____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___  / /__//_ /__ / //_ //__ / //_ / / / //_ //__//_   / / //__ ___//__//__/___//__// / /_/_// // \/__  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - FOR ABO'S CONTACT US AT: BP:28 1170 WATERMAEL-BOITSFORT 1 BELGIUM!!... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DON'T SEND ANY DISKS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  THE LEGENDARY >> SUBSOFTWARE << IN 87/88/89/90/91!!...  ------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************************** PopInfo v4.0 © Copyright 1990 Jonathan Potter ****************************************************************************** A WorkBench utility to show you the info that WorkBench doesn't! This program is NOT Public Domain, but is freely redistributable, as long as: a) A MAXIMUM of $10 (if any) is charged for copying fee b) This documentation and the source codes accompany the executable (the source codes may not necessarily be included on any disk based magazines, where space may be tight) USAGE: PopInfo [-x???] [-y???] NOTE : PopInfo has been totally rewritten from the last version, and many things have changed. See the bottom of this file for changes. PopInfo is a small utililty meant for use in the WorkBench. You may start PopInfo from Workbench, or from the CLI. When run, a icon will open in the top left corner of the WorkBench screen. The fact that it is fairly small means that it does not eat up chip memory when you are not using it. You can drag this around like a normal icon, and, like a normal icon, you can open it by double clicking. When double-clicked, a large window will pop open, containing useful information about the computer. The information contained is as 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 (a lot more useful than blocks!) It is interesting to note that 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 there is, next to the depth gadgets, 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 the 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 diskchanges 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 Well, enjoy the program (ie Use It!!)... Please address any author correspondance (bug reports, comments, (maybe any spare cash??), praise, etc..) to Jonathan Potter P.O. Box 289 Goodwood, 5034 South Australia Australia phone : (08) 2932788 7.30pm -> 10.30pm CST weeknights 10am -> 10.30pm CST weekends ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PopInfo v4.0 has undergone a number of changes from v3.1. The major changes are : 1. The program no longer has virus-checking facilities. Like its cousin, PopDir, these have been removed. There are dedicated virus checkers around that do more work better, and it is better to use one of these than a PopInfo/PopDir combination. Also, the size of the executable has been reduced from 24k to under 8k. 2. The sizing gadget has gone. I could see no point in being able to resize the window, since to make it smaller you only need to click outside it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------