@database "The World Of Football Icons" @author "The Macks Conspiracy" @(c) "Copyright © 1995 The Macks Conspiracy" @$VER: The World Of Football Icons @node Main "The World Of Football Icons" @{b} *** The World Of Football Icons *** @{ub} @{fg highlight} ©1995 by The Macks Conspiracy @{fg text} @{"Introduction " link Introduction} @{"Requirements " link Requirements} @{"Installation " link Installation} @{"History " link History} @{"Author " link Author} @{"Icons " link Icons} @{"McBurnie Returns " link Trousers} @{"Credits " link Credits} @{"Copyright & Disclaimer " link Copyright} @{"Contact T.M.C " link Contact} @endnode @node Introduction "Intro to The World Of Football Icons" @{b}******* @{fg highlight} THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL ICONS @{fg text} *******@{ub} @{b} -------------------------------@{ub} The World Of Football Icons is a collection of icons representing the strips of teams from Soccer, Rugby Football & American Football. As i write this there are over 600 icons on this disk and it is 100% full. I have been working on this project on & off for about a year and if i hadn't released this version now (Feb 96) it could have been another year there's always something new to be included. Many people doubted i would ever finish this project (Crowie). But here it is and i hope you find it to be of some use to you. TWOFI is @{fg highlight}Fitbaware@{fg text}. Fitbaware : Basically this means that if you enjoy this collection of icons you should send me some sort of Football related item. This could be a Football card from 1978 featuring Alan Rough with his lovely permed hair or a Football programme from a match involving Leyton Orient. What i would most appreciate is pictures of home shirts of teams i may have have missed out or they have brought out a new top for the new season. Have Fun & most of all @{b} May Your God Be Scottish!@{ub} @endnode @node Requirements "Requirments for TWOFI @{u}You will need an AGA Amiga with screenmode prefs set at 256 colours. @{uu} When i first started TWOFI i decided to use the @{u}Workbench default palette@{uu} originally using just 64 colours, but if you've taken a look at the default palette recently you'll notice the crap range of colours. So rather than using a specially created palette i decided to use the 256 range which gives a decent range of colours. I know a lot of people dont like to have their screenmode prefs set at more than 32 because they feel 256 colours slows the refresh rate of the windows I have to say I've never found this to be case. If you are showing a backdrop picture on your Workbench this will have to be removed as it will alter the default pallete. You can get round this by loading the 256 default palette into DPaint followed by your backdrop and then remap it. I have included a several backdrops to complement the icons. They are drawn in 4 colours. Using this as an example you should be able to create more lavish backdrops using the default palette. Any backdrops you create please send for inclusion in future updates. @endnode @node Installation "How to install TWOFI" @{b} How do I Install TWOFI : @{ub} Answer click on the icon Install2HD this will create a drawer in your partition DH1 and install all the icons there. If one of your partitions is not called DH1: or you wish to install the icons to a different partition you can edit the destination by using your favourite text editor and edit the file on the disk called Install2HD where on the first line that reads Assign Home: Dh1: change the "Dh1:" to the partition name where to install football-icons. You can also install the icons to Ram, you do this by auto-booting the disk and pressing the appropriate icon or icons. @endnode @node History "Football Icons Evolution" V.1 :@{fg highlight} Football Icons:@{fg text} First released just before last years World Cup. It really started out as a project for my own use, I had bought Magic Workbench but I was a little disappointed in the overall look my Workbench took on,i think it may have looked a little better if i used a monitor,as on a tv the icons look too big and lets face it the colour scheme leaves a lot to be desired. So i set about creating my own icons in the colours of my favourite football teams, and once started there was no stopping me,the World Cup was coming up so i did all the teams at USA'94, all the British sides, as well as clubs sides from Europe and home. I decided to release it into the PD World because if there's one thing Amiga users are into it's Football - just check out the games chart. V.1 :@{fg highlight} The World Of Football Icons:@{fg text} The reason for doing this disk is quite simple, When i look back at Football Icons i think how much better it could have been. I have also learned a lot more about the Amiga now and of course these icons are AGA created with a 256 icon editor where as Football Icons was done with Iconedit and all its faults. @{"Future Updates....Future Updates...." link Updates} @endnode @node Updates "Updates" V.2 :@{fg highlight} The World of Football Icons 96/97:@{fg text} If TWOFI proves successful i will update all the main strips to coincide with the start of season 96/97 This depends mainly on any feedback i get, ie. I had a lot of trouble with the lower leagues in England so if you support one of those teams i missed perhaps you could send me a picture of your teams