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Offline Cammy

Re: Software additions to spruce up my A1200 WB screen
« on: September 09, 2012, 10:23:22 PM »
Don't bother with 3.5 and 3.9 if you don't have an accelerator. How much RAM do you have, and what type of card is it on? On top of a fresh Workbench installation if you want it to look nicer you should install these programs, then download some graphics/icon packs for them:

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/mui38usr
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/VisualPrefs
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/birdie2000
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/NewIcons46
http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/FullPalette22
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/titleshadow

To help speed things up a bit, install these ones:

http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/Blazewcp
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/fblit
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/FText
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/MemOptimizer
http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/PatchRAM
http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/MinStack
http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/envhandler

With these programs running, I made my A1200's 16 colour Workbench look like this:
A1200 030@28Mhz/2MB+32MB/RTC/KS3.1/IDE-CF+4GB/4-Way Clockport Expander/IndivisionAGA/PCMCIA NIC
A1200 020@14Mhz/2MB+8MB/FPU/RTC/KS3.0/IDE-CF+2GB/S-Video
CD32 020@14Mhz/2MB+8MB/RTC/KS3.1/IDE-CF+4GB
A600 030@30Mhz/2MB+64MB/RTC/IDE-CF+4GB/Subway USB/S-Video/PCMCIA NIC/USB Numeric Keypad+Hub+Mouse+Control Pad
A500 000@7Mhz/512kB+512kB/ROM Switcher/KS3.1+1.3/S-Video

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