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From: gbbrooks@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (G. Brandon Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: More A500 woes.
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Date: 17 Nov 89 20:41:13 GMT
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In article <2833@d75.UUCP> robin@reed.UUCP (Robin D. Wilson/1000000) writes:

>How can I get the trachcan to show up directly on the workbench screen at 
>startup?  (ie. I don't want to have to open the workbench disk, and then 
>move the trashcan to the corner.  I want it to show up just like a disk icon.

	To show the trashcan icon directly on the workbench is not directly
possible on an Amiga. The reason for this is because Apple would supposedly
sue Commodore over the likeness of the windowing system.
	The method I use on my screen to make it LOOK like there is a 
trashcan icon on the screen is to:
	(1) Use a program such as Image-Ed, on Fred Fish disk #242, to
            convert the Trashcan icon to a disk icon. Remember to do both
            the selected and unselected versions of the trashcan if you
            are using one of the flip-open type of trashcans.
	(2) Merge the icons together with the Merge Icon program on the
	    workbench disk or extras disk.
	(3) Put the trashcan icon file on your workbench disk and name it
	    something like "RAMDISK.info".
	(4) In your startup-sequence, put the following command in it BEFORE
	    the loadwb command:
		COPY sys:RAMDISK.info  ram:disk.info
	(5) Boot the workbench disk, and it should be on the workbench as
	    the ramdisk icon! If you want to move the trashcan to a certain
	    location, photo the new location, and then resave the icon as
	    RAMDISK.info on the workbench!

		-Brandon!