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TIMEUP 1.3 Readme file. 05/07/93
TIMEUP displays the amount of time since OS/2 2.0 was booted in the smallest
window possible... a titlebar. It writes the maximum time up out to disk every
minute if it has changed. It can then be left running along the top or bottom
of the screen with virtually no loss of screen space.
TIMEUP will display the correct up time for your machine if it is started
within 49 Days, 17 hours and 2 minutes of boot. If it is not, then it will
be off by some multiple of the above time every time it is started from then
on. The best solution to this problem is to simply put TIMEUP in your
startup folder.
I have adapted this program from the program VMEM by M.B.Mallory. I sincerely
recognize the work that he went through to produce the program VMEM which I
have included. The source to VMEM is also include and modified by myself
so that it will compile under EMX 0.8f.
A few simple options can be accessed by selecting "TIMEUP Options"
from the system menu.
Double clicking on the title bar with the right mouse button will toggle
between displaying the maximum Time UP and the Time UP displays.
I will take no responsibility for any damage that this program may do to your
system or to any data that may be contained therein.
Author : Ronald Van Iwaarden
Internet: rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu
Fidonet : 1:104/338@fidonet.org
BBS : The OS/2 Source BBS (303)744-0373
Tools : EMX 0.8f or later
Requires OS/2 2.x and EMX.DLL version 0.8f or later
HISTORY
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v1.0 The first release
v1.01 Bug fix for 8514/a displays. Recompiled to use emx.dll alone and
to not need emxlibc.dll. This resulted in an 8k larger executable but
the 80k emxlibc.dll was no longer needed.
v1.2 Added the ability to store and recall the maximum up time. Also,
modified so that double-clicking on the title bar with the right
mouse button toggles between maximum Time UP and Time UP
A few modification made for a program that used a bit less CPU.
v1.21 Fixed a minor but important bug. Left me with a greater respect for
people who are able to release stuff without bugs :-)
v1.3 Removed the 49 day restriction. Now, the limit is somewhere around 68
years... :-) However, the program must be started within the first
49 days of boot or it will give inaccurate answers. For example. If
I start TimeUP on day 50, it will only say that the machine has been
up for less than 1 day (actually about 6 hours). If you start TimeUP
on day 99, then also it will state that the machine has only been up
for a few hours. This problem cannot be lifted without having some
program that executes from the config.sys write out the boot time. The
other option would be for IBM to change a system call. The first is
something for a later version (sorry) and the second is not probable.