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- Spin Pointer 1.1 Docs
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- Have you ever used PointerX? An excellent program, but with one flaw. It
- uses a high priority task that eats up some CPU time, and it is one more
- task for exec to handle. Take a look at it with Xoper, Spy, or any other
- CPU usage monitor. This is why Spin Pointer was created.
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- Spin Pointer runs only under Kickstart 2.x, from the CLI.
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- As the name implies, Spin Pointer will spin the hand of the standard WB 2.0
- Wait Pointer, used by Workbench or any other program.
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- To install Spin Pointer, just execute it from the Shell, or put in your
- user-startup file and reboot. (Of course you'll have to remove PointerX if
- you have it running first, or the pointer will look strange. :-) The
- program will install itself and return to the Shell; there is no need to run
- it. And should you ever have to remove it, just execute it again.
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- Spin pointer will even reset the stopwatch everytime it appears!
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- From a programming perspective: Spin Pointer is written in Assembly. It runs
- as a low priority vertical blanking interrupt, not as separate task, and
- therefore uses minimal CPU time and overhead. Ever take a look at PointerX
- in Xoper or similar CPU usage monitor?
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- From a functionality perspective: Spin Pointer resets the hand, and
- therefore looks more like a stopwatch. Sorry, I know PointerX can be
- started from WBStartup, and Spin Pointer cannot.
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- Spin Pointer is written in assembly by Thanos Angelopoulos and is freely
- distributable. If there are any questions, comments, bugs reports, flames,
- etc.., you can reach me on either Usenet: uunet!hsi!genly!ang!thanos or
- Fidonet: 141/105.
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- And as a last note, credit must go to Steve Tibbett for the original idea.
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- Enjoy...
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- Program History
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- 1.1 ╖Int Pri changed to -1
- ╖Resets hand to top before poping up, like a stopwatch.
- ╖Dummy port added, program now removable if executed again.
- ╖Interrupt code optimized.
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- 1.0 Not Released.
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