Gothbench V1.0 Copyright ©1996 by Ian M. Dixon. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGAL JARGON: Except for the sound files, these data files and documentation are Copyright ©1996 by Ian Dixon. All rights reserved. Gothbench is a freeware distribution. Gothbench is freely redistributable, meaning you may distribute it, provided this archive is intact and unaltered, compression excepted, and no copying fee is charged beyond the cost of media. It is not to appear on any commercial release or commercial freeware/shareware compilation without my written consent. I hereby give permission to Fred Fish and the compilers of the Aminet CD-ROMs. Nothing in this distribution is permitted to be used for commercial purposes, or for HTML documents on the World Wide Web, even if the Web site is non-commercial, without my written consent. NO LIABILITY IS ASSUMED FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OR ABUSE OF THESE DATA FILES OR ANYTHING INCLUDED. All trademarks appearing in this document belong to their respective owners. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Gothbench? Gothbench is a collection of preferences settings, Workbench wallpaper patterns, 4 and 16 color pointers, and IFF/8SVX system bell sound files designed to give your desktop a Darker look and feel. I looked at the preview for MagicWB, having heard much about it and was a little dissatisfied. The palette was way too bright for my personal taste, and the patterns looked a little dull, so I just made a palette that worked well with the icons in more and more Aminet releases, and being a computer art major anyway, designed background patterns, pointers, and so forth. I worked so hard on this project and, if I may say so myself, was so happy with the results that I decided to polish it up a little bit and release it as freeware. There is an IFF/ILBM preview picture in the main directory with thumbnails of all the wallpaper patterns and another with all the mouse pointers. The sound files were acquired from Amiga demos and such; I believe they're freely distributable. If you have a copyright on any one of them and object to it being included in this package, please write/e-mail me at the address below and I will gladly remove it. :) ----- Requirements Gothbench requires at least AmigaOS 2.0 and 512K of chip memory. AmigaOS3.0 or greater, 1 meg of chip, and a hard drive are highly recommended. ----- Installation Sorry, there's no installation script, as I don't have any docs on Installer yet. If anyone has them and they aren't copyrighted, please mail them to me. ;) AmigaOS3.0+ 1) If you want to keep your old settings, copy the SYS:prefs/env-archive drawer to another called SYS:prefs/env-archive2 or something. 2) Copy the contents of the Gothbench/prefs drawer to Env-Archive: 3) Copy the other files anywhere on your hard-disk or floppy. (A good place is in SYS:Prefs/Presets) 4) Run WBPattern in your workbench Prefs drawer. 5) Select Type:Picture and select a backdrop for your Workbench from the Gothbench/Patterns drawer. 6) Select Placement:Windows, Type:Picture, and select a backdrop for disk/drawer windows from the Gothbench/Patterns drawer. Click Save. 7) Run Prefs/Sound, and make sure Make Sound and Sound Type: Sampled Sound are selected. 8) Click on Select Sample and pick a sound from Gothbench/Sounds to play. 9) If you have MCP, there are three 16-Color pointers in the Pointers/16col drawer. See the MCP guide for selecting 16 color pointers, and make sure you select the BusyPointer with the same number as your normal Pointer. There are 4 color versions you can Paste into Prefs/Pointer in Pointers/4col. 10) Reboot and enjoy! AmigaOS <3.0 As above, except 4-6. To use the background patterns, I recommend using Tapete, available on Aminet. However, I believe you'll have to remap them with a good paint program as they're in 4 bit (16 color) greyscale, rather than using the Gothbench palette. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gothbench is Gothware. If you make use of it, you must wear black all day the day after you install it and mope around a lot. White makeup, lipstick, and eyeliner will get you a free upgrade and a lot of second looks. ;) It is not permitted to use the background patterns on World Wide Web pages without my written consent. See "LEGAL JARGON." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions and comments to: IRC: BoySnstr (Boy Sinister), usually Undernet EMail: compdoc2@access.mountain.net SnailNet: Ian Dixon 1620 Oak St. Parkersburg, WV 26101 USA Shameless Plug: WWW: http://www.mountain.net/~compdoc2 Best viewed with IBrowse, Netscape, or any other browser that supports tables. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------