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*********************************************************************** DR. HARDWARE SYSINFO V 3.7e (May 1997) *********************************************************************** PC TEST & BENCHMARK PROGRAM for both Beginners and Insiders Dr. Hardware Sysinfo is Copyright (c) 1994-1997 by Peter Gebhard, Wilmersdorfer Str.20, 10585 Berlin/Germany All Rights reserved Get info via... CIS 100537,504 eMail 100537.504@compuserve.com Internet http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PGSOFT FAX ++49-(0)30-342 25 95 Important Note │ All informations in the doc files of this program - con- │ cerning prices, conditions, features - exclusively refer │ to this version 3.7e but no any longer as this is the │ actual version. │ Target │ Dr.Hardware answers the following questions: │ - What is inside of my PC? │ - What are it's abilities and what is it's performance? │ In other words: Recognition and descritpion of all │ PC components, their configuration and performance. │ Dr.Hardware is │ - easy to use useful for be- │ - a very clear program structure inspite of the masses ginners... │ of details. │ - Service (Report generation, selection box etc) │ - background information to nearly each detail that is │ shown ..and Insiders..│ - extremely detailed (total PC analysis) │ - high actuality │ Everybody needs │ Who is interested in his PC will learn much more about his Dr. Hardware!! │ machine. │ Who isn't interested in his hardware will have no need │ to become interested for if you ever have to know something │ about it, ask Dr. Hardware and he'll tell you. │ Examples for │ - You want to buy or sell a PC; take Dr. Hardware to get the use of │ the right arguments, get facts, data and analysis. He tells Dr. Hardware │ you the truth about it. │ - You are updating your hardware, installing components - │ Dr. Hardware will assist you. │ - You would like to buy some software package. But what's │ about the so called system requirements? Are they fulfill- │ ed by your PC. Dr. Hardware checks it out. │ - You ask: How much power has my PC? │ Run Dr. Hardwares benchmark tests. │ NEW! V3.7e │ The new version 3.7 comes with the following new features: │ ...detection of Pentium-II, Ultra-DMA/33 mode (EIDE devices) │ ...SCSI benchmark (registered version only) │ ...Intel 430TX chipset details (registered version only) │ ...See WHATSNEW.TXT for a detailed list ! │ Program │ Features: │ - Detailed analysis of compatible PCs │ - Hardware & Software │ - Processor, BIOS, Cache, Bus │ - Details about selected chipsets │ - Fixed Disks, CD ROM, Modem │ - VGA (Chipset, VESA, frequencies) │ - Details about... (E-)IDE devices, SCSI devices (if │ ASPI- or CAM driver present), Smartdrive, PCI-, PnP units │ - Network analysis │ - PCMCIA details (via Card Services) │ - Benchmarks (CPU, graphics, hard disks, CD ROM, Net) │ - Interrupts, IRQs, Bios Data Segment, CMOS │ and Advanced CMOS Setup, DMA, ports │ - Memory analysis (incl. XMS, EMM, DPMI) and │ MCB chain incl. High RAM │ - Infos about DOS & WINDOWS │ Comfort │ ■ SAA standard, Pull-Down-Menus and mouse support, │ several color schemes │ ■ Report generation (printer/file); │ automatic report generation via switch -r │ (Example: c:\> drhard -r: mypc.rpt) │ ■ Online help (F1), including feature to print it out │ ■ Analysis selection box (Enter key word -> right analysis │ will be called automatically) │ ■ Memory viewer including search function │ ■ Configurable: - via DRHARD.INI │ - via QuickMenu button "OPTIONS" │ System │ requirements │ DOS compatible PC (8088 or above), 420 KB free DOS RAM, │ (Small-RAM-Option active), better 500 KB), 1,2/1,44 │ MB floppy, nearly 1 MB harddisk space, VGA-, EGA-, │ CGA- or Monochrome adapter, DOS 2.1 or above. Runs │ under MS WINDOWS and OS/2 in the DOS Box. │ Tip │ The really authentic analysis of the hardware components │ requieres a machine running in Real Mode. Switch off your │ EMM Manager and run the program under DOS. │ Under WINDOWS (especially under Windows 95!) or OS/2 │ you will get