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--- NoClick, Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 EQU ---
Preface
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If you have used my tool before, you can skip these
parts and just jump to the 'Changes' part.
The purpose of the utility is to disable the click sound that an
diskdrive makes if it has no disk in it. Notice that every (DF0-DF4)
diskdrive will be 'NoClicked'.
If the program is re-executed the diskdrive will restart to click.
Requirements
============
Any model of the Amiga will do that is equipped with one or more
diskdrives and an OS 2.0 (exec 36) or above.
(!!! NOTICE !!! The statement in the NoClick 1.1 document file was
absurd as exec.library V37 is in OS 2.1 and not in 2.0 so my excuses)
Usage
=====
You can place NoClick in any script file and run it as many
times as you wish. I ran NoClick from the Workbench with the default tooltype
without problems.
(!!! NOTICE !!! The statement in the NoClick 1.1 document file was
incorrect saying that NoClick couldn't be ran from Workbench,
but it seems to work on my setup (OS 3.0))
Distribution
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This utility is whatsoever software, so you can do anything you want with it.
Last Words
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The program is so simple that it's hard to upgrade it in any way,
so the only thing I can do is to fix the occasional bugs found or
improve the code. Ive never sat longer than 1 hour coding this,
so it isnt really a pain in the butt to release one or two
versions a year if there is need to.
Sofar no Compiler-Optimizing has been done as i want to avoid this
as far as possible. The executable is so small that
there is absolutely no sense in packing it with a relocatible cruncher.
Changes
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NoClick 1.0 (Non-public version)
- Initial release.
NoClick 1.1 (Jan 21 1993)
- The program, if ran under an older OS than 2.0,
wouldn't check properly the OS version. Fixed.
- A little code stripping done, final size 508 bytes
(Unpacked format)
NoClick 1.2 (Jun 28 1993)
- If ran under OS 2.0 the program refused to work,
cause of my stupid mistake. Fixed.
- A lot of code approving done and safety/compatibility
increased.
- Compiled with SAS/C 6.3
- A little code stripping done, final size 468 bytes
(Unpacked format)
NoClick 1.3 (Jul 14 1993)
- Total Workbench support added. As I tested MagicWB
on my A1200, I noticed that NoClick would guru
if it would have been installed in the WBStartup
drawer with an supplied icon. Well this took
quite long to figure out what was wrong with my code
as NoClick worked from a default icon.
I found out that Workbench sends out a message
which has to be captured used or not.
I also added the CurrentLock function, however Im
not sure if this was necessery or not as I dont own
a system reference guide on OS 2.0+.
(The Icon for NoClick doesnt need !ANY! ToolTypes)
- Well a disappointment is that the Workbench
support made the program larger than 512 (~488)
bytes so it now needs two blocks instead of
one but I think I will survive this.
Maybe someday I will have a closer look at the code
and optimize it down to 512 bytes...
- Features added, final size 576 bytes
(Unpacked format)
-EOF-