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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ E Q U I P M E N T C H E C K V7.52 │
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Programs and Documentation are Copyright 1991 by clySmic soƒtware.
All rights reserved.
I. INTRODUCTION
Equipment Check is a program that's been evolving as a front-end for
any hardware detection techniques I've picked up over the years. Just
type EQ to run.
II. WHAT'S NEW SINCE VERSION 7.35
a. More XMS information is displayed, including the status of
the HMA: allocated, free, or doesn't exist. A correction
was made to the labeling of the XMS extended memory sizes.
b. The stepping (version) level of the processor is indicated
for IBM PS/2 386 and 386 SX's. An SX is identified as such
for PS/2s.
c. Substituted or network drives are highlighted on the drive
list.
d. Current drive free space is listed.
III. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
a. Total system board memory displayed, via the CMOS setup RAM,
for ATs and above.
b. The SYSLEVEL and its release date, if there is one, for DOS
4.0 users.
c. Detects if SHARE is loaded or not.
d. Mouse support - a single click is the same as pressing a
key, a double click is the same as pressing escape.
e. Now detects 486 CPUs. Feedback on this feature from i486
owners is appreciated.
f. Detects if running in a virtual DOS machine under Windows
3.0's Enhanced 386 mode.
g. Detects the presence and version number of the DPMI (DOS
Protected Mode Interface).
h. Detects the latest IBM PS/2s (L40SX).
III. COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
/B - Don't run the Dhrystone benchmark.
/C - Don't check CSD level if DOS 4.xx is found.
/R - Reset mouse, if any, at program startup. This was added
especially for Windows 3.0 users. Just put /R as a parameter in
the PIF file and you can control EQ with a mouse from Windows.
/D - Disable video blinking and exit.
/E - Enable video blinking and exit.
/? - A summary help list.
IV. FOR OS/2'ERS
The following paragraph still applies for those not using OS/2 1.3.
1.3 fixes the problem of keeping unneeded *.BIO files in the root.
This program can be especially helpful for OS/2 users who want to know
what *.BIO file to keep in their root directory. The model, submodel,
and sometimes BIOS revision correspond to the *.BIO file to keep in
the root for your machine. The actual BIOS revision number in your
machine may be later than the one on the file. The filename will be
MMSSRR.BIO, where MM is the model, SS is the submodel, and RR may be
the BIOS revision. Be sure to edit ABIOS.SYS also. I know this works
on micro channel machines, I'm not sure about ISA machines.
EQ also knows when its in the DOS box and reports the OS accordingly.
If you use EQ under OS/2's dual boot (NOT the DOS box, which is okay),
and use a version of DOS 4.0 with no SYSLEVEL command, *and* have \OS2
on your path, you'll get odd results, as OS/2's SYSLEVEL command will
be executed. Just use EQ /C to avoid.
V. MORE DETECTION
There's a new, still untested, 486 detector in this version. Some
things EQ can't detect yet: PS/1s, EISA buses, SX version of the 386
(except for PS/2s). Any detection techniques for these (or other
items) are gratefully accepted.
VI. FUTURES
Some of the things I'd like to include in future releases: true 386 SX
detection, reporting for UMBs (upper memory blocks, destined to become
important when DOS 5.0 is released), detecting the 486SX (here we go
again!), and possibly, the source code to all of this (in Turbo
Pascal). Any feedback, especially about the source, is appreciated.
VII. MUMBO JUMBO
EQ 7.52 is copyrighted by clySmic soƒtware. All rights reserved.
This program is provided as Freeware. Please keep all files together.
Any donations, &c. would be appreciated. Please make any checks or
money orders payable to Ralph B Smith Jr.
This program is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular
purpose. So there.
clySmic soƒtware is not responsible for anything that may happen when
you use EQ, including hardware damage or information loss.
Ralph B Smith Jr
clySmic soƒtware
P. O. Box 2271
Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY 12220
CompuServe 76156,164