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- PopInfo v2.0 (C) Copyright 1988 Jonathan Potter
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- A Workbench utility to show you the info that Workbench doesn't!
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- USAGE : run popinfo
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- INSTRUCTIONS:
- When run, a small window will open in the top left corner of the Workbench
- screen, with a P on it. This has the effect of turning your Workbench into a
- Porkbench, but apart from that is good in that no chip memory is used when
- PopInfo is not needed. To "Pop" PopInfo, simply click on the P. A window
- will pop open, containing the following information :
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- Unit Bytes Used Free Ers WPS SBB
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- Unit : This is simply the device name, eg DF0:, VD0:, etc..
- Bytes : This is the total number of bytes available on the device (a lot more
- useful than Blocks)
- Used : This is the total number of bytes used on the device.
- Free : This is the total number of bytes free on the device.
- Ers : This is the total number of hard errors on the device.
- WPS : This is the Write Protect Status for the device - either R/W (Read/Write)
- or R O (Read Only)
- SBB : This tells whether the device has a Standard BootBlock (only applicable
- for floppy drives.. N/A will appear for any other devices)
- Yes indicates a standard bootblock, No indicates a non standard
- bootblock, and NBB indicates No BootBlock (ie the disk is not
- installed)
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- alternatively, you will see
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- Unit No disk present in drive (only applicable to floppy drives) or
- Unit Not a DOS disk (disk is not formatted, or does not have a DOS
- bootblock)
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- You will also see chip RAM free, fast RAM free, total RAM free and the time.
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- If any non standard bootblocks are detected, a system request box will open
- asking you if you wish to view it/them.
- A positive response will open a big window which displays the 2 blocks of
- the bootblock, and a requester asking you if you wish to install the disk.
- A negative response will then open a requester asking you if you wish to
- continue viewing bootblocks, whereas a positive response will open a
- requester asking you if you are sure, and then will install the disk.
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- To deactivate the PopInfo window, simply click outside it. It will then
- shrink back to the P.
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- CREDIT : Most of this must go to me, however, the ReadBlock() routine and
- the bootblock display routine were "borrowed" from VirusX2.0 (The Complete
- Virus Removal System) Copyright by Steve Tibbett..
- I was all set to write my own, when VirusX2.0 came my way, and I
- thought.. well what the hell!
- Anyway, this IS public domain.......
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- Address any author correspondance to :
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- Jonathan Potter
- 3 William Street
- Clarence Park
- South Australia (a really boring place)
- Australia 5034 (can't wait to get back to London!!)
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- Jon.
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