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SYSID5.EXE, Version 5.2
Usage: [d:][path]SYSID
A system description for DOS-based PC/XT/AT- and PS/2-class machines.
SYSID generates 17 screens of information about the host system and runs
under DOS versions 3.0 and later.
My primary sources of ideas in SYSID were Ray Duncan's "Advanced MS-DOS
Programming," Terry Dettman's "DOS Programmer's Reference," and the
"ms.dos/secrets" conference on BIX. Bob Smith's article "Chips in
Transition", PC Tech Journal 4 : 4, p. 56, and Prakash Chandra's article
"?", Byte 13 : ? p. ? were valuable references. The ideas of Terje
Mathisen, Barry Nance, and others also appear in various places. Mike
Sargent and Redmond Simonsen contributed valuable feedback during the
development of SYSID.
Some of the techniques SYSID uses are not documented or officially
supported by either IBM or Microsoft. Where possible I have followed the
undocumented routine with a comment describing my source for the
technique. If such a technique is not commented, the source was most
likely the Dettman book.
SYSID was developed on an IBM PC with Turbo Pascal 5.0, Turbo Assembler
1.0, and DOS 3.30.
SYSID is copyright 1990 by Steve Grant. All rights reserved. Neither the
source code nor the object code of SYSID carries any warranty, either express
or implied, of merchantability or of fitness for a particular purpose.
You may use or distribute SYSID freely, but you may not charge consideration
for such use or distribution. You may not appropriate any part of either the
source code or the object code into another program without the express written
consent of the author.
Comments, questions, and suggestions may be directed to:
BIX:sjgrant
Steve Grant
Jersey City, NJ
April 7, 1990