Scalos,what is it ???

leytond · 04 March 2009, 11:36

what is this scalos program used for, what will it be able to do for my system and were can i get it, these are just some of the things i want to know before i install it.

leytond · 04 March 2009, 11:44

appart from putting silly boxes around the desktop icons i cant see what it dose in the screen shots ive looked at,

DH · 04 March 2009, 11:53

http://scalos.noname.fr/

killergorilla · 04 March 2009, 12:00

leytond: scalos is used in ClassicWB. If you ever managed to install it you've probably already used it

DH · 04 March 2009, 12:08

that's why I posted the linkie he may recognise something from it

leytond · 04 March 2009, 12:33

what will it do to my system if i install scalos onto my os3.5 hdd, i dont want to mess it up,

Peter · 04 March 2009, 12:38

Don't install stuff on your real Amiga that you are not sure about using.

Make a backup of your Winuae configuration and install stuff on Winuae... in you mess up it is far easier to just re-load a backed up Winuae configuration than rebuilding your whole Amiga system partition!

DH · 04 March 2009, 12:56

As Peter says, do it all first in WinUAE before attempting it on the real miggy. Get yourself used to configuring Workbench etc in the emu before experimenting with your real miggy.

leytond · 04 March 2009, 13:07

OKIDOKI, but like ya said its already on classicwb so theres no point installing it on winuae, realy,.

DH · 04 March 2009, 13:08

Nope

alexh · 04 March 2009, 13:25

Not sure Scalos (Which is a Workbench replacement) has a place these days... are there not better alternatives by Bernd Roesch (afa_os).

In it's day Scalos' asynchronous workbench was very cool. Drawing windows and file access was non blocking something that WB3.5 (and 3.9?) doesn't have.

NovaCoder · 05 March 2009, 00:19

I'm not sure that Scalos will play nice with OS 3.5+, it sounds like an older tech to me (eg OS 3.1)

alexh · 05 March 2009, 01:10

11/2007 is older technology??

It is a WB replacement... works fine with any flavour of OS3.x

NovaCoder · 05 March 2009, 01:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

11/2007 is older technology??

It is a WB replacement... works fine with any flavour of OS3.x

I must have been looking at an old version before

exoticaga · 06 March 2009, 01:40

Apart from AFA and Scalos what other good ones are there!

ma693541 · 06 March 2009, 01:54

Directory Opus Magellan II, but you need a lot of addons to get the full power of it. It's used in AmiKit.

exoticaga · 06 March 2009, 10:18

DOpus5 has me beat, DOpusMag2 will be no better. I cannot get used to the buttons at top of listers, they are dumb.

All i like is something that is more updated and is easy going without having to think about each button press first.

Maybe Scalos is the way or even AfA. I know they are better than DOpusMag2 but there colours will need a lot of time for me to adjust them, or maybe theres some nice extra (configured) colours to use instead. Afa doesn't really do it by looking at the screenshots to old looking. Scalos on its web site, the screenshots in 60's retro kaleidoscope colours look horrible. But its interface looks it can be worked with. I'll have a go at both Scalos and AfA in different new folders setup on WinUAE to test them out.

leytond · 07 March 2009, 16:58

well you have all lost me, lol,

DH · 07 March 2009, 17:17

When you load up ClassicWB it goes straight into scalos, so you're using it from the start

Retro-Nerd · 07 March 2009, 17:26

I make it a bit clearer: Every ClassicWB version, except CWB Lite, uses Scales as an WB replacement.

04 March 2009, 11:36	#1
leytond MY 1200 IS AWSOME Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: doncaster england Age: 55 Posts: 700	Scalos,what is it ??? what is this scalos program used for, what will it be able to do for my system and were can i get it, these are just some of the things i want to know before i install it.

04 March 2009, 13:25	#11
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Not sure Scalos (Which is a Workbench replacement) has a place these days... are there not better alternatives by Bernd Roesch (afa_os). In it's day Scalos' asynchronous workbench was very cool. Drawing windows and file access was non blocking something that WB3.5 (and 3.9?) doesn't have. Last edited by alexh; 04 March 2009 at 13:32.

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04 March 2009, 11:44	#2
leytond MY 1200 IS AWSOME Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: doncaster england Age: 55 Posts: 700	appart from putting silly boxes around the desktop icons i cant see what it dose in the screen shots ive looked at,

04 March 2009, 11:53	#3
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	http://scalos.noname.fr/

04 March 2009, 12:00	#4
killergorilla Lesser Talent Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 7,957	leytond: scalos is used in ClassicWB. If you ever managed to install it you've probably already used it

04 March 2009, 12:08	#5
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	that's why I posted the linkie he may recognise something from it

04 March 2009, 12:33	#6
leytond MY 1200 IS AWSOME Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: doncaster england Age: 55 Posts: 700	what will it do to my system if i install scalos onto my os3.5 hdd, i dont want to mess it up,

04 March 2009, 12:38	#7
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	Don't install stuff on your real Amiga that you are not sure about using. Make a backup of your Winuae configuration and install stuff on Winuae... in you mess up it is far easier to just re-load a backed up Winuae configuration than rebuilding your whole Amiga system partition!

04 March 2009, 12:56	#8
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	As Peter says, do it all first in WinUAE before attempting it on the real miggy. Get yourself used to configuring Workbench etc in the emu before experimenting with your real miggy.

04 March 2009, 13:07	#9
leytond MY 1200 IS AWSOME Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: doncaster england Age: 55 Posts: 700	OKIDOKI, but like ya said its already on classicwb so theres no point installing it on winuae, realy,.

04 March 2009, 13:08	#10
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	Nope

05 March 2009, 00:19	#12
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	I'm not sure that Scalos will play nice with OS 3.5+, it sounds like an older tech to me (eg OS 3.1)

05 March 2009, 01:10	#13
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	11/2007 is older technology?? It is a WB replacement... works fine with any flavour of OS3.x

06 March 2009, 01:40	#15
exoticaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 446	Apart from AFA and Scalos what other good ones are there!

06 March 2009, 01:54	#16
ma693541 Computer Wizard Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramberg/Norway Posts: 928	Directory Opus Magellan II, but you need a lot of addons to get the full power of it. It's used in AmiKit.

06 March 2009, 10:18	#17
exoticaga Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 446	DOpus5 has me beat, DOpusMag2 will be no better. I cannot get used to the buttons at top of listers, they are dumb. All i like is something that is more updated and is easy going without having to think about each button press first. Maybe Scalos is the way or even AfA. I know they are better than DOpusMag2 but there colours will need a lot of time for me to adjust them, or maybe theres some nice extra (configured) colours to use instead. Afa doesn't really do it by looking at the screenshots to old looking. Scalos on its web site, the screenshots in 60's retro kaleidoscope colours look horrible. But its interface looks it can be worked with. I'll have a go at both Scalos and AfA in different new folders setup on WinUAE to test them out.

07 March 2009, 16:58	#18
leytond MY 1200 IS AWSOME Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: doncaster england Age: 55 Posts: 700	well you have all lost me, lol,

07 March 2009, 17:17	#19
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	When you load up ClassicWB it goes straight into scalos, so you're using it from the start

07 March 2009, 17:26	#20
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	I make it a bit clearer: Every ClassicWB version, except CWB Lite, uses Scales as an WB replacement.

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