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[Files] Melting your CPU for free [MOS]ANN.lu
Posted on 06-Sep-2004 01:03 GMT by #amigazeux (Edited on 2004-09-06 19:47:21 GMT by Christian Kemp)45 comments
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We've released a new, small graphical CPU meter for your pleasure and adulation.
It's available for download at our website. Meltium is a small graphical CPU-usage meter which displays a user selectable picture and applies some colourisation using a user selectable alpha map and colour table to it. Additionally the CPU-usage is also displayed in the screentitle when Meltium's window is the active one. Meltium requires MorphOS 1.4 for perfect operation.

-- #amigazeux

Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 1 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 02:57 GMT
"Meltium requires MorphOS 1.4 for perfect operation. "

And it does not work at all on AmigaOS??
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 2 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Tryo on 06-Sep-2004 03:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (priest):
No.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 3 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Tryo on 06-Sep-2004 03:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (priest):
Oh well. To prevent you from crashing it works as far as showing you a requester that your OS is not of the required type.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 4 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 06-Sep-2004 05:59 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Tryo):
what about show a bit of intelligence and post news like this to the Amiga forum like "MOS: Melting your CPU for free" so people know its not worth reading if they don't have MOS (still waiting for promised CSPPC version to test it BTW)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 5 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 06-Sep-2004 06:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
I agree
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 6 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 06-Sep-2004 06:26 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
"what about show a bit of intelligence and post news like this to the Amiga forum like "MOS: Melting your CPU for free" so people know its not worth reading if they don't have MOS (still waiting for promised CSPPC version to test it BTW)"

Aw, c'mon, then it applies to all OS4 programs as well - or is there OS4 for CSPPC publicly available? Add to that, if a program for example uses WarpOS, as not all of us has PPC, will the poster be required to state it in the news title as well? (Like: Warning, if you have an A500 with 512Mb, it won't run!)?
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 7 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 06:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Emeric SH):
An A500 with 512MB?! :P

But yea, it doesn't take alot of words to add such a tag, like OS4/WUP/MOS/ whatever.

It's a small detail but a nice gesture i think.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 8 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 06-Sep-2004 07:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Tryo):
> Oh well. To prevent you from crashing it works as far as showing you a requester
> that your OS is not of the required type.

Ahem, I don't get it... if it can run on AmigaOS, it means it's either 68k or Warpup or Pup... but you say it's MOS-specific, so why isn't the binary MOS-native?
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 9 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Piru on 06-Sep-2004 07:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Fabio Alemagna):
Probably because the E compiler producing MorphOS PPC native binaries isn't mature enough yet...
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 10 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 06-Sep-2004 08:05 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (Anonymous):
morons (moderator, please feel free to moderate this, but i do not find another more polite word for such ppl) like you are the reason why a lot programmers completly stopped to post news to ann.lu at all. You do not have to say anything about the program itself? Then simple go away. We don't need non- and contra-productive ppl like you in this community.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 11 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 08:08 GMT
In reply to Comment 10 (Anonymous):
Well, i guess it's pretty inflamatory what he posted, but the basic idea isn't bad, simply prefacing your title of the submission with MOS/AOS/OS4/Whatever isn't hard to do & makes it easier to skip the items if you so want to.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 12 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 06-Sep-2004 08:13 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Amon_Re):
of course, some simple cycle gadget when submitting news could solve that problem: AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS PUP/WUP, MorphOS, OS4, Emulation, Something else.

the problem is not that idea, the problem is the insulting way how it was posted here into the comments.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 13 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 06-Sep-2004 08:13 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Amon_Re):
Argh, I meant kb. :)))
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 14 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 06-Sep-2004 08:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Amon_Re):
"Well, i guess it's pretty inflamatory what he posted, but the basic idea isn't bad, simply prefacing your title of the submission with MOS/AOS/OS4/Whatever isn't hard to do & makes it easier to skip the items if you so want to."

OS descriptions will in some cases exceed the space available, I fear.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 15 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 08:15 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Emeric SH):
" Aw, c'mon, then it applies to all OS4 programs as well"

Yes.

When a program news item is posted to Amiga Network News people assume 68k AmigaOS as default.

