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- 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
- ===============
- 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
- ===============
- 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?
- ===============
- 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
- ===============
- 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?
- ===============
- 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
- ===============
- 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
- ===============
- 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
- ===============
- -·- 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
- ===============
- For any reason, I can be reached at hotcakes@abacus.net.au
-
- History
- ===============
- 02·01·98 First public release. First release actually :)
-
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- ============================= 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
-