TaskX ----- by Steve Tibbett ---------------- Yessirree, folks, it's the FIRST Real-Time Interactive Task Editor. Not that it's much of an editor, it just lets you change the priority of any task running, and take a look at them all as they are. This is also the first such program that I've seen that will display all the tasks, and will not keep changing the order of the whole list every time it updates the display. It will re-create the task list whenever a task appears, disappears, or changes it's name, though. It's supposed to be a Resident thing in the sense of when you first run it, it will show a list of all the tasks running with gadgets for changing the priority of the task, and for scrolling through the list (if there are more than 14 tasks). When you hit the right mouse button, it will shrink to the size of a title bar and remain that way until you hit the menu button again (with it's window selected). The reason I really wrote this is because when I am using the Amiga, it seems that there are so many stupid programs out there that do not Wait() when they are waiting for something. BBS-PC being a perfect example (call my BBS! 613-731-3419!), although they've fixed it now, it used to hog the processor when it was waiting for a call. If I was doing word processing with it running, the word processor was really slowed down - so I wrote TaskX to increase or decrease task priorities depending on how friendly the task is. CAUTION: It's pretty darn easy to lock the system up if you're not careful. You can change the priority of ANY task, including the File System, the Workbench, and the 'Input.device'. If you put the File System's priority below the priority of an unfriendly program that accesses it, you'll lock up the system. If you put the Input.device below any CPU hog, you'll prevent yourself from being able to type or move the mouse. Just be careful. It's pretty simple to use, I'll let you figure it out for yourself. If you like it, just be nice enough to call my BBS and upload something. ...Steve Tibbett