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From: wheels@mks.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ramdisk wishlist
Message-ID: <218@mks.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 09:54:21 EST
Article-I.D.: mks.218
Posted: Mon Feb 23 09:54:21 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 24-Feb-87 01:09:14 EST
References: <617@sask.UUCP>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
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Summary: put ramdisk 'light' on the screen?

In article <617@sask.UUCP>, long@sask.UUCP (Warren Long) writes:
> 
> I would love to have the little red busy light/s on my drive
> light up when my ramdisk is being written or read.
> 
> Warren

How about having the ramdisk driver twiddle a couple of pixels in the
upper right corner of the screen? That corner seems to be expendable,
as witnessed by the number of computer/programs which put clocks and
other things up there.

Myself, I don't see the need for indication of ramdisk activity -- it
happens so quickly you might not see the indicator anyway. If you stretch
out the indication to make it visible, you'll slow down the ramdisk.

Speaking of indicators, however, has anyone modified their (external)
floppies so the LED is connected to the drive select line instead of the
motor-on line? I have seen a few systems (not ST's) that work this way.
The LED is then much more indicative of activity. If I don't hear from
anyone on this, I'll look into it myself and post whatever I find.

-- 
Gerry Wheeler                  {allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!watmath!mks!wheels
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.