Short: WBWait 1.5 - Blank WB during WBStartup load using DMA. Author: Bozo (e-mail N/A) (#amiga,#amigaswe) Uploader: Bozo (e-mail N/A) Type: util/wb Architecture: m68k-amigaos *** Introduction *** Ever hated the shitty period of time when the damn WBStartup programs are beeing loaded? I'm sure you have. And why? Becouse you can see the whole shit on the screen. It's totally awful. Well, here is a solution. I probably should tell you that the present version was coded faster than this damn doc was written. (Good or bad?) I might release a version that checks for completion of the WBStartup so you don't have to bother with the delay value. Not very probable though, mainly becuse I plan to write a similar program with nuke/fade features. I don't understand why such a program has been made or attempted, couse it will blow you mind off. (and mine too) I apologize for the irony, but please understand that this doc was written 04:30 at night in a desperate need of food. *** Installation *** WBWait HAS to be put in your startup-sequence just BEFORE the LoadWB command. The execution line for WBWait MUST look like this: RUN >NIL: WBWAIT D seconds >NIL: That's it. Just replace 'seconds' with your preferred value. You should test your way to a good value. Try measuring the time it takes for disk-activity to stop. *** Requirements *** WBWait will PROBABLY run under anything over WB2.0 but I'm not giving any guarantees, since it only has been tested on AGA/WB3.0. BTW, check out the great sentence before this one. :) (hint: running under over?) *** WARNING *** Since version 1.5 WBWait has been transformed from a kludgy OS-friendly program to a nasty, evil and gruesome piece of code. Basicly, this means that it uses a cool hardware feature of the amiga, to be more exact the DMA. If you do not know what the DMA is and/or why I use it, you should probably delete this program before your amiga blows up.