
Archive Filename: THEIcn07.zip (Feb. 25, 1995)

Description: This is THE OS/2 Icon Collection #7.  It contains over 2700
             (2719 to be exact) OS/2 icons, many of them unavailable else-
             where.  IMHO, this is the best ensemble of OS/2 2.x/3.0 icons
             on the Internet!

Location of archive (in URL): ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/multimed/icons

What's changed in this new release?
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     THEIcn07.zip introduces 380 new/improved icons from various sources
(Peter Conteos, Cris McRae, Greg Roelofs, and myself).  The more important
change is the switch to Paul van Keep's excellent .FIM format in storing
the icons; although it requires Paul's Icon Heaven to use the icon
collection, the saving in disk space (up to 61% in my case) is well worth
the small effort in setting up the program!

Purpose of Existence & Clarification:
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 Q: The general quality of the icons in OS/2 Warp Version 3 is much higher
    than those in OS/2 2.x, why would I want to waste several megabytes of
    disk space in storing these icons?
 A: Good point.  I don't know why, but people (at least me and my friends)
    seem to be obsessed with getting their desktops look unique and cool,
    thus justifying the presence of "THE OS/2 Icon Collection" on their hard
    drives...

Note: You may find some of the icons in this file are seen in other .ZIPs
      on ftp.cdrom.com.  It is because I selectively chose them from other
      icon collections in an attempt to create a "One Library for All" OS/2
      icon compilation to ease the burden of people who are new to OS/2 or
      Internet, so that they can get started in exploring the power of OS/2,
      without worrying whether they've got all the "good" icons or not.
      Should any of you find any of the icons included in THEIcn07.zip in-
      fringe your copyright, feel free to e-mail me, and I will remove the
      icon(s) in question promptly.  I fully respect the idea of intellec-
      tual property, and would do my part to protect it.

Disclaimers (taken out of context from the GNU General Public Licence):
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     Since this icon collection is distributed free of charge, there is no
warranty for it of any kind.  USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.  In no event I would
be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental,
consequential, physical, and psychological damages arising out of the use
or inability to use the icons (including but not limited to loss of precious
disk space or time or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure
of the icons to display decently on your 640x480/800x600 desktop), even if
I have been advised of the possibility of such damages. (whew!  was that
long or what?)  IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT FLAMING ME IF YOU
THINK THE ICONS SUCK (many OS/2ers do resent using 32x32x16 icons - those
converted from Windows, basically); INSTEAD, DRAW/IMPROVE/ENHANCE SOME ICONS
TO REPLACE THEM!  I'm only maintaining this archive in good will, and I expect
nothing but appreciation of my effort!  How much effort did I put in?  That's
open to interpretation... ;-)

Instructions:
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  I) How to decompress this file:
          To decompress the icons with the EAs intact, use Info-ZIP's Unzip
          (5.0p1 or later).

 II) How to utilize the icons:
          Since the icons are stored in the .FIM format, you need to get
          Paul van Keep's Icon Heaven from your favourite BBS or FTP site.
          The current version is 1.05, and is available from 
          ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/32bit/sysutils under the filename
          fih105.zip.  Before running the installation script for THE
          OS/2 Icon Collection (Install.CMD), you need to have Icon Heaven
          installed on your system first.  For instructions in setting up
          and using the program, please refer to readme.1st included in
          Icon Heaven.

III) Hi-Res Icons:
          40x40 icons requires OS/2 2.x/3.0 to be running at 1024x768 or
          higher resolutions to be displayed properly.  For systems with
          lower resolutions the quality of some icons might not be that
          good, since 32x32x16 simply can't do justice to some highly-
          detailed images.

Acknowledgements (presented in alphabetical order):
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     Tore Bredeli Joergensen <toreb@brosme.dhmolde.no>
     Alan Choi <alanchoi@fsw.utoronto.ca>
     Peter Conteos <conteos@io.org>
     Jose R. Gonzalez <jrg7@cornell.edu>
          [filename of collection: wowicon2.zip]
     John M. Hughes <jmh%cerberus.uucp@noao.edu>
          [filename of collection: techicon.zip]
     Michael Kilby <Michael.Kilby@f347.n109.z1.fidonet.org>
     Cris McRae <cris@bt.quake.com>
     Hugh Preston <hpreston@emh.osan.af.mil>
     Greg Roelofs <roe2@midway.uchicago.edu>
     James Ullom <E-mail address unknown>
     Paul van Keep <pvk@acm.org>
          [filename of program archive: fih105.zip]
     James Wang <wangjam@skule.ecf.toronto.edu>
     [*** Some of your icons are seen in the library, yet
      your name isn't listed above?  Send me your address!]

To anyone who has some nifty icons which are not contained in this archive:
                  ͻ
                             E-MAIL THEM TO:         
                              fredng@io.org          
                  Ķ
                   Proud Member of Team OS/2 Canada! 
                  ͼ

                            *** Have Fun!!! ***
