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Killer 0.0 by Paul Falstad
5415 Abbott Place
Edina, MN 55410-2321
PLink: HYPNOS
GEnie: P.FALSTAD
CIS: 70016,1355
This extremely short hack does two things: (1) It automatically clicks retry
on all system requesters that pop up in the Workbench window. This is not as
unsafe as it sounds -- most of the important requesters will just pop up again
if you click retry. So if you notice a requester that is unusually
persistent, you can usually override the Killer by clicking Cancel.
But the really annoying requesters just go away if you click Retry.
(2) It looks for fake Workbench screens (screens that have the WBENCHSCREEN
flag set but are not really Workbench) and changes the flag to CUSTOMSCREEN.
This was written in response to an annoying feature in UEdit 2.5d that sets
the WBENCHSCREEN flag on the UEdit screen. This caused some strange effects
with the Left Amiga-N and M keys.
Why, you ask, did I bother to write this, let alone upload it? I'm glad you
asked. There is a problem with my hard disk interface, or the drive itself,
or the motherboard, that causes "Read/write error" requesters to pop up
occasionally. If you click "Retry" on them, however, they just go away, and
everything proceeds normally. Even if you click "Cancel," everything just
continues normally. I checked the hard disk with a Defect search and found
nothing. I did a low-level format when the hard drive was warm, but nothing
changed. The problem can get extremely annoying at times -- I've had as many
as 700 errors on the drive in one session. Any ideas?
This program is public domain. I am not responsible for any damage caused by
this program, directly or indirectly.