partially reduced and less accurate results. │ ->For details see PROBLEMS.TXT │ The shareware │ Dr.Hardware Sysinfo is distributed via shareware. concept │ Your advantage: you can first test the program and only │ if you find it usefull you will have to pay for it. │ Don't pay money for the shareware version besides the │ copy charge. │ You will find the most actual shareware version in the Where can I │ Internet, but also at CompuServe. get the latest │ - via CompuServe: GO WINUTIL, section "Diagnostic" ( shareware ver- │ search for DRH37E.ZIP); the Windows Utility Forum sion │ is an official distribution and support online resource │ in future updates. It's one of numerous CIS Windows │ forums operated by the WINDOWS Users Group Network │ (WUGNET). │ - in the GEBHARD SOFTWARE Homepage │ (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PGSOFT) │ - FTP: On SimTel Software Repository mirrors │ oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo/drh3xxe.zip │ ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysinfo/drh3xxe.zip │ - you may also find it on various shareware cd collections │ │ After the evaluation period of 30 days please register │ your version (in other words: order the registered │ version). See also LICENSE.TXT for details. │ Registered │ These are the benefits of the registration: Version - your │ - registered version can be used eternally advantage │ - Update service: pay once the full price, later only │ very reasonable Update prices. │ - additional program features: │ 1.Benchmark comparision (your PC is measured and │ compared with other machines. Very useful feature.) │ 2.SCSI benchmark │ 3.Chipset details (for example on Intel PCI chipsets) │ - no more shareware screens │ The personal │ The registered version comes with a file called USER.DAT, version │ which contains a unique ID string or code to identify │ it as your personal licensed version. The program won't │ start without this file. │ Don't erase this file and don't share it! │ How to order │ - From inside the program: Press F2 key for an order form the registered │ that can be filled out immediately on the screen. version │ - From outside the program: See ORDER.TXT │ - FAX : ++49 (0)30 - 342 25 95 │ │ You can pay this way: │ 1. Cash (for example via registered letter │ (lettre de valeur); no coins please) │ 2. Postal Money Order │ 3. Euro-Cheque within Europe (Currency: DM) │ 4. Check in Your Currency │ 5. Credit Cards are not yet accepted. we'll work it out. │ You will receive the program on a 3,5" HD disk. │ Ordering online│ CompuServe members can order Dr.Hardware online: via CompuServe │ GO SWREG │ Program ID: 13157 │ Price │ US $ 29 Shipping cost │ Cash : US $ 4 (outside Germany, else US $ 3) │ Postal Money Order: US $ 4 │ Euro-Cheque(Europe):US $ 3 /DM 4,- │ Other Check : US $ 4/ DM 7,- │ └>Note: Add surcharges from checks drawn on a non-german │ bank if above 10 US $ to the regular shipping cost. │ │ via SWREG : US $ 4 │ ONE piece for │ If you buy one piece of Dr. Hardware you'll get a licencse ONE PC │ to use it on exactly one PC. For each other PC you have │ to register another version. │ Content │ The disk contains the following files: │ - DRHARD.EXE (Program file) │ - USER.DAT (Your personal registration file) │ - INSTALL.BAT (batch file for installing the program │ onto harddisk) │ - README.TXT (what you are reading this moment) │ - README.BAT (Batch file for viewing the doc files) │ - LICENCE.TXT (Licence agreement) │ - DRHARDE.DAT (File with internal data) │ - DRHARD.INI (Setup File) │ - DRHARD.PIF (Windows adaption) │ - DRHARD.ICO (Program symbol for Windows) │ - BENCHCMP.DAT (Benchmark comparision - only reg. version) │ - DRHARD.WAV (Wave-Datei, for Soundblaster analysis) │ - PROBLEMS.TXT (Description of analysis problems and │ restrictions) │ - WHATSNEW.TXT (What is new in this actual version?) │ - UPDATE.FRM (Order form for the next Update) │ Program start │ Write at the DOS prompt: DRHARD │ Note: It's recommended that you copy the program to │ your hard drive. │ Startup mode │ At the bottom of the first