Short:    Waits for harddrive to validate itself
Author:   hotcakes@abacus.net.au (Toby Zuijdveld)
Uploader: hotcakes@abacus.net.au (Toby Zuijdveld)
Type:     utils/misc

Disclaimer
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If you use this program and something goes wrong afterwards, Stiff!  I don't
care and will not be held responsible.

What's it for
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ValWait is another one of those programs you shove in your startup-sequence.
If the harddrive is still validating, the program simply waits until it is
done, with optional picture/music to help pass the time with.

Why?
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There are a lot of these things released allready.  So why did I do this?
Well the problem I found with any other validator-wait proggy is that I don't
have a copy.  I'm too lazy to go and search for one, so I decided to code my
own :)

Usage
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There are parameters VOL, PIC and MUS.

Example : ValWait VOL HD0: PIC Waiting.iff MUS med.Waiting

It's pretty self explanitory.

Only ILBM pics are supported and MEDs, MODs and IFF 8SVX samples are also
supported.

(Stick this early in your startup-sequence, too:)

How do be it working, yes?
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Errrm, well.  To see if the hd is still validating, the program simply tries
to open a file on that partition :) Not very advanced stuff, but it works :)

Features
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Oh, this list is gunna be huge. :) Let's see:

 -·- Opens a picture while waiting
 -·- Plays background music
 -·- Supports 3 sound formats
 -·- Kills resident virii
 -·- I own it
 -·- PD
 -·- Really great programming (no, really:)
 -·- Attach a robot to the parallel port and it'll clean your kitchen sink

NOTE: Most of the above text is innacurate at time of writing.

Things to do
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All the following things will be added if anyone actually shows any interest
in this program :)

 -·- Support of more music formats :)
 -·- Fix bugs
 -·- Create more bugs
 -·- Up the revision number :)

Known Bugs
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 -·- Most MEDmodules will not play at the correct speed.
 -·- Most samples will not play at the correct speed.
 -·- Workbench is opened prematurely
 -·- Any files going by the name of `<VOL>:o' will be scrubbed :)

Of course, most of these problems arose from being programmed with Blitz.
The worst of em can be worked around, however...

Contact me
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For any reason, I can be reached at hotcakes@abacus.net.au

History
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02·01·98 First public release.  First release actually :)


============================= Archive contents =============================

Original  Packed Ratio    Date     Time    Name
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------  -------------
   55748   27440 50.7% 02-Sep-92 12:34:52  ValWait
    8696    4969 42.8% 02-Sep-92 12:38:34 +DarkenWB
    8228    4690 42.9% 02-Sep-92 12:40:28 +LightenWB
     609     374 38.5% 02-Sep-92 13:30:08 +ThisDrawer.readme
    2474    1235 50.0% 02-Sep-92 13:19:02  ValWaitv1.readme
      33      33  0.0% 02-Sep-92 13:36:52  PS
   31028   15712 49.3% 02-Sep-92 12:57:32  med.Waiting
   30822    2998 90.2% 02-Sep-92 12:33:36  Waiting.iff
-------- ------- ----- --------- --------
  137638   57451 58.2% 05-Jan-98 01:14:04   8 files