To be fair, I suggest that people mention all main Amiga-like OS versions that the program supports when they post SW news to ANN. (AmigaOS3.x, AmigaOS4.x AROS, Amithlon (if it's native Amithlon binary), MorphOS1.x)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 16 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 06-Sep-2004 08:17 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (priest):
"To be fair, I suggest that people mention all main Amiga-like OS versions that the program supports when they post SW news to ANN. (AmigaOS3.x, AmigaOS4.x AROS, Amithlon (if it's native Amithlon binary), MorphOS1.x)"

If a program supports all, then the length overkill will happen, which I've just mentioned.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 17 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 08:20 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Anonymous):
Agreed
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 18 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 08:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 14 (Emeric SH):
Perhaps, we'd have to try it to know it tho :P
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 19 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 08:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (priest):
Agreed, and not in the "read more" section, because that would defeat the purpose
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 20 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 08:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Emeric SH):
If the program supports it all, then ALL will suffice :)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 21 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 09:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Emeric SH):
In that special case (when the release is for all systems) it would be ok to not to list them.

I think some common sense is allowed.

Example1: "(AOS3 AOS4 MOS Amithlon)" Not too long, IMO.
Example2: " (All amigasystems, except AROS.)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 22 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by koan on 06-Sep-2004 09:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 21 (priest):

Example1: "(AOS3 AOS4 MOS Amithlon)" Not too long, IMO.


Doesn't Amithlon run AOS3 ? - in which case it only would need to be

Example1: "(AOS3 AOS4 MOS)".


Example2: " (All amigasystems, except AROS.)


And then

Example 3: AROS (x86)

surely ?

koan
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 23 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 09:23 GMT
In reply to Comment 22 (koan):
"Doesn't Amithlon run AOS3 ? - in which case it only would need to be"

Yes it does run AOS3.x 68k apps. But it is also capable of running it's own AOS3.x API apps that are compiled to native "big endian x86".


Also, AOS3.x 68k is enough to "hint" that it runs on all compatibles.
For some apps one could also say "AOS3.x 68k AGA" if it requires custom chips.


And agreed, AROS seem to require the CPU definition.

(time will tell if we need AACE / AmigaDE mentions someday)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 24 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Fabio Alemagna on 06-Sep-2004 09:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (Piru):
> Probably because the E compiler producing MorphOS PPC native binaries isn't
> mature enough yet...

I didn't know it's written in E.

On the other hand, if I had to write an E compiler nowadays, I'd make it produce C code rather than pure object code, so that it could be portable across platforms.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 25 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Johan Rönnblom on 06-Sep-2004 10:19 GMT
Actually I think some conventions would be nice. For example

MOS: blabla
(announcement about mos-only software)

OS4: blabla
(announcement about os4-only software)

blabla
(announcment about any software that runs on AmigaOS3.1, and/or has
multiple versions for different amiga-like systems, although not
necessarily all)

The rationale here is that Amithlon-only, AROS-only or UAE-only
software is rare, and I guess it will be like that for some time to
come. Of course AROS people would be free to write AROS: in front of
their releases, though. But I don't see the point in bloating every
general newsitem title with things like
"MOS/OS4/AROS/OS3.1/Amithlon/UAE/WarpOS/PowerUP".
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 26 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by hooligan/dcs on 06-Sep-2004 10:56 GMT
Wow.. this is cool app. Goes to my WBStartup, definetely!
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 27 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 11:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 25 (Johan Rönnblom):
I would be very satisfied with that kind of "protocol" as well. ;-)

In the read more one could fill the (possibly) needed details.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 28 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by priest on 06-Sep-2004 11:12 GMT
going offtopic.....



Sabrina has Pegasos already, but how about Eric W. Schwartz himself?


Latest comic: http://www.sabrina-online.com/thismonth.html
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 29 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Piru on 06-Sep-2004 12:43 GMT
In reply to Comment 28 (priest):
> Sabrina has Pegasos already, but how about Eric W. Schwartz himself?

