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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
- =======
-
- 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.
-