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  1. WBExtender 2.01 (20.12.94) by Martin Berndt
  2. ===========================================
  3.  
  4. This nifty little program replaces your WB Titlebar and the "About..."
  5. Requester with more useful information about your system.
  6. Simply place the program and icon in "SYS:WBStartup/".
  7.  
  8. This is how the Titlebar will look:
  9.  
  10. AmigaOS x.x (xxx)   x.xxx.xxx Chip  x.xxx.xxx Fast   T:xx L:xx S:xx  [--]
  11.         |    |      |               |                  |    |    |    |
  12.         |    |      + free ChipMem  + free FastMem     |    |    |    |
  13.         |    |                                         |    |    |    |
  14.         |    +------- ChipSet used (OCS, ECS or AGA)   |    |    |    |
  15.         |                                              |    |    |    |
  16.         +------------ OS Version                       |    |    |    |
  17.                                                        |    |    |    |
  18.                       Number of Tasks -----------------+    |    |    |
  19.                                                             |    |    |
  20.                       Number of Libraries ------------------+    |    |
  21.                                                                  |    |
  22.                       Number of Screens -------------------------+    |
  23.                                                                       |
  24.                       Serial & Parallel Status -----------------------+
  25.                       [--] = none used
  26.                       [s-] = SER used, but no Carrier
  27.                       [S-] = SER active, Carrier present
  28.                       [-p] = PAR Printer connected
  29.                       [-P] = PAR Printer ready/selected
  30.  
  31. Attention!
  32. Workbench only refreshes display when amount of free memory has changed!
  33.  
  34.  
  35. And here's your new Workbench/About...
  36.  
  37.                       +---------------------------------------------+
  38. OS Version -------->  | Kickstart 40.70, Workbench 40.42            |
  39.                       |                                             |
  40. Copyright Message ->  | Copyright © 1985-1994 Commodore-Amiga, Inc. |
  41.                       | All Rights Reserved.                        |
  42.                       |                                             |
  43. CPU/FPU type ------>  | CPU: 68030, FPU: 68882                      |
  44. Cache Status ------>  | InstCache ON (Burst), DataCache ON (Burst)  |
  45.                       |                                             |
  46. Memory Status ----->  | Memory used: 16% of 18.348.960 Bytes        |
  47.                       | Largest free block: 10.242.192 Bytes        |
  48.                       +---------------------------------------------+
  49. Gadgets ----------->  |   OK              Reboot              Flush |
  50.                       +---------------------------------------------+
  51.  
  52. OK     : just leave Requester as before
  53. Flush  : flush all inactive libs, fonts etc.
  54. Reboot : reboots system, opens confirmation Requester first
  55.  
  56.                       +-----------------------------------+
  57.                       |       --- System Reboot ---       |
  58.                       |                                   |
  59.                       | Wait for disk activity to finish. |
  60.                       +-----------------------------------+
  61.                       |   OK                       Cancel |
  62.                       +-----------------------------------+
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66. Requirements: AmigaOS 3.x
  67.  
  68. IMPORTANT: This should be the LAST patch on EasyRequestArgs!
  69.            Use it from startup-sequence after "LoadWB delay"
  70.            if neccesary and use a high STARTPRI for ARQ.
  71.  
  72.            This is how I start it:
  73.  
  74.            ...
  75.            c:LoadWB delay    ; open WB etc.
  76.            c:Wait 1          ; give WBStartup some time to load
  77.            c:WBExtender      ; start this wonderful program
  78.            EndCLI >NIL:
  79.  
  80. WARNING:   Some bad Programs which extend the Toolsmenu in an
  81.            illegal way (ToolsDaemon etc) do not work with
  82.            WBExtender, cause of multiple sanity checks.
  83.            You should prefer Toolmanager 2.1 anyway...
  84.  
  85.  
  86. History:
  87.  
  88. 1.3  - first public release
  89.  
  90. 1.4  - Memory detection bug fixed
  91.  
  92. 1.5  - removed stupid Enforcer hit in EasyRequestArgs
  93.  
  94. 1.6  - fixed OS 2.1 detection
  95.      - changed Forbid/Permit protocoll
  96.  
  97. 1.7  - fixed little "About" problem with OS 2.x
  98.  
  99. 1.8  - extended Memory display in "About"
  100.  
  101. 2.0  - WB Extender needs AmigaOS 3.x now!
  102.      - added "Flush" and "Reboot" to About Requester
  103.      - included German program version
  104.      - overall code cleanup
  105.  
  106. 2.01 - now works with 68000 CPU   ;-)
  107.  
  108.  
  109.       +--------------------------------------------------------+
  110.       |      This program is placed in the PUBLIC DOMAIN!      |
  111.       |                                                        |
  112.       |          Send bug reports and suggestions to:          |
  113.       |                                                        |
  114.       |                     Martin Berndt                      |
  115.       |                  Fr.-Alfred-Str. 115                   |
  116.       |                     47226 Duisburg                     |
  117.       |                        Germany                         |
  118.       |                                                        |
  119.       |                           or                           |
  120.       |                                                        |
  121.       |                m_berndt@wanderer.gun.de                |
  122.       +--------------------------------------------------------+
  123.