Subj : Re: Portability of Amiga
To   : BENNY PEDERSEN
From : DENNIS SMITH
Date : Tue Oct 21 2003 16:56:00

-=> BENNY PEDERSEN wrote to DENNIS SMITH <=-

 BP> Hello DENNIS!

 BP> 26 Jun 03 23:34, DENNIS SMITH wrote to RENE LAEDERACH:

 DS> Since then, I learned about 'fsck.' Now, the A1 is all fscked-up! =:o

 BP> good :-)

Hey! That means a good thing! ;-)

I've been knocking my eyeballs out on this new patch. MorphOS butterfly
icons anyone:

Hang on: ^K R > /root/UAE/workbench/OS35/PowerIcons.readme ....

Short:    NEW! 32bit PNG icons on your Amiga !!! (68K and MorphOS)
Uploader: uni-dea@jumpy.it (Elena - www.elena-fractals.it)
Author:   uni-dea@jumpy.it (Elena - www.elena-fractals.it)
Type:     util/wb
Requires: AmigaOS 3.5/3.9, Hi/True Color Workbench
Version:  1.0


 WHAT'S POWERICONS ??
 --------------------

  In short: PowerIcons is a patch allowing you to use PNG icons (24 bit with or
  without alpha channel) on your Amiga in a totally transparent and OS-friendly
  way!

  Also, it performs transparency for default icons (ala Ghosty) and true color
  mapping of standard Amiga icons (they can now be displayed in full quality
  with their real colors and without palette-based remapping)
<snip>

  PowerIcons if FREEWARE!
  Pretending to make money from a community who's trying to survive like Amiga
  community is simply SAD.
  PowerIcons is Copyright c 2003 Elena Novaretti
  Any commercial usage of this archive (whole or partially) is FORBIDDEN.
  PowerIcons may not be distributed without this accompanying README file.

<snip>

 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------

  All you need is AmigaOS 3.5 or 3.9 running an Hi/True Color Workbench,
  no special library or extra file is required.
  Please note that 8 bit screenmodes are NOT supported for obvious reasons!

  A very fast CPU and GFX Board is STRONGLY recommended.

  To fully enjoy PowerIcons you're suggested to use DefIcons and RAWBInfo
  (even if not required): how to live without them ? ;-)

  Oh, you need some nice PNG icons too, of course! (However, I included
  some nice examples made by me in the ExampleIcons drawer)
<snip>

 NOTE ABOUT MORPHOS VERSION
 --------------------------

  A very fast PowerPC version of PowerIcons is included for exclusive usage
  under MorphOS. Actually, the only people who may benefit from this version
  are Workbench users under MorphOS emulation (typically MorphOS 0.4 for
  Amiga PowerUP). DON'T try to launch the included PPC version (PowerIcons.elf)
  if you don't have MorphOS: your system will crash.

<snip>

 AUTHOR:

  Elena Novaretti
  www.elena-fractals.it
  <uni-dea@jumpy.it>


 PowerIcons has been developed on a Pegasos(tm) and compiled with the great
VBCC.
 PowerIconsPPC uses libz.a: many thanks to Gabriele Greco for porting an
ixemul-free
 libz to MorphOS :)

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 BP> ... and it works :)

Damn straight it works! :)

 BP> --- Msged/LNX 6.1.2 (Linux/2.4.20-20.8 (i686))
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.... I'm going bonkers without OS4 on this AmigaOne!
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