Clear & Simple, Inc. is proud to announce the availability of
P E R F O R M A N C E P L U S Version 3
A Tuning and Utility Kit for OS/2 Warp & 2.x
Designed for all OS/2 users. Performance PLUS simplifies POWER tuning for
all OS/2 users. New simplified GUI interface makes tuning a snap. The
Optimizer features a one button click to easily apply the recommended
settings, but also lets you tinker with each setting to fine tune your system.
Extensive, context sensitive online help screens - "Teaches as you tune!"
DOS/Windows program tuning is new with this release. Drag a DOS or Windows program to the Performance PLUS DOS BlackBox, then select categories with a
click. The DOS BlackBox creates an icon on the desktop with the optimum DOS settings - it's that simple! BlackBox supports the OS/2 migration database of
DOS settings and lets you tinker with the 55 individual DOS settings. It even
clearly explains the meaning of all the parameters_with_impossible_ names like
VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP and MEM_INCLUDE_REGIONS.
120 page BOOK dedicated to performance and tuning of OS/2. The book is
revised for Warp, but applies to all 32 bit versions of OS/2. It has a Basic
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ection for the OS/2 novice, clearly explaining the meaning of a 32 bit,
multithreading, virtual memory operating system in layman terms. The detail
section is for both the novice and the advanced user detailing many of the
finer points of how to get the most from your system. New DOS/ Windows
application tuning section.
More than tuning, this new release of Performance PLUS has utilities that
simplify viewing OS/2 Bitmaps; Saving the WorkPlace Shell Desktop; Resetting
Icons: Creating a single emergency boot diskette or partition; Monitor Swap
file growth; Setup automatic file backup; Map your disk drives, and more!
Read on to learn about all of the Utilities:
OPTIMIZER - this is all of the performance oriented Config.Sys parameters on a
single screen! Newly updated for OS/2 Warp V3 the utility recommends values
based on processor type, memory and clock speed. Recommendations vary by resources and by OS/2 version. Every field on the GUI page has a help panel associated with it - so you learn while you tune. All values are validity
checked as you enter - so, tinker without fear of getting an invalid
Config.Sys parameter. Or just click on one button to Set the Optimizer recommendations.
DOS BlackBox - This utility, new to Performance PLUS helps you optimize the settings of your DOS/Windows applications. Just find a DOS/Windows
application icon in your drives folder (.exe, .bat or .com), and drag it to
the BlackBox. Next specify the program categories: (Text, Graphical, Windows, Communications, Game, or Multimedia), multiple categories may be chosen. Optionally, search the OS/2 Migration database for settings.
Other BlackBox options include looking at the individual DOS settings (the
ones with the names like COM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_FLUSH). Here the individual settings are presented on a familiar screen but have descriptions that are
much more clear and simple to understand.
Having tinkered with the settings (or checked the category defaults), just
press the APPLY button to create a new DOS program object on your desktop with
the new settings applied. Settings for the original program object are left
intact. This is a major step toward simplifying DOS/Windows application
tuning.
SimpleCT - Simple Count is a simple measurement tool. New graphic design with
a visually attractive appearance, features graphs of the statistics and
displays bitmaps to measure video speed. Run this utility before and after
every tuning effort.
STATS - The reporting tool of Performance PLUS V3. Stats graphically
displays the data collected by SimpleCt showing percent improvements (or
decreases) in measured performance. Quickly identify performance
bottlenecks.
VIEWBMP - Simplified OS/2 Bitmap viewing. Drag & drop up to 6 OS/2 bitmaps to
the viewer for super-quick display. Additional drops will round-robin replace
previous bitmaps. Click on one of the displayed bitmaps and a larger window
pops up. Great for quick viewing of a the bonus diskette full of OS/2 bitmaps
included with Performance PLUS. A great timesaver!
OS2BOOT creates a single emergency OS/2 boot diskette or an emergency boot partition (new with V3). GUI front end for this rewrite from Performance 2.1
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t detects the version of OS/2 from V2.0 through Warp V3. producing a single
boot diskette and an optional second utility diskette that includes CHKDSK,
FORMAT, ATTRIB, FDISK and with Warp TEDIT (tiny editor).
AUTOSET is another timesaver. This utility creates program objects for your
OS/2 Startup Folder. SimpleBAK, a utility from Performance 2.1 is one
candidate. SimpleBAK searches directories for new or modified files and automatically makes backup copies for you at startup. AutoDsav (Automatic
Desktop Save), when activated with AutoSet, puts a program into the startup
folder to periodically (like once-a-week) save a copy of your Desktop.
AutoSet will also simplify turning off HPFS Lazy write, for those systems that
need maximum data integrity. (not recommended for performance reasons).
MAP (Disk MAP) is a simple utility that displays storage information about
your disk partitions. Display includes Drive ID, Partition type (FAT, HPFS,
CD-ROM), Total Space, Free space, Percent free, and Label. Graph the data
with a single click to quickly identify free space. Run Map in the background
to monitor space usage. Double-click on a drive-id to get directory space
used.
SEESWAP - Small PM utility to monitor Swap file growth. Don't let a
fragmented Swap file rob your system performance. Displayed at the upper
right corner of the screen (or minimized) the SeeSwap monitor will check the
Swap file for growth, display the values, and pleasantly beep when the size
changes. With a single mouse click have SeeSwap update a new initial swap
size for you.
DESKSAVE does just that - saves a copy of your OS/2 desktop - whenever you
want. Save to a floppy diskette or a fixed disk partition. New GUI interface
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eeps you informed of copy status.
There's even more! Several command-line utilities from Performance 2.1 are
included in V3 including the favorite ELIMDIR - deletes an entire directory
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tructure with a single command; FREE - super quick display of volume free
space; EASpace - calculates use of Extended Attribute space; MMD - make multiple level directories with a single command; and SetICON - for easy
changing of icon associations. All of the Command Line utilities are written
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n OS/2 REXX - so the source code is included to help you learn this powerful language that comes with every copy of OS/2.
All this PLUS a bonus diskette packed with spectacular OS/2 format bitmaps -
many designed by IBM's OS/2 Evangelist David Barnes.
PLUS PLUS - Includes a copy of CPU Monitor PLUS VL by BonAmi Software. This "lite" version is a "real-time" resource monitor that displays CPU, Memory,
Com port and disk usage.
All for only $39.95
Please add 4.00 S&H to U.S. - $5.00 Air Mail to Canada or $12.00 Air Mail
Overseas.
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