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.name
Executive
.type
OS Utility
.short
A UNIX-like process scheduler/manager.
.description
Executive brings real multitasking to AmigaOS. Executive is a
UNIX-like process scheduler for Amiga. It also has plenty of other
features previously available only in larger operating systems.

Executive improves the responsiveness of your Amiga. One CPU
intensive application no longer causes the whole system to crawl.
You can start many CPU intensive applications and the system still
feels as if it would be totally idle.

The Executive package also includes many useful client programs
that let you control tasks and monitor what is going on in your
system.

The core of Executive is a scheduler that recalculates task
priorities based on system load average and task's recent CPU
usage. The scheduler will give high priority to interactive tasks
and low priority to CPU intensive tasks.

Lets say you re printing a document from a word processor. You
can't do much else while the document is being printed. This isn't
multitasking. With Executive you could also do some heavy rendering
and C-compiling in the background at the same time. You could surf
the web with your favorite browser without even noticing all these
programs running in the background.

Executive consists of a server and clients. The server is run
in the background and it takes care of scheduling, CPU usage
calculations and many other things. Some important features of
the server:

  - precise (1/1000 seconds) CPU usage timing
  - six different scheduling algorithms
  - load averages
  - process identifiers
  - process group identifiers
  - accounting
  - focus - task with active window gets more CPU time
  - MultiUser support

The client programs are:

  Acct            Accounting daemon
  ALoad           Display load average or CPU usage
  ALoad3D         Display load averages in 3D
  Commander       General task manager
  Ctp             Extended ChangeTaskPri
  Dashboard       The mother of all meters
  Kill            Extended Break
  Lastcomm        List last commands executed
  Meter           Display system information
  Nice            Run programs with lower scheduling priority
  Ps              Process status displayer
  Pstree          Display child-parent relationships
  Renice          Renice a task
  Sa              Display accounting statistics
  Stat            Display some misc. information
  Timer           Time shell and Workbench programs
  Top             Display information about top CPU tasks
  Uptime          Display system uptime and load averages

Executive is fully compatible with all Amiga computers running AmigaOS
release 2.04 or newer.

Executive is the highest rated item of shareware CU Amiga magazine
has ever awarded at 98%. Executive V2.00 got 97% from the same
magazine, and it was ranked as "the best shareware utility ever."
.version
2.10
.date
1997.02.20
.author
Petri Nordlund
.restrictions
The freely redistributable version doesn't lack any crucial features
so it can be used without registering. Registered users get
process accounting, ALoad3D and Meter clients and 5 additional scheduling
algorithms.
.requirements
Requires AmigaOS 2.04 or newer, ~1.5 MB disk
.distribution
Shareware
.price
$15(USD), 10 GBP, 20 CAD, 20 AUD, 70 FIM, 20 DEM, 100 NOK, 100 SEK, 500 BEF, 70 FRF, 25 NLG, 100 DKK
.address
Vanhamaantie 4
FIN-28800  PORI
FINLAND
.email
petrin@megabaud.fi
.exectype
68000, 68020
.installsize
1.5 MB
.described-by
Petri Nordlund <petrin@megabaud.fi>
