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Graphical display of your system’s configuration. | |||
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File Name | File Size | Zip Size | Zip Type |
VSI.COM | 16768 | 10990 | deflated |
VSI.DOC | 1920 | 1047 | deflated |
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Contents of the VSI.DOC file
VISUAL SYSTEM INFORMATION - VERSION 1.0
Visual System Information will provide you with a graphical represent-
ation of a system's configuration. I work on many different IBM PC's
and compatiables on any given day and needed a quick little utility to
give me a general snapshot of the system (as opposed to running a full
diagnostic check). Since I used Turbo Pascal to write VSI, it was easy
to add the pictorial display, and all the client's who saw it thought
it was "cute". They also felt good when I gave it to them as a
"freebie". Fortunately for me, they don't realize how quickly it was
to write this, and feel they are receiving a free copy of one of my
intensive midnight labors (if they feel this good, who am I to tell
them it wasn't!!).
VSI will work on both mono and color video boards. VSI performs all of
its system tests using DOS and/or BIOS calls with the exception of the
"PC Model" (PC, XT, AT or PCjr), and the date of the BIOS chip. These
two checks are performed via absolute addresses. VSI has been used on
all IBM models using all versions of PC-DOS and MS-DOS. It has also
been used on Zeniths, Compaqs, AT&T 6300's and 6300 Plus's. The only
"quirk" that I have found is on the 8088 based Compaq portables (? they
are 'self-contained' but they sure the hell ain't portable!!). No
matter whether they were booted with PC-DOS or generic MS-DOS, the
model type and BIOS chip date cannot be found at the absolute memory
addresses given in the IBM BIOS listing. But as alot of people are
finding out, "THIS AIN'T THE ONLY DIFFERENCES POPPING UP!!".
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