WatchCat: Difference between revisions

From OS2World.Com Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jugbogdan (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
Jugbogdan (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
 
Line 4: Line 4:
|Author=[[Thomas Opheys‎]]<br/>[[Felix von Normann]]
|Author=[[Thomas Opheys‎]]<br/>[[Felix von Normann]]
|License=Free for non-commercial.<br/>Pay license for commercial use.
|License=Free for non-commercial.<br/>Pay license for commercial use.
|Download=[http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/system/wcat21.zip wcat21.zip]
|Download=[wcat21.zip]
|Website=
|Website=
}}
}}
Line 12: Line 12:
WatchCat is a program for OS/2 2.x / 3.x that makes it possible to recover from system hangs that block keyboard and mouse input. WatchCat can be activated by a hotkey or a hardware switch.
WatchCat is a program for OS/2 2.x / 3.x that makes it possible to recover from system hangs that block keyboard and mouse input. WatchCat can be activated by a hotkey or a hardware switch.


* WatchCat's keyboard activation mechanism is not compatible with the use of PS/2 (bus-) mice.
* Keyboard activation mechanism is not compatible with the use of PS/2 (bus-) mice.
* In such cases, use other mechanisms.
* WatchCat might disable some APM functionality.
* WatchCat might disable some APM functionality.
* Turn off WatchCat with the WPS object to enter hibernation or suspend mode.
* Turn off WatchCat with the WPS object to enter hibernation or suspend mode.

Latest revision as of 21:01, 21 March 2024

WatchCat
Version 2.1
Vendor
Author Thomas Opheys‎
Felix von Normann
License Free for non-commercial.
Pay license for commercial use.
Download [wcat21.zip]
Website

Task Killer for OS/2. This application also has a WPS class developed for it.

WatchCat is a program for OS/2 2.x / 3.x that makes it possible to recover from system hangs that block keyboard and mouse input. WatchCat can be activated by a hotkey or a hardware switch.

  • Keyboard activation mechanism is not compatible with the use of PS/2 (bus-) mice.
  • WatchCat might disable some APM functionality.
  • Turn off WatchCat with the WPS object to enter hibernation or suspend mode.
  • On some computers, there are keyboard problems with the keyboard activation mechanism.
  • This is due to a timing problem in OS/2's keyboard drivers.
  • Use the non-device-driver hotkey mechanism or choose an alternative input method like joystick.
  • The new Process Manipulation Center lets you kill processes by forcing them to generate a breakpoint exception, kill, suspend, resume and change priorities of single threads of running processes.
  • The unregistered version of WatchCat only features a demo version of this tool (you can use above features only five times).
  • WatchCat can be activated by CTRL-ALT-DEL. See the documentation.