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TRAKMON
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Purpose : A drive monitoring utility for the Amiga.
Author : Matt. Burt
Date : 29 May 89
TRAKMON for the Amiga performs a similar function to the TRACK IT program
for the Atari ST (Cover disk #12 - June 89), but offers increased
functionality.
The following data is displayed by TRAKMON for each and every 3.5 inch disk
drive connected to the machine.
* Current cylinder number
* Head currently selected
* Highest cylinder encountered since the last disk was inserted
* Drive Motor status
* Disk Write Protect status
The data is displayed in a Workbench window in tabular format, and looks
something like this :-
+------------------+
| C U D |
+------------------+
| CYL HEAD HIGH|
|DF0: 63 0 73 |
|DF2: 40 0 40 |
|DF3: 46 1 46 |
+------------------+
C U and D refer to the usual Workbench window gadgets.
This example is for a machine (my own in fact) which has no DF1:, but drives
DF0: DF2: and DF3:
If the disk is write-protected, the drive name appears in orange. If the
disk is not write-protected the drive name appears in white. The drive
name is displayed in reverse video when the drive motor is active.
The three numbers displayed after the drive name are the current cylinder
number, the current head number, and the highest cylinder encountered
since a disk was last inserted into this drive. This numbers are only
displayed if a disk is present in the drive.
To use this program, either type RUN TRAKMON at a Cli or Shell prompt, or
select the TRAKMON Icon from Workbench. The utility may be terminated by
selecting the close gadget on the window.
Trakmon works fine with machines with 1.2 ROMs with Workbench 1.2 upwards.
I haven't yet tried it on a machine with 1.3 ROMs fitted.