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- DC FLIGHT v1.0
- aka DC F-Light
- aka DC Floppy Light
-
- FREEWARE Program
- by Keith Gerdes & Michael B. Vederman
- Copyright (c) 1990 Double Click Software
-
- You are free to distribute this program, just so long as you keep the
- operating instructions enclosed and intact.
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- Operation
- ---------
-
- DC FLIGHT installs a routine into the read/write vector (RWABS) of storage
- devices- floppy disks, hard drives, ramdisks, etc. Each time such a device
- (all with the exception of the floppy) is accessed, the floppy drive A light
- will come on until the operation is finished.
-
- Now you can monitor the usage of ramdisks and caches, since, generally, there
- was no way to know when they were active.
-
- NOTE: Some ramdisk and cache operations may be too quick for you to notice
- the floppy light.
-
- Also, this is a great substitue for hard disks which may not have a working
- "busy" light or at least not in plain sight.
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- From the:
-
- 1) Desktop
-
- Run DCFLIGHT.PRG from the desktop.
-
- An info alert prompts you to [Install] or [Exit] DC FLIGHT.
-
- Install places DC FLIGHT into the device chain (see above) and
- stays resident.
-
- Exit(ing) terminates the program with no installation.
-
- 2) AUTO folder
-
- Copy DCFLIGHT.PRG to your AUTO folder. (Best if last. See below.)
-
- Upon execution, program information is printed to the screen.
-
- DC FLIGHT is placed into the device chain (see above) and stays
- resident using only 392 bytes of memory.
-
- NOTE: You will want DC FLIGHT to install itself after all storage devices
- have been installed, so that DC FLIGHT will be able to show accesses
- throughout the vector chain.
-
- Hard disks normally are setup to AUTOboot, so that is taken care of.
- Any other devices that have drivers in the AUTO folder, should be placed
- before DC FLIGHT.
-
- If they are an accessory, then that is another story...
-
-
- 100% Assembly
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- COMMENTS WELCOME
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-
- As usual, we would be EXTREMELY glad to hear your comments and suggestions
- for enhancements to this and the other programs.
-
- - mike and keith
-
- We can be reached at:
-
- Voice: (713)977-6520
-
- Online:
-
- The DC BBS: (713)944-0108 / 300-1200-2400 baud / 24 hrs
- GEnie: DOUBLE-CLICK (CATegory 30)
- CompuServe: 75300,577 (go ATARIVendors, area 13)
- Usenet: uace0@menudo.uh.edu
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