add-on CPU load meters

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Dec 26 16:31:07 2001

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> With the recent discussions of the Be liquidation sale, I was wracking
> my brain for the project/website of an *analog* CPU load meter.
> Someone out there wrote a Linux driver to spit out CPU load on the
> parallel port, to which is attached a simple ladder-type D-to-A and an
> analog panel meter for CPU load.
>
> I can *not* find this again, even after an hour of Googling,
> Altavista-ing and Freshmeating. Anybody else remember this? Got any
> URLs?
>
> It would be a blast to watch the needle peg when, say, you fired up a
> CPU pig of a game or were digesting /usr/spool/news or some such. It
> would be less interesting on a system running, say, Seti-At-Home where
> the load is more-or-less constant.

A consultant I once hired suggested putting an old HP histogram onto a
serial or parallel port and sending out signals to it at various points in
your software.

Doesn't answer your question but hints at another idea ;)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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