JPS6089247A - Load time display method for system program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an operator to understand easily the loading state of a system program by displaying the loading progress state from start to end when the system program is loaded. CONSTITUTION:An initial program 13 includes 13 data in all, that is, graphic data 2-13 and a graphic data 1 of an initial state. Then the program 13 sets the data 1 to a graphic display memory 14 and displays 4-1 to a display device 4 through a graphic controller 5. This display shows the start of a program loading action. Then the program 13 progresses to load the first program to a memory 12 from a disk of a floppy disk device 9. Then the graphic data 2 is set to the memory 14, and the device 4 displays 4-2. Hereafter the display of the device 4 is varied every step with progress of the program 13. Thus it is possible to understand the loading state of a system program.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention displays the elapsed time from the start of loading a system program of a processing device to the completion of loading when loading a system program of a processing device into a writable control memory from an external storage device. This invention relates to a method of expressing load time in a device that is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for an operator.

<Prior art> In a processing device having a writable control memory (for example, a Japanese/English source processor or an office computer, a custom computer, etc.), the control is carried out from an external storage device (for example, 11/1B). The memory eζ is responsible for loading and controlling system programs.

During the loading of this system program, the ciperator waits until the loading is complete before proceeding to the next operation.

Conventionally, during the row 1 of the system program, messages such as ``system file under construction'' or ``under preparation'' have been displayed to improve the display screen of the processing device.

However, the operator cannot tell when the system program will finish loading or how much time it will take until the loading of the system program finishes just by displaying the message, so the operator simply has to wait until the loading of the system program finishes. Moreover, when this loading time becomes long, the operator is forced to wait during that time, which causes a feeling of mental irritation.

<Purpose> The present invention provides a display method for displaying the loading progress from the start of the program loading to the completion of loading in an easy-to-understand manner to the operator when loading the system program described above, and by this display, the loading progress is displayed when the loading is completed. This allows you to keep track of how much time you have until the end of the operation, and use that time to perform the next operation (III), or to relieve your mental frustration while waiting.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a processing device 11 (sword processor) equipped with an external storage device, in which 1 is a control section of the processing device, and 2 is an input device that can input characters and figures manually. There are 3 devices and 20 input control devices. 4 is a display device for displaying characters and graphics; 5 is a graphics control device of the device 4; and 6 is a character control device. 7 is a printing device (printer) for printing characters and figures, and 8 is a print control device for the printing section 7. 9 is a floppy disk device which is an external storage device, and 10I/'J is this control device.

The control unit 1 includes a basic control unit 11 that controls each device;
Memorize the system program/Turn on the memory IJ (RAM) R and the processing unit i"i"
Initial program memo IJ (ROM) + 3 that holds an initial program that will later read the system program and control the display on the display device 4 at this time.
, a graphic display memory 14 and a character display memory 15.

In fact, after the power of the processing device is turned on, the system program stored in the front disk drive 9 or the system program 7 is written into the memory 12 based on the execution of the initial program.

Next, the initial program and seven system programs that control the loading of the system programs mentioned above will be explained.

Figure 2 shows the configuration of the system program, Figure 3 shows the configuration of the initial program, and Figure 4 (A) shows the configuration of the initial program.
, (b) Appendix: Shows the relationship between initial program execution and display control.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system program is divided into appropriate sections when the program is created, and in this example, it is divided into 12 sections, ie, program 1 to program 12. When the system program consisting of programs 1 to 12 is loaded, the progress status of each step (section) is displayed in 12 different graphical displays as the program progresses.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the initial program includes graphics takes 2 to 13 corresponding to divisions 1 to I2 of the system program, and takes I3 equal to the graphics take I in the initial state. There is.

FIG. 4 shows the processing flow of the initial program and the display contents on the display device accompanying each step, and the explanation will be given along this flow. In the first step game 3-1 of the initial program, an initial screen is first displayed.

To do this, the graphic take 1 shown in FIG. 3 is set in the graphic display memo IJ I 4, and the graphic control device 5 causes the display device 4 to display the image shown at 4-1 in FIG. 4 (b).

This display represents the state in which the system program will be loaded.

Next, the initial program proceeds to step 3-2 to load program I of the system program.

This loads the program 1 shown in FIG. 2 from the disk in which the seven-way system program has been written to the floppy disk device 9 into the memory 12 of the system program output 1, and then loads the program 1 shown in FIG. The program moves to the graphic display memory 14 and displays 4-2 on the display @4. Here, the displayed figures on the strawberry display device 4 are 4-1 to 4-2.
Hey wa-) It turns out to be Tako-Nana, which shows that some of the system programs have been loaded.

After that, initial program or step 3-3.3-
As the process progresses from 4 to 3-12, the display on the display device i'i and 4 changes step by step from 4-3. and,
When the initial program progresses through step 3-13z and the display becomes 4-13, it indicates that the loading of the system program has been completed.

Therefore, by viewing the loading status display on the display device 4, the operator can easily grasp the loading status, such as how long it will take to load the system program, and how much time is left to load the system program.

<Effects> In the case of ``Misfiring as described above'', the initial program that controls the loading of the system program is divided into multiple stages and displays the progress from the beginning to the completion of system program loading. This is because a plurality of display cheeks are held on the display device, and as the initial program is executed, a display take corresponding to the load state of the program is output to the display device.The satellite load status is sequentially displayed. The operator can use the display to know how much time is left until the load is completed, and this allows him or her to prepare for the next operation based on that time, and also to know the status of the machine while waiting. It has the characteristic that it does not cause any mental irritation to the operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the i'l' (configuration) of the processing device related to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of the system program,
Figure 3 shows the initial program I:ri I戊CKI
, Figure 4 (a) and (b) are the initial program (,
Figure 1 shows the code processing and the display status in each process.
Floppy disk device, I2; 0J writable memory for storing system programs, +3 initial program memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system in which a system block of a processing device is loaded into a control memory writable from an external storage device, and the loaded program is used to control the system of the processing device. In the initial program that controls the loading of the system block provided in the processing device, the progress status from the start of loading the system program to the completion is divided into multiple stages, A plurality of pieces of display data are stored so that the progress status can be displayed on the display device each time the initial program is executed, and display data corresponding to the load status of the C system program is output to the display device as the initial program is executed. The loading time of the system is displayed in 4 sequential order.