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- SHOWME Version 2
- Copyright 1990, Crown Software Corporation
-
- SHOWME is a utility for corporate PC managers and users. It is designed to
- give a quick overview of the equipment installed on a machine without having
- to open the box, analyze the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files and otherwise
- spend lots of time trying to determine what's what.
-
- Of course, the results reported are only as good as the software loaded. Thus,
- SHOWME will not report a mouse unless a mouse driver is loaded, nor will it
- report EMS (expanded) memory if no driver is present.
-
- Questions may be directed to Steven Stern via Compuserve electronic mail at
- user id 70327,135.
-
- Since SHOWME puts out more than one screenful of information, the best
- way to run it is to either pipe to output to MORE or redirect it to the
- printer:
-
- 1. Pipe the output to MORE:
-
- SHOWME | MORE
-
- 2. Redirect the output to the printer:
-
- SHOWME > PRN
-
- 3. Pause after a screenful of display:
-
- SHOWME /P
-
- 4. Display the "technical" information:
-
- SHOWME /T
-
- Below is a sample of SHOWME's output and the source of the information
- displayed. Information shown only with the /T option is marked with an
- asterisk on the left.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SHOWME Version 2.85
- Copyright 1990, Crown Software Corporation
-
- *Machine class identifier: PC-AT
- *DOS version 4.0
- *
- *ROM-BIOS release date 01/15/88
- *
- *BIOS Equipment list: (mask = c461h)
- * 640K bytes of DOS (conventional) memory.
- * Fixed disk.
- * Current video mode: 80x25 color.
- * 2 diskette drive(s).
- * 2 serial port(s).
- * 3 parallel port(s).
- *
- A Mouse is present
- Driver version 6.25
- InPort mouse.
- IRQ 5
-
- Your graphics card(s):
- VGA (PS/2 Color)
-
- CPU type is 80386.
- Math Coprocessor is not present.
-
- No EXTENDED memory present.
-
- EXPANDED memory is present, version 4.0, and the manager is active.
- EMS page frame located at E000h.
- 3648K bytes total expanded memory. 1024K bytes available.
-
- Drive Information
-
- *LASTDRIVE is Z:
- *Current drive is C:
-
- Drive Type Local/LAN Total Space (K) Free Space (K)
- ----- ------ ------------ --------------- --------------
- A: 1.2MB Local
- B: 1.2MB* Local
- C: Fixed Local 32644 24784
- D: Fixed Local 114644 83400
- E: Fixed Local 1191 1191
- G: Fixed LAN 58592 58808
- J: Fixed LAN 39060 0
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Note: If a device name is an alias for another device (like B: is an alias
- for A: in a one-floppy machine), the Type column will be marked with an
- asterisk.
-
- If the device is a fixed disk, the total space and available space is
- displayed. If the type is "x??", then the type code returned by BIOS does
- not match one of the "standard" definitions used by Microsoft, and "x" is
- the returned type code.
-
- Acknowledgements:
-
- Thanks to Pat Shea (for the chip info code), the people from the IBM Hardware
- Forum on Compuserve, who provided many tips and code, and to the staff of
- Microsoft Online, who responded to the statment, "But there has to be a way!"
-
- Legal Stuff:
-
- This is FREE software. It may be freely distributed and used by individuals
- and corporations without charge. It may not, however, be sold or distributed
- for a price (other than user group diskette duplication and distribution fees.)
- At all times, the copyright and title for SHOWME remain with Crown Software
- Corporation, a subsidiary of JMB Realty Corporation, 900 N. Michigan Avenue,
- Chicago, IL, 60611.
-
- This software is provided on an as-is basis. If you choose to use
- it, you do so at your own risk. Neither the author, Crown Software,
- nor JMB Realty Corporation offers any warranty or guarantee of any
- kind, nor do they (individually or together) accept any liability for
- any consequences of the use of this software.