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Space

Space is a program designed to monitor the memory available on all fixed disks, including network drives.  It will list every drive, including drives that are "mapped" onto other drives (as is common on network systems), but will produce the correct total.  You can eliminate the duplicate drives by selecting "Eliminate Duplicates" from the "Options" menu.

Run the program to display the list of drives.  A plus sign will appear on the right of each drive if the available space has increased since the last update.  A minus sign will appear if it has decreased since the last update.

Change the window size and position to suit your taste; Space will remember where you put it and re-open to the last position.  If you really hate the last position, you can select "Set Default Window" from the "Options" menu.

Space defaults to update the display only on command (using the button, the menu, or by pressing the "U" key on the keyboard).  If you want it to constantly monitor the disks select "Timer Update" from the "Options" menu.  A small requester will appear with two controls; an on-off toggle to turn the timed updates on and off, and a button that shows the update period.  Click on the button to step through the period choices, which include 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, and 30 seconds, and 1, 2, 5, 10 and 30 minutes.  The updates will occur even if you don't close the requester, and the parameters you set will be remembered and automatically selected the next time you run Space.

You can also opt to have Space beep whenever the total available space changes.  Select "Beep on Change" from the "Option" menu to activate this feature (that menu item will have a check next to it).  Select it again to turn it off.  Space remembers the last setting the next time it is run.

The maximum value for any drive, or the total, is 4 gigabytes.

To report any bugs or problems use the address below, or send email on CompuServe to me at 73267,3361.

If you find this program useful, and would like a version that prints the list, and saves the list to a text file, send me $10 (U.S.) and I will send you a disk.  Send the check to:

Mike Berro

BCS Software

P.O. Box 923113

Sylmar, CA  91392-3113

  Thank you for your support.


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