Re: 8-bit GUI desktop organizers and launchers

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Ned Ludd" <spam@luddite.ca> wrote in message
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> Obsbedia2 <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >
> >                             _Improvements desired:_
> >                                  (Drum roll, please...)
> >
> > 1.  Increase the number of desktop volumes to 13, as MD1 allows.  Do
this by
> > decreasing the size of the volume icons, limiting their "displayed" name
size
> > for the bottom row (after all, who picks 15 character names for HD
volumes?),
> > or simply using the same layout as MD1.   It's hard to give up 96 Megs
of disk
> > space!
>
> Is 13 the maximum possible? I used to use A2DeskTop all the time on my
> GS, but now I've got a 800MB "GarberDrive" with 16 Partitions plus 2 -
> 3.5's and 2 - 5.25's (so now I'm stuck with GS/OS)... sure would be nice
> to have DeskTop running on it :)

You are NOT stuck, put DeskTop on another ProDOS partition and boot
from there. Simply hold OA when booting and while holding it at the menu
press the number of that partition. Did you happen to read the manual?

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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