new home kit. This will probably be released around September 96. Remember The World Of Football Icons is@{fg highlight} Fitbaware@{fg text} see @{"Introduction" link Introduction} TMC 22 Warrender Crescent Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1LU @endnode @node Author "Who is Mr TWOFI" @{fg highlight} The World Of Fooball Icons@{fg text} was created by Mack of "The Macks Conspiracy" I first bought an Amiga back in 1988, I had just failed my driving test for the second time and needed cheering up so I bought a shinny new Amiga 500, I think it cost around about £349. One of the reasons i chose the Amiga was after seeing a review of Sword of Sodan what amazing graphics, I was sold. I used to own a C64 so the Amiga took straight over as being primarly a games machine, I managed to expand by adding an extra .5 ram and an extra disk drive. WOW! December 92, i had just started a new job and seen the reviews of this stunning new Amiga, so without any hesitation and being flush with this new well paid job, i ordered an Amiga 1200 from First Computer Centre for £379 2 weeks after a mate of mine paid £399 for an Amiga 600 (with a 3 year warrenty) the fool. Within 3 months i had bought an 85mb hard drive (that used to be huge) and the full power and ease of use of tha Amiga became apparent.@{b} It is truly amazing the difference a Hard Drive makes. @{ub} The trouble was, as soon as you get a hard drive and start exploring the technical side a bit more, you soon come to realise 2mb is not enough. So around August 93 i invested in a Blizzard Ram expansion the 1220/4 to be exact. Not only is this a 4mb ram expansion but it also runs at 28mhz. Special thanks to Gordon Harwoods from whom i purchased the board, I have never had any trouble with it from the day i bought it. I have also since expanded with a Zappo CD Rom drive from Special Reserve I had originally ordered one from Total Computer Supplies by sending a cheque, but as you may or may not know they went bust and were investigated by the police, the last i heard was they are still trading and they deny all knowledge of my order and i'm up shit kreek. If anyone has any information on Total C.S. perhaps you could let me know. I also use a Star LC24-200 colour printer and have just invested in a 540mb 3.5inch Hard Drive again from First Computer Centre. Anyway as you can see i've been with Amiga for a few years now and i've spent a bit of money upgrading. I cannot envisage being without an Amiga I've had to use PC's at work and there's just something very sterile about them. Some of the games coming out on PC CD Rom are stunning,(the PC floppy disk market seems to be dead),but these games are just coming out now and it's by PC owners upgrading their machines, we should do the same, by investing in our Amiga's we can show Software companies that we want better quality products. Support your Amiga ! Expand your Amiga ! @{i} The opinions expressed here are those of one man and not necessarily those of The Macks Conspiracy. But they probably are.@{ui} If you wish to contact myself regarding TWOFI or any other conspiracy product, you can reach me at the following address. The Macks Conspiracy 22 Warrender Cres Dunbar East Lothian EH42 1LU Or you can E-Mail me on 100601.126@compuserve.com @endnode @node Icons "Icons types" @{b} What follows is a brief rundown on the types of icons on this disk@{ub} ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. :In this directory you will find two drawers, Rugby Football & American Football. The @{fg Highlight}Rugby Football@{fg text} icons represent all the teams that participated in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. All of these icons have been saved as@{b} project@{ub} icons. The @{fg Highlight}American Football@{fg text} icons represent all the teams from the NFL season 95/96 including the new expansion teams. All of these icons are saved as@{b} Project@{ub} icons. 2. :In this directory you will find two drawers, International & Club. In each of these drawers you will find a further six drawers split into the continents of the World. In the @{fg Highlight}International@{fg text} drawer you will find said six continents icons, opening Europe will present you with icons represent- ing the International strips of every team in Europe. Opening Africa will present you with all the teams competing in this years African Nations Cup as well as many others. South America contains all the nations from that continent as does Oceania. North America contains all the major teams from that part of the world. Asia too is catered for with the International strip of many of that continents top teams. All these icons are saved as@{b} Tool@{ub} icons. In the @{fg Highlight}Club @{fg text}drawer you will once again find the directory divided into the six continents. Opening Europe you will find the largest collection of icons, there are icons representing club team stripes from over 30 countries including the entire Scottish leagues, the English Premiership & Endsleigh leagues the German Bundisliga, the Dutch & Spanish first divisions as well as Italy's Seria_A. In the South America drawer you will find all the major countries represented including the Brazilian & Argentinian leagues. The main league in North America is the Mexican First division and that is well represented with all the major club sides. The Asia drawer covers