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MulTest (MultiTasker Tester) 1.10
Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Designed & Written by Jack Ridgway
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MulTest 1.10 Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
Disclaimer ..................................................... 3
Freeware Agreement ............................................. 3
Distribution Archive Contents .................................. 3
What Does MulTest Do? .......................................... 3
Requirements ................................................... 4
How to Run MulTest ............................................. 4
Errorlevels .................................................... 4
Registration ................................................... 5
Technical Support .............................................. 5
Acknowledements ................................................ 5
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MulTest 1.10 Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
DISCLAIMER
Users of MulTest must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "MulTest
is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed
or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes
no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result
from the use of MulTest."
FREEWARE AGREEMENT
MulTest is a "freeware program" and is provided at no charge to the
user. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not
give it away altered or as part of another system. MulTest may NOT
be used in a commercial environment without prior arrangement with
A.B.S. A BBS operated for profit IS a commercial environment;
however, a subscription system not operated for profit is not
considered a commercial environment in relation to this agreement.
Anyone distributing MulTest for any kind of remuneration must first
contact A.B.S. at the address below for authorization. This
authorization will be automatically granted to distributors
recognized by the (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines for shareware
distributors, and such distributors may begin offering MulTest
immediately; however, A.B.S. must still be advised so that the
distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
MulTest.
DISTRIBUTION ARCHIVE CONTENTS
You will find the following files in MULT110.*
MULTEST.EXE - MulTest Executable
MULTEST.DOC - MulTest Documentation
WHAT DOES MulTest DO?
MulTest tests for certain multitaskers, and tells you what it finds.
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MulTest 1.10 Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MulTest currently supports the following multitaskers:
Windows 386 2.xx
Windows 3.x in Enhanced Mode
Windows 2.xx and 3.x in Real or Standard Mode
DESQview 2.00+
DoubleDOS
OS/2 1.3 and 2.0
DOS 5.0 Task Switcher and Compatibles
TaskView, TopView, OmniView, & Compatibles
VMiX, and possibly others, will be added in the future.
REQUIREMENTS
MulTest should run on any system running MS-DOS 3.3 or higher with
at least 10K free RAM. It does not use direct screen writes.
HOW TO RUN MulTest
Run MULTEST.EXE
ERRORLEVELS
MulTest exits with the following Errorlevels:
Errorlevel Meaning
--------------------------------------------------------------------
0 No Supported MultiTasker Detected
1 DESQview v2.26+ Detected
2 Windows 3.x in Enhanced Mode Detected
3 OS2 v1.3 or v2.0 Detected
4 DoubleDOS Detected
5 TopView, TaskView, DESQview v2.00-2.25, OmniView,
or Compatible Detected
6 Windows 386 v2.xx Detected
7 MS DOS 5.0 TaskSwitcher or Compatible Detected
8 Windows 2.xx or 3.x in Real or Standard Mode Detected
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MulTest 1.10 Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
REGISTRATION
MulTest is distributed as FreeWare. This is a contribution to all
the shareware/freeware/pd programmers, to whom I certainly owe a
lot. Please read the DISCLAIMER & FREEWARE AGREEMENT earlier in
the documentation for more information.
Source code for MulTest is available in the MulAware package, which
contains the multitasker detection code used in MulTest.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
A.B.S.
P.O. Box 55647
Jackson, MS 39296-5647
601-362-7599 9am-6pm CST
The Big Bang Theory BBS
601-366-1664 (v.32bis/HST)
CIS 70740,450
SL_Net 250:302/532
FidoNet 1:3632/104
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
* MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
* DESQview is a registered trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems
* VMiX is a registered trademark of Commercial Software Associates
* Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
* All other programs are (c) and/or (tm) by their respective
author unless otherwise noted
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MulTest 1.10 Copyright (c) 1992 A.B.S. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED