Re: hard drive indicator lights in menu bar

[fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article <204tf1INNk7q@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> florpch@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Lawrence S Lee) writes:
>Okay, so if Hardpressed and GS-Spy 2, two very handy utilities, are
>incompatible with each other, and since GS-Spy 2 seems to be a bit
>sloppily written (or something like that), is there ANY alternative
>to GS Spy, or a possible rewrite, or anything?

Doing the interface correctly is NOT difficult.  If the author is on the
net and is interested in fixing it, it's easy enough to explain.

If anybody wants a small project, all the INIT does is watch for GS/OS
Read and Write calls (0012/0013/2012/2013) and put up a little green dot
or a red dot to the left of the apple in the menubar.  Also, it puts up
an 'R' or a 'W' on the text screen.  The original pixels and text char
are replaced afterward.

You can snag GS/OS interface code from HP or (better yet) GNO.  (Don't use
Orca shell!!!)

(Well, okay, it also watches for Format and yells when it happens, but
that's not the main feature.)

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fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
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