On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:42:27 -0500, Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>John asks:
>> I have long wished that CSY had followed through when converting
>> MPE/V to MPE/iX and carried forward the feature in the spooler that
>> showed the percentage completed for a printing spool file so that
>> time to completion could be estimated.  This seems like a small
>> enhancement that might be able to be squeezed into the remaining time
>> for development.  In fact they could probably just copy/convert the
>> code from the last versions of MPE/V.
>>
>> (Now back to the pro's & con's of war.)
>
>Why not combine the two?
>
>The Homeland Spooler Alert System:
>
>Green:  The spoolfile is over 75% complete.
>Blue:   The spoolfile over 50% complete.
>Yellow: The spoolfile is just 25% complete.
>Orange: The spoolfile is ready to print.
>Red:    The spooler has stopped.
>
>It's not SPIFFy, but it would look cool in QCTerm's Van Gough mode.
>
>Mark "Should follow my wife's advice and keep my queue shut" Wonsil

I love it!

John Wolff

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