If a user has used a Control-S or the clear/home key to pause the screen,
then the word ‘PAUSE’ at the top of the screen will flash to show that the
screen has been paused.
5.5.2 THE SYSTEM ACTIVITY MONITOR (S.A.M.)
While waiting for a call, the text output window will be filled with the
System Monitor screen. The Monitor is just one part of the C-NET 128 System
Activity Monitor (S.A.M., for short).
When C-NET 128 is ‘Waiting for call’ (this is displayed on the bottom
‘Status’ line in the lower right hand corner of the screen) there are 5
different S.A.M. screens, a HELP screen and a toggle screen of User
Information available. To access the different screens press the
associated key listed in the chart below.
5.5.2.1 System Monitor: The System Monitor is like a life monitor in a
hospital. I tests and reports on the vital systems of the
system and reports it’s finding graphically. The three areas
the Monitor reports on are; the Modem, C-NET critical Disks,
Memory and Disk Space by DEVICE and DRIVE
5.5.2.2 S.A.M. Screen 1 (System Variables): S.A.M. keeps track of 16
system activities: feedback, e-mail sent to the sysop, message
base posts, responses to posts, g-files read, p-files ran,
system errors, new users, files uploaded, blocks uploaded, files
downloaded, blocks downloaded, minutes of system usage minutes
of system idleness, and accounting system total charges. Each
of these variables is tracked in five different ways:
LAST: What the last user of the system did on-line.
SETUP: What all users have done since the system was last set-up.
PERIOD: This column of numbers only re-sets when you want it to -- by
pressing C=P described below.
TOTAL: Running totals of everything that has happened on the system
since first configuring the system.
CURRENT: Tells you the amount of an item present at any given time. For
example, a number 5 under CURRENT across from feedback, tells
you that you now have 5 pieces of feedback waiting to be read.
The total number of files and blocks present in the file
transfer system is placed under CURRENT across from files
uploaded and blocks uploaded. These numbers are not repeated
(and wouldn’t make any sense) following files and blocks
downloaded.
On the line directly below the chart, SAM displays the dates and
times that each of the four accumulating columns has last been
reset.
5.5.2.3 S.A.M. Screen 2 (Communications Statistics): Number of local
calls, 2400 users, 1200 users, 300 users, carrier disconnects,
chat disconnects, exceeded time logoffs, RES users, auto-
validation (avalid) attempts, auto-validation (avalid) failures,