Short: Waits for harddrive to validate itself Author: hotcakes@abacus.net.au (Toby Zuijdveld) Uploader: hotcakes@abacus.net.au (Toby Zuijdveld) Type: utils/misc Disclaimer =============== If you use this program and something goes wrong afterwards, Stiff! I don't care and will not be held responsible. What's it for =============== ValWait is another one of those programs you shove in your startup-sequence. If the harddrive is still validating, the program simply waits until it is done, with optional picture/music to help pass the time with. Why? =============== There are a lot of these things released allready. So why did I do this? Well the problem I found with any other validator-wait proggy is that I don't have a copy. I'm too lazy to go and search for one, so I decided to code my own :) Usage =============== There are parameters VOL, PIC and MUS. Example : ValWait VOL HD0: PIC Waiting.iff MUS med.Waiting It's pretty self explanitory. Only ILBM pics are supported and MEDs, MODs and IFF 8SVX samples are also supported. (Stick this early in your startup-sequence, too:) How do be it working, yes? =============== Errrm, well. To see if the hd is still validating, the program simply tries to open a file on that partition :) Not very advanced stuff, but it works :) Features =============== Oh, this list is gunna be huge. :) Let's see: -·- Opens a picture while waiting -·- Plays background music -·- Supports 3 sound formats -·- Kills resident virii -·- I own it -·- PD -·- Really great programming (no, really:) -·- Attach a robot to the parallel port and it'll clean your kitchen sink NOTE: Most of the above text is innacurate at time of writing. Things to do =============== All the following things will be added if anyone actually shows any interest in this program :) -·- Support of more music formats :) -·- Fix bugs -·- Create more bugs -·- Up the revision number :) Known Bugs =============== -·- Most MEDmodules will not play at the correct speed. -·- Most samples will not play at the correct speed. -·- Workbench is opened prematurely -·- Any files going by the name of `:o' will be scrubbed :) Of course, most of these problems arose from being programmed with Blitz. The worst of em can be worked around, however... Contact me =============== For any reason, I can be reached at hotcakes@abacus.net.au History =============== 02·01·98 First public release. First release actually :) ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 55748 27440 50.7% 02-Sep-92 12:34:52 ValWait 8696 4969 42.8% 02-Sep-92 12:38:34 +DarkenWB 8228 4690 42.9% 02-Sep-92 12:40:28 +LightenWB 609 374 38.5% 02-Sep-92 13:30:08 +ThisDrawer.readme 2474 1235 50.0% 02-Sep-92 13:19:02 ValWaitv1.readme 33 33 0.0% 02-Sep-92 13:36:52 PS 31028 15712 49.3% 02-Sep-92 12:57:32 med.Waiting 30822 2998 90.2% 02-Sep-92 12:33:36 Waiting.iff -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 137638 57451 58.2% 05-Jan-98 01:14:04 8 files