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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

827.0. "Eight Color Wb" by AUTHOR::MACDONALD (WA1OMM Listening 224.28) Mon Oct 19 1987 22:23

    Okay .. so the price of DEC stock fell $41 today. Take your mind
    off it by converting your Workbench to 8 colors instead of 4. Its
    an extraordinarily easy modification that involves changing one
    byte on the Kickstart disk. The file EIGHT.ARC on PAULY"AMIGA"::
    gives you everything you need.
    
    Have fun ... nothing like 8 color animated icons!!
    
    Paul
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827.1So Who's Done It?DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Wed Oct 21 1987 17:006
    Sheeesh ... no less than 20 people downloaded EIGHT.ARC to chnage
    their systems into 8 colors workbenches. BTW it only works with
    A1000s. So, let's hear how it went. Anyone successful?
    
    You know for sure that it works when ANYTIME pops up in eight color
    mode on Workbench!
827.2what, me lazy?LEDS::ACCIARDIWed Oct 21 1987 17:084
    I got a little intimidated (read: lazy) when I saw all the associated
    work I had to do to get it to work.  Maybe this weekend when the
    wife is sawing logs late at night...
    
827.3It's really easy !!DDMAIL::ANDREWSJust living a life of illusionWed Oct 21 1987 18:4414
    I DID IT!!! It's not nearly as hard as I thought.  All you have
    to do is patch the kickstart disk.  Then run the setcolor program.
    
    The hardest part was remembering to take write protect off the
    kickstart disk when I was patching it. ;-)
    
    I found that the rest of the directions were for if you wanted to
    change the icons you already have.  Just copy the sample ones to
    the root directory of your workbench disk, and open the disk.
    
    I still have to find a way to change the icons that I use, and figure
    out how to animate them.
                                            
    				Rob
827.4Diskzap or disksecedit....??LAUSAN::BLANCPhil Lausanne-CH 22-OCT-1987 09:50Thu Oct 22 1987 06:323
    I need a disk sector editor to try this.
    Please pointer for it.
    Phil
827.5Munch?HAZEL::MELLITZThu Oct 22 1987 08:492
    How much more memory does it eat up?
    ... Rich
827.6Cant access PAULY"AMIGA"AMULET::HALVERSONThis space intentionally filled inThu Oct 22 1987 09:025
    Whats the correct format for accessing pauly"amiga"?  I have tried
    but the system does not recognize pauly"amiga" as a node name.
    
    help!!!
    
827.7LEDS::ACCIARDIThu Oct 22 1987 09:534
    Re: .5
    
    The 8 color Workbench should use 48K vs 32K for a 4 color version.
    
827.8..SZOFNA::CBODINEC.B.Thu Oct 22 1987 14:287
    re: .6
    
    ask your "system mangler" to update the decnet database for node
    PAULY.
    
    regards,
    Chris
827.9AUTHOR::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Thu Oct 22 1987 20:335
    PAULY has been around for almost 3 years ...
    
    Do a DIR PAULY"AMIGA"::
    
    
827.10AMULET::HALVERSONThis space intentionally filled inMon Oct 26 1987 14:005
    I ca do a dir of PAULY but when I go to copy something from there
    I get a message that says invalid login info at remote note or
    something to that effect.  Could someone reply with the command
    they use to get files from here?  Maybe I am typing something in
    error.. 
827.11Here's how I do itHYSTER::DEARBORNTrouvez MieuxMon Oct 26 1987 15:0511
    copy pauly"amiga"::filename.ext filename.ext
    
                          ^      ^    ^       ^
                        the name of   the name you
                        the file      want it to
                        you want      give it on
                        from PAULY    your system
    
    That's all.
    
    
827.12I got it thanks..AMULET::HALVERSONThis space intentionally filled inWed Oct 28 1987 08:246
    Thanks for the info I was able to get the file.  I was using a batch
    copy file that which apparently did not like the pauly"amiga" node.
    I then tried the plain copy command and it worked.
    
    thanks again...Steve
    
827.13Why WORKBENCH "really" only has 4 colorsLABC::GRAYThu Dec 03 1987 18:2319
    
         Note:
    
    	    The Amiga's custom graphic coprocessors are specially designed
    	    to handle two-bitplane-deep screen refreshing 100% transparent
    	    to the operation of the 68000.  If you increase the number
            of bitplanes displayed in any given Amiga screen, the Amiga
    	    graphics engine will take slightly longer to refresh the
    	    screen and thus will lock the 68000 off the buss during
            time when it is able to use it.
    
    	    But then again, just think of how the poor Atari ST owners
    	    feel... :-)
    
    	-Tom
    
    "The Surgeon General has determined that color video is hazardous
     to your system performance as a whole."
    
827.14DISK SECTOR EDITOR PLEASEPOLAR::GOSLINGKANATA MFG I.S.Fri Jan 08 1988 12:1015
       re: .4
       
       I don't see any follow up to Phil's request for a disk sector
       editor (perhaps he was answered by mail!?).
       
       I would also like to try this out, but haven't a disk sector
       editor at my disposal.  I have looked through most of the "public"
       directories, but couldn't find DISKX, or DISKED, or anything else
       that resembled either of them.
       
       HELP!
       
       Art
       
827.15BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonFri Jan 08 1988 14:575
    look for Sectorama on one of the more recent FISH or other public
    domain disks.  It might be in the Enet FISH directory by now.
    
    -dave
827.16look for FF102LAUSAN::BLANCPhil Lausanne-CH 8-JAN-1988 21:09Fri Jan 08 1988 15:164
    re:.14
    
    I found sectorama on FF102
    Phil
827.17as simple as thatPOLAR::GOSLINGKANATA MFG I.S.Fri Jan 08 1988 15:467
       Sectorama - got it!
       
       Thanks for pointing it out to me.
       
       Art
       
827.18warm restart ---> kickstart...LAUSAN::BLANCPhil Lausanne-CH 8-JAN-1988 22:16Fri Jan 08 1988 16:268
    Using 8 colors is great but....
    
    I have to reload kickstart each time I will to restart my machine,so
    pressing ctrl-a-a ( or the infamous GURU) and then the kistart logo...
    Is it correct or did I miss something ?
    The loading of 8 colored kickstart is ok each time and I have the
    8 colors....
    Phil
827.19Update the checksumDDMAIL::ANDREWSHow come nobody told *ME*?Fri Jan 08 1988 17:497
    Phil,
    
    You forgot to do the part where it says to update the checksum.
    That's the reason you must start from scratch.  It thinks Kickstart
    is corrupted.
    
    					Rob
827.20block 247 AND 512 are modified...LAUSAN::BLANCPhil Lausanne-CH 9-JAN-1988 00:49Fri Jan 08 1988 18:546
    I did update the checksum wich is at block 512 if I remember.....
    And without changing this block you wouldn't be able to load kickstart
    either... Am I correct..???
    This is as far I remember,I will check when at home....
    
    Phil