WATCH CARRIER DETECT 1.0 (C) 1995 One World Software All rights reserved. WatchCD is a utility which monitors the carrier detect line of COM ports 1-4 and reboots the machine should the carrier drop. What sets this series of utilities apart from others of its ilk is WatchCD flushes write-behind caches to disk prior to rebooting the machine. This prevents losses of data caused by rebooting a machine while using write-behind (or write-delayed) disk caches. WatchCD is provided as a set of small TSR programs, each one compiled for a specific COM port. Each version has the COM port number for which it was compiled as part of its name. Thus, WATCHCD1.COM watches COM1, WATCHCD2.COM watches COM2, and so on. Currently WatchCD works only on standard COM port assignments. WatchCD currently supports the following disk caching software: SmartDrive 4.0+; PC-Cache 5.x-6.x, and 8.0+; Norton Utilities NCACHE-F and NCACHE-S; QuickCache II v4.20+; and Super-PC Kwik versions 3.20+. Using WatchCD could not be any easier. Run the appropriate version for the COM port you wish to monitor. WatchCD prints a message stating it is installed, or a terse message describing why it did not. Once installed, a loss of carrier on the COM port causes WatchCD to flush whatever caches it knows about to disk. Uninstall WatchCD at any time by running the program and adding "/U" to the command line like this: WATCHCD1 /U NOTE: You must not load any terminate and stay resident software after WatchCD if you plan on uninstalling it later. Please note WatchCD will NOT install itself at all if there is no carrier on the COM port when it first runs. This behavior is by design. This permits BBS Sysops to use this utility and still run their doors (or whatever) locally. That's it. If you use WatchCD and find it handy, register it. WatchCD is only $5 (non-commercial) or just $10 (cheap) for commercial or government use. We accept checks on US banks, Visa, and Mastercard. Contact me by one of the following methods: MAIL: One World Software PO Box 269 Bronston, KY 42519-0269 USA E-MAIL: rduffy@usa.net BBS: (606) 561-5766 14.4K 24 hours FAX: (606) 561-9227 Thank you for your support.... ============================================================== CHECK OUT THESE OTHER AVAILABLE TITLES FROM ONE WORLD SOFTWARE ============================================================== Refrigerant Tracking System RTS is a refrigerant inventory control system designed to help the refrigeration service industry comply with the Clear Air Act of 1990. Available in DOS or Windows flavors. - $395 US Jiffy Viewer 2.0 for Windows Jiffy is an image viewer, converter, and editor for Windows 3.1 or later. Jiffy reads 11 different formats and writes to 7 in up to 16.7 million colors! Also features slide shows. - $29 US