teams from China to Taiwan, but the main collection of icons can be found in the Japan drawer there you will find the team strips of most of the the top sides from the J league. Africa is covered with teams from Algeria to Nigeria And in Oceania there are a few icons covering teams from Australia & New Zealand. All these icons are saved as@{b} tool@{ub} icons. Obviously all the various drawer icons are saved as@{b} drawer@{ub} icons !!!! But there is nothing to stop you altering the icon types using a 256 icon editor such as iconian, that way you can adapt the icons to you're own needs. @endnode @node Trousers "Trousers McBurnie" @{b} **** TROUSERS MCBURNIE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ***** @{UB} Well here we are again it's now 1996 and once again, I Trousers McBurnie have been asked to write this sartirical column for The Macks Conspiracy. I wouldn't mind but i dont get paid, in fact i haven't been paid for anything since 1987, and that strange affair with the sailor and his black labrador `Lucky'. Anyway on to more serious matters, I have just been reading Andy Leanings report on The Paris Amiga show, (CU Amiga Feb 96) all very interesting, and then paragraph seven and i quote "the French Amiga community seems approximately half way between the English & German markets" BASTARD! we all know he means British but he just had to write English, BASTARD! it's like when Jessica Lang came to the premier of Rob Roy in Princes Street Gardens and she was asked what she thought of the fantastic setting to which she replied it's just wonderfull i've always loved visiting England! You daft bitch you've just spent 6 weeks rollicking about in the Highlands and you still dont know what country your in. People say to me why do you hate the English so much, and i reply i don't in fact some of my best friends are Non Scots. Anyway onto a few things that have been getting on my Nipps lately : 1. When i wrote a piece for the last Conspiracy product i had a go at Pippa from Home & Away and i recently found out the bloke that plays her husband on the telly is in fact her husband in real life. Any sympathy he may have generated on screen was just washed away when that little bombshell was discovered. To make matters worse they were both interviewed on "Ann & Nick" and she wears the same clothes in real life as she wears in Home & Away, she just turns up on set and they start filming, it's mindblowing. 2. BSkyB for buying up every decent sporting event and then letting Richard Keyes present it.. 3. The size of Luckys C!#$ Thats all from me see you in Sin Cushions McBurnie will be back in @{b} JapsEye. @{ub} @endnode @node Credits "Credits" @{b}******* CREDITS ******* @{ub} All Icons Hand drawn by :@{fg Highlight} Mack@{fg text} Programming by :@{fg highlight} The Surgeon@{fg text} Music by :@{fg highlight} Ally@{fg text} Additional help by :@{fg highlight} Mr Ed, Crowie, Dugs@{fg text} @{b} Sources of information :@{ub} World Soccer (Magazine) 90 Minutes (Magazine) Rangers News (Magazine) @{b} Beta-Testers@{ub} : Crowie Club Europe (Magazine) Brains The Daily Record (Newspaper) Mr Ed Eurogoals (Eurosport-Satellite) Solo Football Mundial (Sky Sports-Sat) Jason Buckley (J&L Comp) Football Italia (Channel 4) David Anderson Hallen-Masters (DSF-Satellite) Andrew Duncan Samba Football (Eurosport-Sat) Action Richard Gallantry (Football Strip Cat) @{"ADVERTISEMENT" link Advert} @endnode @node Copyright "Copyright" @{fg highlight}The World Of Football Icons@{fg text} is Copyright © 1996 by Mack,The Macks Conspiracy @{b}Disclaimer @{ub} No representations or Warranties are made with respect to the Reliability, Performance, or Operation of this software and all use is at your own risk. Neither Amiga Technologies or the Authors assume any responsibility or liability whatsoever with respect to your use of this software. @endnode @node Advert "Advert" @{B} ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE MACKS CONSPIRACY @{UB} @{fg highlight} Graphic Workbench@{fg text} : A Workbench enhancement package that brings your Amiga alive with colour. Here's what the press say : Amiga Shopper : The new Workbenchs are fun & colourful Rating 84% CU Amiga : Has an interesting range of backdrops and themed drive icons & could spruce up the horrible standard Workbench look Rating 74% East Lothian Times : A bag of mince that i wouldn't wipe my arse on. @{fg Highlight} Organiser Bits@{fg text} : Extra supplements for use with Digita's Organiser. COMING SOON.....COMING SOON.....COMING SOON.....COMING SOON.....COMING SOON @{fg Highlight} Sin Cushions@{fg text} : If you're a fan of the adult comic Viz then your going to love Sin Cushions. This slideshow style comic will feature classic cartoon stripes such as "The Browns", "This Goalies Got Crabs", "King Billy" & Hippie Adventure. There will also be indepth articles and features, such as "Celebrity Scud" & "Sports Corner". If you like the sound of this why not get in touch with us at the usual address. We might just get our fingers out and get on with it. @endnode @node Contact " Contact T.M.C " TMC 22 Warrender Cres Snail Mail DUNBAR East Loithian EH42 1LU e.mail__________ 1001606.126@compuserve.com Or Point Your Web Browser At http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage/The_Surgeon Our Web Site Will Be Updated On The First Day Of Each Month @{"Main Menu" link Main } @endnode