What is the best icon set to use on A2000 with 3.1

[blakespot]

Interesting post...

So, I have an Amiga 2000 w/ an A2620 14.3MHz 68020 card (+FPU+MMU) with 2MB 32-bit FAST RAM, 4MB 16-bit FAST RAM, 1MB CHIP RAM.

I have an Indivision ECS out to a 19-inch Sony CRT. I use the flicker-fixed video out on that 19-inch when I'm doing anything on the Workbench. (I also have a 1084 on the unit, that I tend to look at for demos and games.)

Right now I am using an icon-set the name of which I can't perfectly recall. MWB? I am running in 640x400 with 8 colors. I spend most time using Workbench to launch games and demos via WHDLoad, and also to transfer them into the system with AmiTCP, ncftp, A-Web, etc (wired ethernet on the A2000) often tying to my OS X machine across the room where I download for the Amiga.

So what icon-set am I running?

http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/download/file.php?id=781
(I think this image is the 640x400 WB in PAL mode, as I switched with Degrader to run some demos thru CLI, so everything is slightly vertically squished.)

A Vine that shows a little of it:
https://vine.co/v/iq3ijdhzeJD

Which might be better? What is this about an icon.library? Is there a faster approach I can get than what comes w/ 3.1? Thanks.



bp

[blakespot]

Attached files:
1 - Plain, boring, ugly Workbench.jpg
2 - Workbench with MagicWB icons.jpg
3 - Mike's Workbench 1.7.2016.jpg

Quite nice.

What would you with a system like mine as far as making it gussied up a bit in the WB? I am running 3.1 in A2000 w/ 14MHz 68020, 6MB FAST, 1MB CHIP, Indivision ECS. I am currently using MagicWB icons.

I used to have an '060 and a Picasso II in this '060, but I sold them, thinking I'd just not be spending much time on the WB. But...your setup has me wanting to spend lots of time with the A2000. I should've kept that '060!

( Also, didn't you sell me an Indivision AGA a few years ago? I'm in Alexandria, VA. )

Thanks.


bp

[blakespot]

No no no.  Icon.library is built into ROM.  With 3.5 and 3.9 they "look on the disk" to see if there's a newer version first, as opposed to automatically using the version that's on the ROM.

3.0/3.1 isn't that smart, so you need to force it to use the updated version on your disk by putting either the LoadModule or LoadResident command before SetPatch in your Startup-Sequence:

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LoadResident >NIL: LIBS:icon.library REBOOT


I did this and the command fails, indicating (when I remove NIL) that icon.library object already exists. I have A2000 w/ 68020 (using 68020 icon.library, or trying) and 3.1 ROM and WB 3.1.

I renamed old icon.library and put the 020 icon.library in LIBS: as the orig name (icon.library).

Ideas? Tnx.

[blakespot]

Setpatch is not the first line in my s-s. But I put this line just before setpatch.

So this needs to be the first line? It can't be really, as I have logic checking to see if Rom is 1.3 or 3.1 and then redirection to scripts to load appropriate Workbench.

bp

[blakespot]

Huh. If I told you that I was putting load resident before setpatch but halfway through the startup sequence script, would you anticipate that I would get a object already present error like I'm getting? It is before set patch as I have it now.

I guess load resident after a reboot doesn't do it's thing again after checking to see if what it loaded is already loaded.

 If I comment out the load resident line in the startup sequence and boot the system, I get no error. This is after having replaced the 3K icon.library file with the 38K or so modified icon.library file. Would you expect a smooth boot? Is there anyway it's actually loaded on it's own under 3.1?

 Thanks for the help, by the way.


bp