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- Short: BattClock Watchdog 1.6
- Author: T.Heinrich@t-online.de (Thomas Heinrich)
- Uploader: T.Heinrich@t-online.de (Thomas Heinrich)
- Version: 1.6
- Type: util/time
- Requires: OS2.04+, hardware clock
- Replaces: RTWatch#?
-
- RealTimeWatch V1.4 - fixes a stupid bug with option LOGFILE
- RealTimeWatch V1.5 - fixes a stupid bug with unused Request
- RealTimeWatch V1.6 - cleaned up code, uses logfile more efficiently
-
- ********************************
- * NOW OPTIMIZED FOR MC68020+ ! *
- * DOES NOT WORK WITH OLDER CPU *
- ********************************
-
- Ever experienced a program mashing your hardware clock ?
- Ever tried to use the V43 picture.datatype afterwards ?
- Ever wondered, why your picture viewer refuses to work ?
- Ever clicked on a ToolManager dock without a result ?
- All this happened, after upgrading to a faster processor ?
-
- Well, that's what happened to me !
-
- I bought a Cyberstorm 60/50, and of course, most of the programs I
- own work fine, except some freeware animation players and picture
- viewers, that do not only show pictures, but change your system time
- now and then. Well, new processor, new problems, I know that (I'm
- using an Amiga since Summer 1988).
-
- I looked around for a tool, that may fix this problem, but found
- none. Not on the AmiNet-CD's, at least.
-
- So I decided to write one on my own (sounds somewhat familiar... :)
-
- What it is:
- -----------
- RealTimeWatch is a watchdog for your battery backed-up clock. You
- definitely need one to use this program, as it checks for it and,
- of course, exits gracefully (Alert() ;^), if you don't have one...
-
- What it does:
- -------------
- It reads the battclock every second (may be set in a range of 1 to
- 60 seconds by commandline option) and compares the value to the
- previously read value. If that shows a difference of more than 90
- minutes (remember, during summer, they steal 60 minutes of your
- precious sleep; you should adjust your clock then), it informs you
- and lets you
- · RESTORE the time to the previous value
- · RESET the time to January, 1st 1978 ;^)
- · ACCEPT that your system time has changed
- Luckily, if your clock gets mashed up, it is a matter of years,
- normally. So I can safely check for a tiny 90 minutes difference.
-
- What it can NOT do:
- -------------------
- It can't set the time very accurately, but that is a matter of some
- seconds, and the checking intervall you specify, although this is
- taken into account when restoring the clock.
- Obviously, if the program that mashes your clock, hangs afterwards,
- or even crashes the machine, there is no time for "RealTimeWatch"
- (that's the actual name of the program) to show up and let you
- interfere. RealTimeWatch provides an optional logfile to set the
- time again, if you reboot. However, you may lose some hours,
- depending on your last reboot...
-
- What YOU should do:
- -------------------
- READ THE DOCS BEFORE USING THE PROGRAM !
- By the way, it is FREEWARE !
- And, sorry, only a command line version. It should be started early
- (after SetPatch) in the startup-sequence, anyway !
-
- Have fun,
- Thomas "Hoin" Heinrich.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 1233 594 51.8% 12-Feb-97 20:26:48 RTWatch.info
- 25370 10759 57.5% 12-Feb-97 20:48:20 +RealTimeWatch.guide
- 2134 958 55.1% 12-Feb-97 20:48:40 +RealTimeWatch.guide.info
- 6480 3575 44.8% 12-Feb-97 20:27:28 +RealTimeWatch_deutsch
- 6236 3459 44.5% 12-Feb-97 20:27:28 +RealTimeWatch_english
- 3052 1565 48.7% 12-Feb-97 20:27:28 +RTWatch.readme
- 1460 886 39.3% 12-Feb-97 20:28:32 +RTWatch.readme.info
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- 45965 21796 52.5% 14-Feb-97 01:33:30 7 files
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