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Workbench 1.x enhancements
« on: January 28, 2010, 10:46:04 AM »
For no real practical reason, Ive always wanted to have a try at making a nice as possible Workbench 1.x setup, but I really dont know where to start. OS3.x I've used for years (and still do sometimes) so know it pretty well, along with all it's enhancement type software (afa_os/zune, mui, magicmenu2,blazewcp,birdie,powerwindows,visual prefs,dopus mag,etc,etc), but really am at a loss with os1.x. Most of my amiga use in the 1.x days was game related, and I didnt have a harddrive,etc. Anyone able help get me started please ?
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 11:51:33 AM »
I had similar question here long time ago.

I'm interested answers allso. I've a500 and gvp hd+8 with 1.3 rom
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Offline Matt_H

Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 12:10:26 PM »
Old Fred Fish disks are probably your best bet for WB 1.x
 

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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 12:23:58 PM »
Doesn't the lack of Arexx mean you would have to do everything in 68k code?
I remember a few tools but 2.04 come on scene fairly quickly so I don't think you will find much.
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 01:04:16 PM »
This could be a start (and a shameless plug, I know :):

http://aminet.net/package/pix/icon/WB13Icons

Two small utilities to set your 1.3 Workbench to 8 colors, by editing a binary configuration file you can set the palette by yourself, plus a couple of converted NewIcons. I also remember an utility to display a 4 color wallpaper on the Workbench.

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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2010, 01:24:00 PM »
I found this on Aminet.

"MAGIC WORKBENCH for OS1.3!  Icons, template and progs included."

http://aminet.net/package/pix/mwb/MagicWB1.3
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2010, 01:33:59 PM »
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Doesn't the lack of Arexx mean you would have to do everything in 68k code?


ARexx was available for 1.x as a seperate package. IIRC it was even distributed on a Fish disk.

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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2010, 01:40:59 PM »
Thanks guys. I also found this, which sounds potentially interesting.
http://aminet.net/search?query=powersource
Will check these out after work tomorrow :-) (late here and early morning tomorrow).
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2010, 02:28:57 PM »
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ARexx was available for 1.x as a seperate package. IIRC it was even distributed on a Fish disk.


Wasn't it a commercial product?
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
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Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2010, 11:26:44 PM »
Funny, I've been thinking about doing the same thing for a while. I used to have a Workbench disk we got from a guy who copied a lot of disks for us back in the 80s, called "Alan's Workbench". I remember it had heaps of useful utilities, a disk copier, and it was laid out differently to the standard 1.3 Workbench. I recently found the disk, but it's full of mould and wrecked my floppy drive when I tried to read it. Luckily I found a cleaning disk on eBay and fixed the drive, but the disk is rooted.

I'm working on a 4 colour icon set for Workbench 2/3, so I'll swap all the colours around and resave them for Workbenc 1 too. It won't be a full set, just the main ones and a few default icons.

I found this on Aminet, it looks like it's packed full of goodies to try http://aminet.net/package/misc/antiq/OldHacks

It'll be good to have an enhanced 1.3/1.4 disk to run on the A500s here.
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Offline Matt_H

Re: Workbench 1.x enhancements
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2010, 02:41:23 AM »
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Wasn't it a commercial product?


Yep. I have it. Installed it on the 1.3 partition of my SuperKickstart A3000. :)

It's arranged a little differently from the ARexx shipped with 2.x+, no doubt due to the different directory structures of the 1.3 and 2.x OSes.