THE OS/2 Icon Collection #10 (Mar. 23, 1996)
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THE OS/2 Icon Collection #10 has been uploaded to the following FTP sites:

     ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming
        [to be moved to ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/multimedia/icons]
     ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming
        [to be moved to ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/multimed/icons]

There are three editions available:

     IconEase Edition: ticn10ie.zip
     Icon Heaven Edition: ticn10ih.zip
     Standard .ICO Edition: ticn10ic.zip

To decompress them with the EAs intact, InfoZIP's Unzip (latest OS/2 version
5.12 - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/archiver/unz512x2.exe) is required.

What is THE OS/2 Icon Collection Anyway?
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     THE OS/2 Icon Collection is one of the largest/best (IMHO) OS/2 2.x/3.0
icon collections on the Internet, with over 3700 (3765 to be exact) icons.
If you've been longing for some high-quality icons to dress up your OS/2
Desktop, then you must get it!  They are also great for decorating your
homepages, too!  For those of you who have Hobbes Archived/Ready to Run for
OS/2 CD-ROMs from Walnut Creek, many of the icons in this library are
featured there; however, they haven't been updating their collection since
late 1994 (many icons are from #6), so you'll miss several hundred new/
improved ones added over the past year and a half if you don't want to set
aside some HD space for icon storage.

Why 3 Different Editions?
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     There are always more than one approach to solving a problem, and
sometimes there is not a significantly superior one.  In this case, we want
to enjoy drag-n-drop icon assignments, yet without the waste in precious
disk space, esp. when storing the thousands of icons (in .ICO format) on
FAT partitions, where clusters could be as big as 32KB.  The two proprietary
icon storage formats introduced here provide built-in compression, saving up
to 61% of disk space over the standard .ICO format (based on my tests on
HPFS, results are more impressive under FAT).  Dave Lester uses the notebook
metaphor in IconEase, whereas Paul van Keep takes advantage of folders in Icon
Heaven.  I can't really recommend one over another, so you might want to try
them out first before deciding which program to go for.  They are available
at the following locations:

     IconEase 2.02 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/graphics/icone202.zip

     Icon Heaven 1.11 - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/incoming/fih111.zip
                                      *to be moved to*
                        ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/wpsutil/fih111.zip

     For those who have large HPFS partitions, the standard .ICO edition
might be the one for you; it retains the standard OS/2 .ICO format, which
would be more convenient if you are planning to convert some of the icons
for use on your homepages.  Otherwise, get either the IconEase or Icon
Heaven edition...

                           *** Have fun!!! ***

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