StopWatch is a free utility written using Think C 4.0.2. Its main purpose is to make it easier to time and compare applications, procedures and programs. It is primarily intended for use with MultiFinder, though this is not mandatory.
The main features are
1) It will count up or down from a specified time (between 0 and 99 hours);
2) It can count in tenths of seconds;
3) You can set a pause period for the timer to wait before starting the main count, to give you time to switch over to your other application.
4) You can save the times at which events occur (by hitting cmd-h or choosing "Hold" from the File menu). When you do this, the time appears in a separate window followed by the phrase "Event # n" if this is the n-th time you have saved a time. Clicking on "Event # n" hightlights (and unhighlights) this phrase, whereupon you can enter a more descriptive string; you must hit the return button to complete the operation. Up to 99 such times can be saved like this, and when you quit the application you will be prompted if you want to save those times to a text file.
In addition, you can grey the clock face out to reduce interference with the application being timed, you can reduce the size of the clock-face somewhat, there is a small on-line help file under the Apple menu, and you can change the creator of the saved times file using ResEdit to alter the 'STR ' resource; [it is initially set to be TeachText].
This is the first Mac application I have written, so the user should be a little wary and I take no responsibility for damage resulting from the use of StopWatch. On the other hand, I use it quite often myself, and have tested it without problems on a Mac Plus with the earliest system I could find (from 1984) through 6.0.5, and on a Mac IIci with 6.0.7.
Feel free to redistribute the application, provided you don't try to make money from it.
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