system load meter

created during the 'mongo grass party'
neoscientific spring conference.


introduction
-------------------

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
-------------------

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
-------------------

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
-------------------

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
-------------------

created by TEK neoscientists. 
freeware, no copyrights apply.



requirements
-------------------

- os3.0 (v39)
- 68020
- guigfx.library v15 (dev/misc/guigfxlib.lha)
- render.library v29 (dev/misc/renderlib.lha)



author
-------------------

bifat / TEK neoscientists
timm.mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de


history
-------------------


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

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                22100   44896  49.2% -lh5- 70a7 Jun 12  1999 flynn/flynn_68020
[generic]                 1026    1713  59.9% -lh5- 8445 Jun 12  1999 flynn/flynn_68020.info
[generic]                20270   41996  48.3% -lh5- 7377 Jun 12  1999 flynn/flynn_68040
[generic]                  979    1649  59.4% -lh5- 474c Jun 12  1999 flynn/flynn_68040.info
[generic]                  171     324  52.8% -lh5- bf0e Jun 12  1999 flynn/README.info
[generic]                  166     474  35.0% -lh5- a70a Feb 17  1999 flynn/source/Debug.h
[generic]                  389    1278  30.4% -lh5- b563 Jun 12  1999 flynn/source/defs.h
[generic]                14160   32204  44.0% -lh5- 0140 Mar 22  1999 flynn/source/flynn.picture
[generic]                 3463   11621  29.8% -lh5- 9c92 Apr  2  1999 flynn/source/flynnapp.c
[generic]                  339     611  55.5% -lh5- b650 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/flynnapp.h
[generic]                13074   60628  21.6% -lh5- 572e Mar 23  1999 flynn/source/flynnpic.c
[generic]                   48      55  87.3% -lh5- 6f75 Mar 23  1999 flynn/source/flynnpic.h
[generic]                 1095    3796  28.8% -lh5- dd7d Mar 23  1999 flynn/source/global.c
[generic]                  194     585  33.2% -lh5- 02e0 Mar 23  1999 flynn/source/global.h
[generic]                  451     911  49.5% -lh5- d12d Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/smakefile
[generic]                  493    1004  49.1% -lh5- 03b9 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/smakefile-68020
[generic]                  494    1005  49.2% -lh5- fc43 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/smakefile-68040
[generic]                  919    1828  50.3% -lh5- 6091 Jun 12  1999 flynn.info
[generic]                 1222    2579  47.4% -lh5- b592 Jun 12  1999 flynn/README
[generic]                  922    1828  50.4% -lh5- 97e1 Jun 12  1999 flynn/source.info
[generic]                 2289   11319  20.2% -lh5- a3d6 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/Subtask.c
[generic]                  239     565  42.3% -lh5- 5cc0 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/Subtask.h
[generic]                 1598    7118  22.5% -lh5- f2e9 Mar 24  1999 flynn/source/tools.c
[generic]                  286     976  29.3% -lh5- 4154 Mar 23  1999 flynn/source/tools.h
[generic]                 1916    6900  27.8% -lh5- a4ea Apr  2  1999 flynn/source/window.c
[generic]                  382    1284  29.8% -lh5- 221f Mar 22  1999 flynn/source/window.h
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        26 files   88685  239147  37.1%            Jun 13  1999