program screen you will │ see some buttons that allow you to take influence on │ the following program initialization and program comfort. │ "Quick Start" :The mainly important data about your PC │ are collected at start; │ "Comfort start":expanded data collection at start; │ advantage: in the menu, while generating │ reports or during compact analysis super- │ fluous analysis steps are avoided. The │ risk of a crash at start is the greatest │ in this start mode but also the following │ user comfort. │ "Safity Start": no data are collected at start. The │ risk of a crash is mimimized. │ No PC data are shown in the overview window │ "Step Start" : like comfort start, however each analysis │ step has to be confirmed. │ This allows you to exclude a problematic │ analysis from the usual startup procedure. │ Installation │ It's recommended that you install the program onto the │ hard disk although it's possible to run it directly from │ the floppy disk or cd rom (if files aren't compressed) │ Hard disk access is much faster than floppy disk access. │ Profi Install │ Copy all files into the directory of your choice. That's │ all. There are no archives with compressed files. │ Start the pogram with: DRHARD │ Easy Install │ The program disk contains an easy-to-use installation │ batch file named INSTALL.BAT. │ The syntax is: │ INSTALL [DRIVE LETTER:] [DIRECTORY] │ You can determine target drive and directory by your own. │ (Example: install d: sysinfo) │ By running INSTALL.BAT without any parameters │ Dr. Hardware will be installed into the directory DRHARD │ on drive C. │ │ Before running the program you may configure the program │ via DRHARD.INI but there is no need to do that. │ All you need... │ (to run the program) are the files DRHARD.EXE and │ DRHARDE.DAT and also USER.DAT if it's the registered │ version. The file BENCHCMP.DAT is used for the │ benchmark comparision in the registered version. │ Program Setup │ You can take influence on the program behaviour and optics │ by doing entries in the configuration file DRHARD.INI. │ In order to do this you need an ASCII editor. │ Almost all settings can be configured from inside the │ program too. There is one important exception: │ If there is not enough conventional memory to load the │ program please activate the setting "SMALL RAM" if it is │ not set. The default setting however is "active", so │ nothing has to be done. │ Guarantee │ Note: The complete license agreement can be found │ in the file LICENSE.TXT. │ │ The program author takes no responsibility for the │ suitability of the program for any purpose. Also the │ author takes no responsibility for damage resulting │ directly or indirectly from use of the program or its │ documentation. │ By using this program, the user accepts these conditions │ of license and the ones that are fixed in the file │ LICENSE.TXT. │ Tip │ It's recommended that you backup all important data before │ running this program. │ Be careful especially in an active network environment. │ You also should make a copy of your original disk. │ Credits │ Finn Thoegersen, VGADOC4 │ Ralph Brown, Interrupt Liste │ James Kelsey, Programming Plug and Play │ Eduard Gebhard, Translation of the online help │ Contact to the │ Peter Gebhard author & Support│ Wilmersdorfer Str.20 │ D - 10585 Berlin │ Germany │ FAX: +49-30-342 25 95 │ CompuServe 100537,504 │ E-Mail (Internet) 100537.504@compuserve.com │ Homepage http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PGSOFT │ Important infos │ ...can be found in the following files: PROBLEMS.TXT, │ LICENSE.TXT and WHATSNEW.TXT. Please read! (read these │ files from inside the program -> Menu SERVICE/READ ME...). │ Note │ All trademarks are property of their respective │ owners and appear for identification purposes only. │ The latest news │ Visit the Web Page of P. Gebhard Software in the homepage │ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PGSOFT │ Infos about the latest update, prices, new features and │ more. You can also leave an email. │ The author... │ hopes you enjoy the use of DR. HARDWARE!!