PollFreq 2.00 (26 Jan 1999)
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(c) Musus Umbra 1997-9

Permission is granted for unlimited personal use & modification.

Permission is granted for redistribution (by any method) provided that:
        No charge is made for this software.  A reasonable charge may be
                made for media / handling / etc. This software is *free*.
        Any distributed copy of this software must be unaltered and entire.
                You may not distribute modified / imcomplete copies of this
                software.  If you fix a bug / add a feature, let me know so
                that I can update the master copy.

As usual with freeware, there is no warranty of any kind.  The author cannot
be held responsible for any loss/damage arising from the use/inability to
use this software.  It is the user's responsibility to determine the fitness
of this software for any purpose they put it to.

(But if it doesn't work, I will try to help :-)


What is it?
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PollFreq is a simple program that monitors how loaded the Wimp is.  It does
this by determining how many times per second it can gain control of the
machine.

Because such a task does gain control as often as possible, it must also
relinquish control very quickly in order not to slow the system down.  With
this in mind, PollFreq is written as a module task in assembler. (Assembler
for speed, and a module for memory efficiency).


How to use it
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Simply double-click on the PollFreq module!

Notice that the window has a 'toggle-size' icon.  If you toggle the window
to full size, you'll also be able to see the average polling speed over the
past few seconds.


I already have something that does that!
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So do I :)

PollFreq was written to be small, elegant and efficient - and it is.  You
might as well try it anyway :)


Version History
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1.10    19 Nov 1997     First release version.  Worked.

1.11    24 Feb 1998     Now kills the module when the window is closed.
                        Opens the windw in a more sensible place :)

2.00    26 Jan 1999     Complete rewrite - there seemed to be something
                        wrong with 1.11 (only in very odd conditions
                        though...)

                        The average figure is now updated every second
                        and is the average for the previous 8 seconds.


Contact:
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        e-mail:         musus@argonet.co.uk
        WWW:            http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/musus/
        Snail:          c/o 23 Baronsway, Whitkirk, Leeds, LS15 7AW, ENGLAND.
