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- From: snodgras@cs.unca.edu (Ryan Snodgrass)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
- Subject: Help with TP 6.0/System calls
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.191546.7410@cs.unca.edu>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 19:15:46 GMT
- References: <1992Sep6.184804.7906@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Sender: news@cs.unca.edu (Usenet News Adm)
- Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
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- Does anyone know how to get ANY of the following information:
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- o Whether the installed mouse is a BUS or SERIAL mouse.
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- o BIOS Manufacturer (Pheonix for example)
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- o Coprocesser type (i.e. 80387, 80487, etc.)
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- o Processer type up to 80486
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- o Processer speed (i.e. 7.8Mhz, 16Mhz, 20Mhz, 25Mhz, etc.)
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- o Video adapter type up to Super VGA or XGA (including Targa, etc
- if possible)
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- o What kind of DOS is installed (i.e. MSDOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS, etc.)
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- o Drive type for both floppies and hard disks (the number associated
- with it, i.e. 2 is often a 1.2 meg floppy, 4 a 1.44 meg, etc.)
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- o The number of heads on a disk drive
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- o Serial port address (i.e. COM1 = 03F8, COM2 = 02F8, etc.)
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- o Conventional memory information:
- total installed conventional memory
- bytes available to MS-DOS
- largest executable program size
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- o If a sound card has been installed, and if so, what kind.
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- o How to check for a SoundBlaster
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- o Has a hand scanner been installed, what kind
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- o BIOS information other than date
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- Thanks, I will post a followup article in the next week or so of the answers
- I get since I think a lot of programmers might find this info useful. Thanks
- again,
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- Ryan Snodgrass
- snodgrass@uncavx.unca.edu
- snodgrass@unca.bitnet
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