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- STANDARDIZED AMIGA SHAREWARE GROUP
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- PRESENTS
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- MagicWB v2.0
- ============
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- The definitive WB-Enhancer no Amiga can do without. MagicWB is a full
- replacement for the graphic user interface of the Workbench and has be-
- come the standard on the Amiga. MagicWB 2.0 is completely restructured on
- a new color-allocation scheme which more than doubles the speed of the WB
- and reduces chip-consumption to only a third compared with all previous
- versions and also features a highly improved color palette. MWB 2.0
- introduces a never-before-seen standard for over four dozen of new
- image-drawers to achieve a more diversified look on your WB. More icons,
- dock-brushes, a dozen of new patterns, fonts and a AA-support complete this
- special product.
-
- This is version 2.0e, a demonstration version of MagicWB 2.0 (full version).
-
- NOTE: When registering for MagicWB please send CASH whenever possible since
- ¯¯¯¯ other means of payment will slow down your registration and the
- delivery of your MagicWB disk considerably!
-
-
- The full version "MagicWB 2.0" (which you receive if you register) includes
- a variety of new features some of which are listed below:
-
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- NEW FEATURES
- ------------
-
- o MagicWB is an SASG product.
-
- o The conception of MagicWB has completely changed. Color allocation,
- management and display of the patterns and the color palette have been
- significantly altered and improved. It is highly recommended to update any
- older MagicWB version for the new color allocation system paves the way for
- all forthcoming MagicWB versions, also for the conceived 16-color-WB (of
- which the realization is dependent on the amount of registrations for this
- current version 2.0). Besides, many other program packages are already
- supporting the new color system.
-
- o A "demon" (a special utility) is now working in the background and
- watches over the correct color palette display under any resolution, screen
- depth and on any graphics board. He takes care of the palette
- re-allocation when a new screen is opened and checks which patterns have to
- be remapped or not. (OS3.x) Furthermore the user can now again define his
- own colors for the cursor without getting in conflict with the MagicWB
- palette.
-
- o Due to the new color system MagicWB has become 2-3 times faster than any
- previous version, nearly as fast as the original Commodore 4-color-WB! At
- the same time it needs 67% less chip memory and over 50% less diskspace on
- the system partition. The increase of speed is enormous. Also the
- patterns are displayed much faster without getting dithered anymore.
-
- o The MagicWB palette has been considerably improved, especially AA- and
- graphics board users will benefit from this new palette. Because of the
- fine increments of the 8-bit palette (8 bits per gun) the MagicWB palette
- could be optimized to the maximum of perfection. The palette is a little
- bit darker now to compensate for the old imperfection to manually decrease
- the black-level (brightness) of the monitor (since the old palette has
- always been too bright and resulted in a loss of the 3-D-effect of
- MagicWB's icons and patterns). Furthermore the gradient's 3-D-effect was
- improved by increasing the difference of the brightness level between the
- colors halfshine and halfshadow. This results in a strong 3-D-effect of
- the brown and gray gradients. Finally, the saturation of all colors is
- increased which leads to a far more vivid workbench with richer colors.
-
- o As a foretaste of the planned AA-version, MagicWB already offers a
- AA-support: Some new patterns exploit the possibilities of the AA-Chipset
- by using the copper in a way which results in a workbench background with a
- 24-bit color-gradient. This smashing workstation-look just needs a
- 16-color workbench in conjunction with MagicWB and its new utility
- 'MagicCopper'.
-
- o The patterns (in a new format now) will also work under OS2.x without
- having to be converted.
-
- o A dozen of new patterns in the MagicWB-style were added: Wonderful
- backgrounds like, for example, various stone structures, marble effects,
- sand, paper, rain, leather and gradient logos like IntelOutside, MagicWB
- etc.
-
- o All third-party icons which were displayed in a distorted color look
- before are now correctly displayed by the new 'MagicWB-Demon'.
-
- o 'IconUpdate' features a new and powerful workbench-mode: Old icons can
- now easily be converted to MagicWB-style icons by dragging the specified
- icons over an app-window and dropping them onto it (drag&drop). This
- guarantees a quick processing of many icons in only a few minutes.
-
- o MagicWB 2.0 invents a new standard for the Amiga workbench: Image-
- Drawers! This provides the user with a far more diversified look of the
- workbench. Each drawer gets its own specific imagery which shows the
- content of the drawer. The complete System-partition will be equipped with
- the new image-drawers by default with the Installer. Altogether over 50
- different image-drawers are being supplied with the new MagicWB 2.0. This
- should be complete to cover all different categories. The placing of these
- special drawers is carried out by the new drag&drop feature of 'IconUpdate'
- which makes this task a piece of cake. All your partitions are set up
- within minutes to achieve this refurbished and decent look of your Amiga.
-
- o 'UpdateDrawers' recognizes these new image-drawers and skips them while
- performing its update on the normal drawer icons. This feature saves you a
- lot of time since you won't need to place the image-drawers again.
-
- o The default icons have been reworked (new trashcan, drawer etc.). New
- default icons for other programs have been added (def_KingCON, def_MUI
- etc.)
-
- o The device icons have been strongly improved and now do have the same
- standardized height to ensure a perfect horizontal alignment on the
- workbench screen. New device icons have been added (CD, Network,
- Cartridge, etc.)
-
- o A new XEN-font was added: XEN/11. This font now features all characters
- and is perfectly suitable for higher resolutions as a fixed system font.
-
- o New dock-brushes were added, some old dock-brushes were improved and
- redesigned from scratch.
-
- o The style of all MagicWB-Icons has been improved: The annoying blue
- border has disappeared and was replaced by the color halfshadow.
-
- o Many old MagicWB-Icons have been improved and redesigned (i.e. Prefs) and
- various new icons have been added.
-
- o The Installer was considerably improved. Installations and updates are
- both performed by the Installer now and the system analysis is far more
- precise. There shouldn't be any problems by now.
-
- o A bonus directory can be found in the new MagicWB 2.0. It carries a
- couple of presets in the MagicWB-style for other programs.
-
- o MagicWB features a very special "goody". It's a hidden gag! Let's see
- when you will brace yourself for the real kick... :-)
-
- o Various bugfixings were applied on the different MagicWB utilities.
-
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ------------
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- MagicWB needs at least Kickstart/Workbench 2.04.
-
- MagicWB runs on all Amigas with a harddrive. A monitor which is able to
- display square-pixel-screenmodes (like 640x480, 640x512, 800x600, 1024x768
- etc.) without flicker is recommended.
-
-
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- PRICE
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-
- A registered version of MagicWB 2.0 can be ordered for US$ 20,- or DM 30,-
- (or any other currency supported by the SASG registration program) with the
- help of the SASG registration program.
-
- Over half a year of development was invested in MagicWB 2.0. It is a major
- update (upgrade), which means that it is a bigger update for which you have
- to pay. All registered MagicWB users can obtain MagicWB 2.0 for only half
- the price of the standardized SASG registration fee, i.e. US$ 10,- or DM
- 15,- (or any other currency supported by the SASG registration program).
-
- NOTE: When registering for MagicWB please send CASH whenever possible since
- ¯¯¯¯ other means of payment will slow down your registration and the
- delivery of your MagicWB disk considerably!
-
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