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>>> This is the English version of agSI. If you want the German version,
you should get it from where you got this in the file agsiXXXd.zip!
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SystemInfo
English Version 1.2.0
Copyright (c) 1994-96 Andreas Grögel
Brief Guide
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>>> PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE FILE!
>>> FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE ONLINE HELP;
should you have troubles (lock-ups) starting agSI, you can run
AGSIHELP - this starts only the documentation without querying
any information from your system.
WHAT IS agSI?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
agSI is a system information tool running under DOS which gives hundreds
of items of information about hardware/system, operating system, memory,
software, and drives, for example
- processor (incl. Pentium specific things), BIOS, BIOS extensions,
PCI, Plug and Play, CMOS RAM, interrupt vectors
- interfaces, graphics and sound cards, IRQ assignments
- operating system version, system file tables, country settings,
Windows modules (e.g. VxDs); with additional "Windows Services",
i.e. a Windows program to get some info for DOS-agSI
- DOS memory usage, EMS,XMS,DPMI etc.
- mouse driver, many installed resident programs and operating system
services and extensions (almost 100)
- logical drives (A: to Z:) with many details, including directory
tree, table of contents for CDs, and CD-ROM benchmark
- connected hard disks, including benchmark and IDE drive detection,
and SCSI host adapters and devices
- disk cache and online compressor
- configuration files from DOS and Windows
- extensive and detailed online documentation (help system)
- optional continuous updating of the information in the current window
(where sensible)
- some actions can be done (e.g. change date/time, disk cache settings)
- memory dump window to browse through your systems (real-mode) memory
- also offers formatting floppy disks - with higher capacity
- option to print to COM1-4, LPT1-3, or a file
- runs of course under several operating systems and versions, like
MS-DOS, Novell DOS, PTS-DOS, a DOS session under Windows 3.1x, Windows
95 or OS/2 since version 2.
I must admit that many of what agSI shows will be of no interest to
average users, but useful for users with interest in internal stuff.
IMPORTANT NOTES
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The faultless working of agSI can, especially because several
undocumented things are used, not be guaranteed, for there are many
different system configurations possible.
Should agSI crash on your system, try to localize the reason for
the error, and notify my about it, for I cannot adapt agSI if you
don't.
I (THE AUTHOR) DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANY KIND!
Not for the suitability of the program for any particular purpose,
nor in particular for damage which may result from the use of the
program or its documentation.
By using this software, the user agrees to these conditions.
Use agSI at your own risk.
All trademarks belong to their respective owners.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Minimum:
- an "IBM-compatible" computer with 80286 processor or better
- MS-DOS from version 3.3 or so, or compatible
- ca. 500 KB free DOS memory
- runs also from floppy disk (but slow due to overlay use)
Recommended:
- 80386 processor or better
[better said: at least a 486; in what times do we live?!?]
- Mouse
- sufficient XMS memory and/or cache to load the overlay part of
the program
- on hard disk, ca. 1.2 MB is needed
SHAREWARE
~~~~~~~~~
agSI is distributed as SHAREWARE, i.e. you have to keep to the
following rules:
You may:
- give the shareware version to anybody (taking only a fee for
handling); this has to be done completely and unmodified
(recommendedly the original ZIP archive files)
- upload it to any BBS or software server, or put it on a CD-ROM
(here also: completely); if the latter, it would be kind of you
to inform me so I can keep track about how far agSI is spreading
- use (test) it for a period of 21 days; if you want to use agSI
after this period, you must register with the author, paying a
small amount of money.
You may NOT:
- pass the full version, i.e. a registration code, to anyone, any way
- use a single license on more than one computers, unless you make
sure that only one at a time can be used.
agSI is no "crippleware", i.e. there are no limitations to the
shareware version; you are just being reminded about that by a window
at startup and a blinking title line.
Further information about registering can be found at the end of this
file, and in the online help.
PACKAGE CONTENTS AND INSTALLATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
agSI is distributed in ZIP archives, with the name AGSIxxxD.ZIP for
the German and AGSIxxxE.ZIP for the English version; xxx means the
version number. (Exception: you ordered agSI on a diskette from me.)
As you are reading this file, you already have the files in an
unpacked state; you should have the following files:
AGSI.EXE - the program file
AGSI.OVR - overlay program file
AGSI.HLP - file for the online help
AGSIWINS.EXE - the "agSI Windows Services" - starts agSI from Windows
and offers some more information about Windows
AGSI.PIF - PIF file for running agSI under Windows
AGSIHELP.BAT - short batch file that runs agSI in DocMode (for
viewing the online documentation only)
README.TXT - this file
WHATSNEW.TXT - lists what's new in this release (plus revision
history for older versions)
ORDERFRM.TXT - order form for registration
FILE_ID.DIZ - short abstract file for BBS use
FDREAD.COM - TSR to allow DOS to read high-capacity floppies
(taken from the FDFORMAT 1.8 package by C.H.
Hochstätter, available as FDF18.ZIP from, e.g.,
SimTel in msdos/diskutil)
Any other file you may find in your archive has been added by someone
else; for instance, I do not distribute an AGSI.INI file.
(The first two files are needed for agSI to run; strongly recommended
is the help file.)
You may place the files in a directory of your choice (but all in
the same); during execution, the file AGSI.INI will be created which
contains several settings; including the registration code - so don't
pass it to someone else (without editing)!
! If you haven't received agSI from one of the places below (myself, my
WWW pages, SimTel, c't BBS, CIS Benchmark, CSL), you should verify
that you have the original version, or a version altered ("hacked")
by someone - for this purpose, you can find a reference output of PKZIP
(with CRC32 checksum) on my WWW page.
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