Category : System Diagnostics for your computer
Archive   : PCINFO.ZIP
Filename : PC-INFO.DOC

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º PC-INFO Version 2.17 5-27-91 º
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PC-INFO 2.17 (C) Copyright 1986-1991 Max S. Robin
All rights reserved For non-commercial use only

Usage: PC-INFO[/c][/m][/h][/?]

where:
/c treats video adapter as CGA in 80x25 color text mode
/m treats video adapter as MDA in 80x25 B&W text mode
/h displays help screen
/? displays help screen

This utility is intended to help users keep track of their system
configurations and to aid in setting up new machines. It reports:

1. Machine type 9. Initial video state
2. CPU type & manufacturer 10. Current video state
3. NDP type 11. Video adapter type
4. ROM BIOS date 12. Amount of system memory
5. DOS version number 13. Amount of extended memory
6. Number of floppy drives 14. EMS version in use
7. Number serial ports 15. Amount of EMS expanded memory
8. Number of printer ports 16. Total & free space/logged drive

In addition, when the appropriate option is selected, it will report:

1. Disk type
(5¬" 360K|1.2M or 3«" 720K|1.44M|2.88M floppies/fixed/RAM)
2. Total space
3. Free space
4. Cluster size

for all disks on the system. Floppy disk drives are reported on only if
there is a disk in the drive. The display screens may be saved to a file
or printed out via alternate menu selections, at your disgression. (When
printing the screens on an HP Laserjet use font PS8dn, since it contains
the unique line drawing and special characters seen on the screen.)There
are two files, PC-INFO.CFG and PC-INFO.DSK, which may be created by this
program. In the event that these files already exist,a warning is output
and the original files are left untouched, with no new file created. In
an analagous manner, the disk is checked for sufficient available space
prior to creating new files, and a suitable warning is output if PC-INFO
determines that such space is not present.

The appropriate PIF file is provided to facilitate the use of PC-INFO in
the Microsoft Windows (tm) operating environment. This file typically is
added to the \windows\pif directory. Note that when PC-INFO is run from
within Windows it is likely to indicate an incorrect value of RAM memory
installed. This is related to the way Windows handles RAM memory and is
not the fault of PC-INFO.


It has been run on IBM PC, PC XT, PC AT, PS/2 Models 25,30,50,55Z,60,70,
80, AT&T PC6300/PC6300+/PC6310/PC6312,6386WGS & the Xerox 606x machines.
PC-INFO has been tested on a variety of AST, COMPAQ, CLUB AT, COMPU-ADD,
DELL, DTK clones, DATA GENERAL, NEC, PC LIMITED, SPERRY, TANDY, TOSHIBA,
& ZENITH models. Unfortunatly, we don't have access to all models built
by these firms for evaluation purposes.(We have occasionally encountered
an AST 386, an AT&T PC6300+ or an IBM PS/2 Model 70 which PC-INFO causes
to lock up. An ongoing effort is being made to resolve these apparently
BIOS related incompabilities.)

PC-IDENT is a stand alone utility which may be used to identify the real
manufacturer of your machine and the ROM BIOS it contains. This program
displays the most likely copyright message, as well as all ASCII strings
which match certain search criteria.

If PC-INFO does not return the correct manufacturer or model, please run
PC-IDENT and send us a copy of the output so that we may upgrade PC-INFO
to recognize your machine/model.

My thanks to Bob Smith (of Qualitas,Inc.in Bethesda MD) for the pointers
in adapting the code used in his program CPUID.ASM (published in PC Tech
Journal - April 1986 - Vol. 4 #4) to determine the type of CPU installed
in the system under test.

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º LICENSE AGREEMENT º
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PC-INFO & PC-IDENT are user supported software, also known as SHAREWARE.

These programs are made available for a free 30 day trial period. If you
find them useful,a license for their continued non-commercial use may be
obtained for $15 from CHEAT RIVER ENGINEERING at the address below. Site
licenses are available for commercial, educational and government users.

All license registrations will be promptly acknowledged. Licensees will
receive prompt notification of product revisions, with updates available
for a nominal fee. First upgrade after license registration is supplied
at no charge.

You are encouraged to copy and distribute PC-INFO and PC-IDENT, provided
they are distributed only in their original, unmodified state, including
this documentation file.

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