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- Diskpix.exe ver 1.9
- copyright (c) 1989, 1990 Charles J. Okstein
-
- DISKPIX is a program to graphically display the state of all the hard disk
- drives in a system or network. It presents pie-chart displays showing the
- amount of free space on each drive and most importantly, the per-centage of
- the drive which has not yet been backed up.
-
- Running the program is an easy and fun way to get a quick mental picture of
- when back ups are needed.
-
- Program Requirements:
- DISKPIX requires either EGA or VGA graphics mode. This version will not
- work on CGA systems.
-
- It works with up to 26 hard drives (or RAM disks), displaying either a
- single drive image or groups of four drives at a time.
-
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- Using the Program - at the DOS prompt, type:
- 1. DISKPIX
- - Diskpix will display a full-screen image of the default drive.
- or -
-
- * 2. DISKPIX D: (or DISKPIX D)
- - (where D is any valid hard drive choice) - DISKPIX
- will display a full-screen image of chosen drive.
- or -
-
- * 3. DISKPIX *.* (or DISKPIX *)
- - DISKPIX will display quarter-screen images of all hard drives
- on the system - tap the space bar to move to the new screen.
-
- 4. DISKPIX ?
- - DISKPIX shows a help screen
-
- * This version will also checks the DOS environment, so that you can set
- us a line in your autoexec.bat file, such as
- SET DISKPIX=E: (no spaces before or after the equal sign).
- Then, when you type from the DOS prompt
- DISKPIX
- you will see the display for drive E:
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- *NOTE -- asterisk indicates features available on registered version only.
-
- Sharing the Program:
- Thank you for registering DISKPIX. Good SHAREWARE programs are available
- becuase individuals like you have shown integrity in purchasing software you
- use. If you like DISKPIX, please share your evaluation copy - not this
- registered copy - with your friends, and urge them to register it.
-
- Registration fees are set low enough for everyone who uses DISKPIX to
- purchase a license.
-
- All rights reserved.
-
-
- Upgrade history:
- Diskpix 1.9 - 7/16/90
- 1. contains critical error handler and refined program code.
- 2. will selectively check floppy drives, i.e.,
- diskpix A: will be permitted.
- 3. permits use of DOS environment.
- 4. displays message when a drive is completely empty.
- Diskpix 1.8 - 3/89
- 1. Program successfull handles missing drives; i.e., drives
- need not be consecutively lettered.
- Diskpix 1.7 - 1/18/90
- 1. shareware version with internal improvements for increased
- reliability.
- Diskpix 1.6 - test version not distributed
- Diskpix 1.5 12/23/89
- 1. fixes bug when more that 4 drives are displayed in which the
- display would not pause on the second or succeeding pages.
- 2. changed colors of display.
- 3. changed definition of pie-segments: Now they more accurately
- reflect the status of the drive:
- A. 1st segment shows total of bytes already backed up
- B. 2nd segment shows bytes free
- C. 3rd segment shows bytes needing to be backed up
- A + B + C equals total capacity of drive.
-
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- Register with the author by sending $10 to:
- Charlie Okstein
- 1834 East Ranch Rd.
- Tempe, AZ 85284
- or for more fun: CS 76154,1053
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