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Hardware 1.5
An original Kaleidoscope Scheme by Evan Willnow.
email: evan_willnow@tbwachiat.com
INSTALLATION:
Obtain and install Kaleidoscope 1.5 (if not already installed). Follow its installation
instructions.
Simply drag this into the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder, which is
in the extensions folder in your System Folder. (you put it there in the first place)
RECOMMENDED SETTINGS:
Play WindowShade Sounds: On
Use Classic Check Boxes: Off
Use Spinning Zoom Rectangles: Your on your own on this one.
Substitute System Font: On
font: Chico (see below) 12pt
Colorize finder windows: On
Use Label Color: On
Colors: Window Color: 95% Red, 80% Green, 40% Blue
Label Colors: 1: 75% Red, 30% Green, 10% Blue (set in Labels control panel)
2: 70% Red, 0% Green, 0% Blue
3: 50% Red, 10% Green, 40% Blue
4: 0% Red, 45% Green, 60% Blue
5: 20% Red, 20% Green, 50% Blue
6: 10% Red, 30% Green, 10% Blue
7: 30% Red, 20% Green, 10% Blue
OPTIONAL EXTRAS:
font:
Chico is an original font based on Chicago. I liked the look of Chicago with
Hardware 1.5 but it didn’t have enough character (no pun intended).
Install Chico just like any other font. (Come on you know how)
patterns:
Open your Desktop Patterns control panel. Drag the Desktop Pattern and the
Utilities Pattern one at a time onto the Desktop Patterns control panel.
Choose the Desktop Pattern by clicking the button in the control panel.
Choose the Utilities Pattern by option-clicking the button in the control panel.
deskpicture files:
To snaz up the ol’ desktop even more I’ve included 3 pict files to be used with
DeskPicture by Michael Peirce which can be obtained at
MacUser’s Software Central
http://www1.zdnet.com/macuser/software/
Included are three PICT files: Bar1, Bar2, and Nut. These files are designed to
integrate into the Desktop Pattern also included. Using DeskPicture, put Bar1
at the very top of your screen (but below where the menu bar is). put Bar2 at
the real very bottom of your screen. Use the Crop Picture option on both Bar1
and Bar2. Place a copy of Nut near all four corners of the screen. Use your cursor
keys to line up the pattern in Nut with the background pattern.
extra icons:
Hardware 1.5 has replacement system icons built-in. But I’ve included a
a few extras cuz I’m that kind of guy.
hardware folder resources:
For other folder icons I have included this file.
Hardware Folder Resources is for use with Folder Icon Maker 1.5
by Gregory M. Robbins. Folder Icon Maker 1.5 also can be obtained at
MacUser’s Software Central.
Follow the directions of Folder Icon Maker 1.5 to use.
startup screen:
place the StartupScreen in your system folder.
(More advanced users may wish to consider use of the
StartUp PICT Resources listed below.)
ADVANCED STUFF:
*WARNING* These advanced features requires ResEdit and more importantly
a healthy working knowledge of ResEdit. Be warned.
cursor resource:
Obtain Color Cursor By Matthias Urlichs.
It can be found in MacUser’s Software Central
http://www1.zdnet.com/macuser/software/
Use ResEdit to replace the Color Cursor Resource of Color Cursor with
the resource included with Hardware 1.5
*DOUBLE-ACTION WARNING* This start up resource requires changing
the resources of your system files. Back up your system files before you
go messing with them. If this seems at all scary to you (as it should), maybe
you should just stick to the start up screen listed above.
startup pict resource:
First as mentioned above, make a duplicate of your system file.
Open the duplicate in ResEdit.
Next Open the StartUp PICT Resource file included with Hardware 1.5.
Open the PICT resource in the Start-Up PICT Resource file.
Select All of the pictures and copy them.
Open the PICT resource in the duplicate of your System file.
Paste the pictures into your System PICT resource.
If all is going well, ResEdit will ask you if you want to replace the resources.
Choose replace.
Save the changes to your System file.
Quit ResEdit.
Move your original System file to another folder where it will be safe.
Rename the duplicate to “System”.
Restart your computer to see the changes.
(note: some system may need the PICT resources change in the System Update also.)
DISCLAIMER:
(The small print)
The author takes no responsibility for any thing bad that happens to you or your computer (or anything else) do to
the use of these files. Use them at your own risk.