbench pointer (cursor). I'm not looking to change
the appearance of the pointer, just make it larger.

Thanks in advance,
Gary
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: lionstorm on May 03, 2024, 09:33:00 PM: what is your resolution and your AmigaOS version ?
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: garyg on May 03, 2024, 09:55:26 PM: I'm running OS 3.9
I don't know my resolution offhand but I have a Picasso IV card
and Picasso 96, so it is a high resolution
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: Boing-ball on May 03, 2024, 10:35:20 PM: Quote from: garyg on May 03, 2024, 09:55:26 PM
I'm running OS 3.9
I don't know my resolution offhand but I have a Picasso IV card
and Picasso 96, so it is a high resolution

Go to Prefs then Screenmode. It will tell you there if it’s 640x480, 800x600 etc…
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: garyg on May 04, 2024, 12:13:41 AM: 1024 x 768, 64K colors
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: krize on May 05, 2024, 12:24:59 PM: You can try the bigsprite tooltype on the monitor in devs, remove brackets:
BIGSPRITE=Yes
>> (https://michalsc.github.io/Emu68/tutorials/img/p96/step_04.png) ..
Title: Re: Can someone advise me on how to make my Workbench pointer larger?
Post by: garyg on May 05, 2024, 01:38:29 PM: Thanks, I'll try it

Curiously, the pointer (cursory) has not changed in Workbench and Diskmaster
but in Bar&Pipes Professional it did! Perhaps this is because the default
pointer in B&P Pro is a saxophone (the founding President was a sax player),
so I've always changed it to the Workbench pointer option, but I don't know
why the larger pointer is not displayed when I'm in Workbench.