December 19th, 1993


     3DICONS3 - THE THIRD ONE

     Just in time for the holidays!

     Yes, it's me again, bringing to you my third installment of 
my 3D replacement icons - which are designed to look like they 
"push" into the desktop when you select them with the mouse. 
Suitable for use with Neodesk3, Terradesk, DC Desktop, or (when 
used with an Icon resource editor like Codehead's Icon Juggler)
users of TOS 2.05/2.06, 3.0x, 4.0x, and MultiTOS. Although 
designed for use on a monochrome ST desktop, they will also work 
in ST Medium resolution, a few of the TT resolutions, and 
hopefully (although I haven't tried it yet) Falcon 030 
resolutions.

     No imagination has been spared in bringing in a fresh batch 
of icons for the appropriate programs  - this time I've included 
icons for the new GENEVA multi-tasking program from Gribnif 
Software (as well as its accompanying Taskmanager acsessory), ST 
Writer Elite, Multi-Writer, Atari Works, Mouse-Ka-Mania, Outline 
Art, Arabesque Professional, German2English, It's All Relative, 
Fonty, MegaCheck, MicroCheck, Storm, D4D, and SpeedoGDOS. I've 
also included icons for MIDI programs like Cubase and Gajits 
Software's family of programs like Breakthru and Sequencer One; 
there's also icons for computer emulator programs like Spectre 
GCR and PC Ditto - I've even included one for ST Xformer! 47 
icons in all. Also included is a .PI3 "snapshot" of my desktop to 
show you how well these icons work when placed on an appropriate 
background (although they will work on a plain vanilla desktop as 
well.).

     I'm proud to say that, although some of the icons are 
modified versions of existing ones, I really went to town this 
time to do ones that are complete originals - I hope you do find 
those to be quite good (I'M proud of 'em).

     Just like the last two batches, these icons are FREEWARE - 
meaning that they can be downloaded and distributed freely. All I 
ask is that you contact me by E-mail or regular mail and let me 
know what you think of them! Also let me know what sort of system 
you have 3DICONS installed on - I know at least a few TT owners are 
using them out there........

     As for me - well, me and my 4-meg 1040STe have been plugging 
merrily away for the last year or so - the last week or so being 
in multi-tasking mode! Yes, I got curious and picked up a copy of 
Gribnif's Geneva program, and so far I found it does everything 
it says - and more! If there was ever a program that can really 
add power and productivity to an Atari system, Geneva is it - 
it'll be well worth your while to check it out. Now I'm only 
waiting for Neodesk4 to come out :)

     Sincerely,

     Daniel Dreibelbis
     72 Glendonwynne Rd.
     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
     M6P 3E4

     GEnie address - D.DREIBELBIS (FORD PREFECT)
                         (aka Dr. Spin of the JLGEnie! COMICS 
                          Roundtable)
     I can also be contacted at:

     TAF Online (416-235-0318)
     STarlog BBS (416-531-6960)


     Neodesk3, Neodesk4, Geneva and Arabesque Professional 
are programs by Gribnif Software; K-Spread 4 is a program by HiSoft; 
MultiWriter is a program by Medical Designs Software; Cubase is a 
program by Steinberg Software; Sequencer One, Sequencer One Plus, 
Breakthru, and Breakthru Plus are programs by Gajits Software and 
distributed in North America by Oregon Research; ST XFormer is a 
program by Darek Michoka of Branch Always Software; EdHak is a 
program by Craig Harvey; Fonty is a program by Matthew Carey 
distributed by the ST Club; AtariWorks and SpeedoGDOS are 
programs by Atari Corporation; Spectre GCR is a 
program/peripheral by David Small of Gadgets by Small.