Must have software downloads for an expanded amiga?

[giZmo350]

Excellent!  For anyone who comes along in the future, here's a link:

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4
 
This is a must-have for any Amiga system, IMHO.  :hammer:

OK, just D/L'ed and installed (too Easy with OS3.5)... Jumpin Jenny!!! Screen draw of icons is blazingly FAST! How did I ever miss this before? :insane: And icons no longer suck up all my chip mem!!! Thanks Mike!!!!

[Nobrainer]

Excellent!  For anyone who comes along in the future, here's a link:

http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4
 
This is a must-have for any Amiga system, IMHO.  :hammer:

Hey Mike,

I dropped the "icon.library_68020" to LIBS, rebooted and then what? Should the icons change? They didn't in my case or am I missing something? I dropped the "icon.library_68020" since I've got the ACA 1232/33, thought that one would suit better, correct?

Even tried to save the original icon.library and then rename the "icon.library_68020" to "icon.library" ... didn't work either.

What am I missing?

Also, can you please tell what the command line for the S-S-S should look like, for the SLFSMem, can't find it in the readme?

Thanks much!

[stefcep2]

Iconlib provides faster icon drawing routines and uses less chip ram.  It won't change the look of your icons.  You can do that by installing Magic Workbench Icons or Newicons or Scalos or severl other icon styles you can find on Aminet.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

To install icon.library, if you have Workbench 3.5 or 3.9 you just drop it in LIBS: (named icon.library) and the OS will load it automatically.  If you have 3.1 you need to use the LoadModule command.

If it helps I can take a screenshot of the S-S on my 3.1 system to show how I'm loading it there.

As @stefcep2 said, it doesn't change the look of the icons but provides faster routines for drawing them and less memory usage.  This is especially noticible when using high color screens or more advanced icon sets (i.e., you'll notice it more with GlowIcons than you would with standard 3.1 icons).  Complete list of what it changes is in it's ReadMe.

To install TLSFmem you drop the command in C: and put it in your Startup-Sequence, as high up near the top as possible.  No arguments needed, just C:TLSFmem.  On my 3.9 system I run it right after the soft-kicked ROM updates are loaded.  You can tell that it's running via the Memory tab in SysInfo.

Hope this helps!  

[Nobrainer]

@stefcep2

Right, thanks for your help, this will come handy for sure.

@Oldsmobile_Mike

Hey Mike, I have 3.9 and did everything as suggested and after reboot i got the Amiga dos screen so something's off with that TLSFmem, at least for me it does not work? So I booted with a workbench floppy and replaced the existing startup-sequence with a backup one and now it's back to previous/working setup.. thank G for having a backup in TEMP folder.

Thanks for your help too, much appreciated.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

@Oldsmobile_Mike
 
Hey Mike, I have 3.9 and did everything as suggested and after reboot i got the Amiga dos screen so something's off with that TLSFmem, at least for me it does not work? So I booted with a workbench floppy and replaced the existing startup-sequence with a backup one and now it's back to previous/working setup.. thank G for having a backup in TEMP folder.

You should always make a backup of your Startup-Sequence before making any changes.  You can use a utility like Directory Opus or DirWork to do this, or do it through the shell.  I would typically just do something like "copy S:Startup-Sequence to S:Startup-Sequence.bak", that way if things get all screwy you've got a copy right there to restore from.
 
Not sure why people are still having problems with TLSFmem, but I figured I'd wind up having to make a screenshot, so here's a copy of my Startup-Sequence from another thread, with notes.
 
Remember - it should go at the very beginning, after any lines that trigger a reboot.  That means if you're running 3.9 the best place to stick it is right after the ROM updates are soft-kicked.  No arguments are needed, just stick TLSFmem into your C: directory and run it as "C:TLSFmem" (without the quotes).

If you want to check what version of it you have, just drop down to a shell prompt, CD into the C: directory, and type "version tlsfmem".  You should have 1.4, 1.6, or 1.9, depending on where you got it.

TLSFmem isn't a magic bullet that will make everything faster, it's just a patch to prevent memory fragmentation.  I'd link to a copy of the technical details but the author's website appears to have gone down sometime in the past couple days.  Here is a link to it's original announcement here on this site:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47129

Last, you should get rid of any other patches that also change how memory is managed before running TLSFmem since they might cause conflicts.
 
Thanks Chris Hodges for this great program!
 
Screenshot below: