
Archive Filename: THEIcn06.zip (Nov. 28, 1994)

Description: This is THE OS/2 Icon Collection #6.  It contains over 2300
             (2394 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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     THEIcn06.zip introduces 222 new/improved icons from various sources
(Alan Choi, John M. Hughes, James Ullom, OS/2 Warp V3, and myself).  Thanks
to Alan for the correction of some names.

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 THEIcn06.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 or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the icons
(including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate
or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the icons to
operate with any other programs), even if I have been advised of the possi-
bility of such damages.  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) My icons reside on a HPFS partition:
          Create a shadow object of your icon folder on your OS/2 Desktop.

III) My icons reside on a FAT partition:
          In order to let ALL OS/2 users enjoy the benefit of having
          meaningful filenames, .LONGNAME EA was used to store the long
          ones.  To see the long filenames, create a shadow object of
          the icon folder on your OS/2 Desktop, and bingo - now you can
          enjoy the same privilege of having cool, descriptive names that
          people with HPFS partitions have long enjoyed since OS/2 1.2!
      
 IV) 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>
     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>
     Hugh Preston <hpreston@emh.osan.af.mil>
     James Ullom <E-mail address unknown>
     James Wang <wangjam@skule.ecf.toronto.edu>

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! 
                      ͼ

                            *** Have Fun!!! ***
