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- ARGUS & XARGUS Info File.
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- Argus & Xargus were written to provide an easy way to keep track of
- what a program currently running is doing (reading) on the disk.
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- Argus intercepts the Bios call RWABS (see you bios doc) and displays
- the parameters. It also displays the address from where the bios was
- called, as well the error number returned by the bios.
- (If you don't know what i'm talking about here, don't worry, you won't
- need using these programs then.)
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- Xargus does a similar thing to the XBIOS call Floprd. (Xbios call #8)
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- The exact display format of both is as follows:
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- Argus :
- $<call address> <drive>:<r/w> R#<rec.nbr>, #<rec.count> <error#>
- n.b. r/w is displayed as arrow-left for read,arrow right for write
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- Xargus
- $<call address> <drive>:<side> T<track>,S<sector>, #<rec.count> <error#>
- n.b. 'side' is displayed as arrow-up for side 0,arrow down for side 1
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- To install one or both of them,just start them (you won't get any message,
- but they will be there.)
- You should start Ramdisk programs BEFORE argus, as they also intercept
- the RWABS vector. (It will not crash, but if the starting order is reversed,
- the ramdisk operations will not be traced by argus. If this is what you
- need, install the ramdisk second.)
- Don't install argus / xargus twice, there's no check currently to see if they
- are already there or not, so you will loose memory and execution time for
- nothing.
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- This is the first argus/xargus version, the source should be provided too,
- I would be very pleased to hear about enhancements.
- Just return your version to the person that gave you this one, if that person
- does the same thing, it will reach me sooner or later.
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- Happy hacking ,
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- --- KS. ---
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