system load meter
created during the 'mongo grass party'
neoscientific spring conference.
introduction
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Flynn is a tiny system load meter for your workbench. i've
picked this idea from a windowmaker appicon on a linux
desktop. the amiga version is a bit fancier, though. ;-)
Flynn lives in a dark place, i.e. in a tiny window on your
workbench. he's your slave, and you're his master. he lives
around task priority 0, and he will suffer from your
activities, i.e. from the system load generated by your
applications. you can drag him around and resize his window.
his pervert nature is not to be trusted. hurt him plenty!
notes
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Flynn uses some kind of stochastic load analysis, and tasks
with lower priorities will impose less torture on him than
tasks with higher priority. he doesn't care of load caused
by interrupt code.
Flynn reacts to screen notification (screennotify.library).
preferences will be saved automatically in the icon's
tooltypes. if no icon exists, flynn will create one for you.
if scheduled with Executive, Flynn's life would be too easy.
i suggest to experiment with noschedule (include his
childtasks) and leave his task priority untouched, or set it
below dynamic range.
Flynn needs an 68020, OS3.0, render.library v29.0
(dev/misc/renderlib.lha) and guigfx.library v15.0
(dev/misc/guigfxlib.lha). Flynn comes with source code.
installation
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not much to say here... install the libraries and drag Flynn
to your wbstartup drawer. he's not a commodity, but he lives
quite comfortable there.
usage
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find a good place and window size for Flynn. press escape or
send him a CTRL-C if you want to get rid of him. press the
right mouse button over his face to make him smile, and
generate heavy system load to make him suffer!
legal status
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created by TEK neoscientists.
freeware, no copyrights apply.
requirements
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- os3.0 (v39)
- 68020
- guigfx.library v15 (dev/misc/guigfxlib.lha)
- render.library v29 (dev/misc/renderlib.lha)
author
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bifat / TEK neoscientists
timm.mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de
history
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1.1 - more animation frames added. flynn now gets very angry
when the system load rises very quickly.
- clicking him with the right mouse button makes him smile.
1.0 - initial release
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