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- TRAKMON
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- Purpose : A drive monitoring utility for the Amiga.
- Author : Matt. Burt
- Date : 29 May 89
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- TRAKMON for the Amiga performs a similar function to the TRACK IT program
- for the Atari ST (Cover disk #12 - June 89), but offers increased
- functionality.
-
- The following data is displayed by TRAKMON for each and every 3.5 inch disk
- drive connected to the machine.
-
- * Current cylinder number
- * Head currently selected
- * Highest cylinder encountered since the last disk was inserted
- * Drive Motor status
- * Disk Write Protect status
-
-
- The data is displayed in a Workbench window in tabular format, and looks
- something like this :-
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-
- +------------------+
- | C U D |
- +------------------+
- | CYL HEAD HIGH|
- |DF0: 63 0 73 |
- |DF2: 40 0 40 |
- |DF3: 46 1 46 |
- +------------------+
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- C U and D refer to the usual Workbench window gadgets.
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- This example is for a machine (my own in fact) which has no DF1:, but drives
- DF0: DF2: and DF3:
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- If the disk is write-protected, the drive name appears in orange. If the
- disk is not write-protected the drive name appears in white. The drive
- name is displayed in reverse video when the drive motor is active.
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- The three numbers displayed after the drive name are the current cylinder
- number, the current head number, and the highest cylinder encountered
- since a disk was last inserted into this drive. This numbers are only
- displayed if a disk is present in the drive.
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- To use this program, either type RUN TRAKMON at a Cli or Shell prompt, or
- select the TRAKMON Icon from Workbench. The utility may be terminated by
- selecting the close gadget on the window.
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- Trakmon works fine with machines with 1.2 ROMs with Workbench 1.2 upwards.
- I haven't yet tried it on a machine with 1.3 ROMs fitted.
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