Yes, he has Pegasos.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 30 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Leo on 06-Sep-2004 12:47 GMT
Screenshot: http://nogfx.free.fr/Meltium.png (720kb)

Leo.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 31 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by takemehomegrandma on 06-Sep-2004 13:01 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Amon_Re):
Perhaps some clickable checkboxes for various systems when making files related posts? One for each of 68k, WarpUP, PowerUP, MorphOS, OS4, which will result in some kind of info below the headline or such?

Nah, it wouldn't really be worth the effort. IMHO the current situation is no problem at all.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 32 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 13:09 GMT
In reply to Comment 31 (takemehomegrandma):
It's not a problem, it's just a suggestion that might help spare afew people some time
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 33 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Golem on 06-Sep-2004 13:58 GMT
In reply to Comment 32 (Amon_Re):
Yes, wouldn't it be nice if people weren't forced to polute threads with off-topic comments and meta discussion. ;-)
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 34 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Amon_Re on 06-Sep-2004 16:02 GMT
In reply to Comment 33 (Golem):
Hey, atleast i'm not trolling against the newsitem :P
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 35 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous Orc on 06-Sep-2004 16:25 GMT
and for this you got a free PegasosII? wow. Imagine what you'd get for a full application!
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 36 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Tryo on 06-Sep-2004 17:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 35 (Anonymous Orc):
If you are talking to me: I did not get a free Pegasos II.

Nice try, Next.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 37 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by XraalE on 06-Sep-2004 17:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (Tryo):
Why? You'd only accuse of of adding anti-Amiga code.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 38 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by XraalE on 06-Sep-2004 17:56 GMT
In reply to Comment 37 (XraalE):
Erm, that wasn't supposed to be a reply to Tryo. My bad.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 39 of 45ANN.lu
Message removed by Christophe Decanini for violation of ANN's posting rules.
Specific reason from moderator: Impersonation
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 40 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Lando on 06-Sep-2004 20:32 GMT
In reply to Comment 39 (Darren Glenn):
I'm assuming this isn't the real Ryu - it's not like him to post a comment such as this.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 41 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 07-Sep-2004 07:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 37 (XraalE):
WTF is anti-amigaos code?

I only know anti-morphos code by Jak Erik Karlsson or something...

And OS4 programs has anti-AOS3.x and anto-MOS code?

I think that this app uses MorphOS functions, that's all...
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 42 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Ryu on 07-Sep-2004 09:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 39 (Darren Glenn):
post 39 from Darren Glenn is not me, neither are any of the others the loosers been posting on here lately.

If I post on ANN I always make sure i log in with my nick Ryu...

So looser impersonating me, get a life!

Also, I have no affiliation with amigaworld.net, so you got it completely wrong there too...
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 43 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Marco Steinberg on 07-Sep-2004 20:43 GMT
In reply to Comment 42 (Ryu):
Get stuffed and i hope your site gets hacked.
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 44 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Chris H on 11-Sep-2004 07:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 25 (Johan Rönnblom):
It's a pity Johan Rönnblom's post got lost in the noise, because it makes a lot of sense. Here's a justification for keeping it simple like he suggested:

MOS is supposed to be backwards compatible (ish) with OS3.x
OS4 is supposed to be backwards compatible (ish) with OS3.x
Amithlon is suppose to be backwards compatible (ish) with OS3.x

AROS *currently* is not binary compatible with OS3.x.
MOS, OS4 and Amithlon specific binaries are not compatible with any other system.
Amithlon & AROS specific stuff is very rare.


Therefore it is quite reasonable to assume that posts apply to OS3.x (and all compatibles) unless other wise stated. The only two common alternatives are MOS & OS4, so simply pre-pending [MOS] or [OS4] to the title is quite safe. If several OSes (but not OS3.x) are supported by having several binaries, then simply prepending [mixed] or perhaps [not 68k] should be useful without going bananas.

Even better, being able to choose between "All", "MOS", "OS4" and "Mixed" from a pop-up when posting would be even better. It would be even better if I could filter the postings to only show (say) "OS4", or show everything apart from (say) "MOS".
Melting your CPU for free [MOS] : Comment 45 of 45ANN.lu
Posted by Chris H on 11-Sep-2004 07:23 GMT
I stupidly forgot to mention that AROS and Amithlon specific binaries could be supported by having an "Other" option in the pop-up list. And of course, the "Mixed" option would cover them too.
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