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4]--------------------------------
3]POPINFO 4.0
3]Workbench Utility to Show
3]What Workbench Doesn't
3]© Copyright 1990 Jonathan Potter
4]--------------------------------
(JUMPDISK NOTE: This is an extra added attraction to the August 1990
JUMPDISK and is not advertised on the cover as among the contents. This
serendipitous find comes to you courtesy of our policy to fill the disk to
99 percent capacity while crunching contents. Though crunching is an
ongoing editorial process as we prepare the disk, it tends to create
unexpected room at the last minute. We've included PopInfo, rather than save
it for next month. A version of PopInfo appeared on a past JUMPDISK.)
This program is not in the public domain but is freely redistributable
so long as a maximum of $10 (if anything) is charged for copying fee, and
this documentation accompanies the executable.
USAGE: PopInfo [-x???] [-y???]
PopInfo has been totally rewritten from the last version, and much is
new. See the bottom of this file for changes.
PopInfo is a small utililty meant for use in the Workbench. You may
start it from Workbench or from the CLI or Shell.
When run, a icon will open in the top left corner of the Workbench
screen. The fact that it is fairly small means it does not eat chip memory
when not using it. As with a normal icon, you can drag it around the screen
and open it by double-clicking.
When double-clicked, a large window pops open, containing useful
information about the computer. The gist of that information follows:
Unit : This is the device name, eg DF0:, VD0:, etc..
If no disk is present in the drive you will see "No disk present in
drive" following the unit. If the disk is a Kickstart disk. you will
see "Kickstart disk", "Unreadable disk" if the disk is unreadable,
or "Not a DOS disk" if the disk is a non-DOS disk.
Bytes : The total number of bytes available on the unit (more useful
than blocks) It is interesting to note the 880K per disk we
are supposed to get is actually around 837K.
Used : The total number of bytes used on the unit.
Free : The total number of bytes free on the unit.
Ers : The total number of hard errors on the unit.
WPS : For Write Protect Status, this is either R/W (Read/Write) or R O
(Read Only)
Also displayed is Chip RAM free, Fast RAM free, total RAM free, and the
current system time.
In the titlebar next to the depth gadgets is a small gadget labelled
POP. When the gadget does say POP and you deactivate the info window (by
clicking outside it) the window will pop back to the original icon.
However, if you click on the POP gadget, it changes to STAY. When the gadget
is STAY, the info window hangs around, dynamically updating even when you do
deactivate it! Nifty, huh?
While time and memory are constantly updated when the window is open,
the device information isn't. However, you can force an update of the info
by pressing the right mouse button when the PopInfo window is active. All
the information is updated if disk changes are detected.
The -x and -y flags allow you to specify where the PopInfo icon will
first appear. For example, to tuck the icon away in the bottom-right corner,
you would:
PopInfo -x640 -y256
Please address author correspondance (bug reports, comments, spare
cash, praise, etc.) to Jonathan Potter, P.O. Box 289, Goodwood, 5034,
South Australia, Australia.
3]CHANGES
PopInfo v4.0 has undergone a number of changes from v3.1. The major
changes follow:
1. The program no longer has virus-checking facilities. Like its
cousin, PopDir, these have been removed. There are dedicated virus checkers
that do more work better, and it is better to use one of these. Also, the
size of the executable has been reduced from 24k to under 8k.
2. The sizing gadget has gone. I saw no point in being able to resize
the window, since to make it smaller you only need to click outside it.
4]END OF TEXT