26 Dec
2001
26 Dec
'01
11:31 a.m.
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
With the recent discussions of the Be liquidation
sale, I was wracking
my brain for the project/website of an *analog* CPU load meter.
Someone out there wrote a Linux driver to spit out CPU load on the
parallel port, to which is attached a simple ladder-type D-to-A and an
analog panel meter for CPU load.
I can *not* find this again, even after an hour of Googling,
Altavista-ing and Freshmeating. Anybody else remember this? Got any
URLs?
It would be a blast to watch the needle peg when, say, you fired up a
CPU pig of a game or were digesting /usr/spool/news or some such. It
would be less interesting on a system running, say, Seti-At-Home where
the load is more-or-less constant.
A consultant I once hired suggested putting an old HP histogram onto a
serial or parallel port and sending out signals to it at various points in
your software.
Doesn't answer your question but hints at another idea ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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