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- HighTest Lite (tm)
- User's Guide
-
-
- Notice
-
- HighTest Lite (tm) includes a complete help system that
- includes all of the information usually found in a
- separate "User's Guide". This document presents
- information included in that program that warrants
- repeating.
-
-
- (c) Copyright 1992 by Intelligent Devices
- Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
-
-
- HighTest Lite, HighTest, HighTest Plus, MIPS*16 and
- MIPS*32 are trademarks of Intelligent Devices Corporation
- and may not be used for any commercial (for profit)
- purpose without the written consent of Intelligent
- Devices Corporation.
-
- HighTest Lite software and all documentation including
- all binary data files are owned and copyrighted by
- Intelligent Devices Corporation.
-
-
- 1. What is HighTest Lite?
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- HighTest Lite, along with its companion products --
- HighTest and HighTest Plus, is the first commercially-
- available 32-bit PC benchmark test that are compatible
- with the MS-DOS operating system.
-
- HighTest products provides PC manufacturers, dealers
- and end-users with the first reliable, accurate,
- documented, and easy-to-use MIPS tests for all IBM and
- compatible PC's and workstations. HighTest Lite includes
- CPU detection logic that will run the appropriate tests -
- - MIPS*16 and/or MIPS*32 -- and then displays a color bar
- chart along with test result data.
-
-
- 2. Why Use MIPS Tests?
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- As explained in the help section of the program (by
- pressing the F1 key), the term MIPS has been around for a
- long time. HighTest Lite and other HighTest products
- are, in part, an attempt to bring new meaning to the term
- MIPS.
-
- Many computer professionals have been using the term
- for years because so many people need a simple,
- convenient method for discussing computer performance,
- especially CPU/memory performance. Despite criticism from
- some computer users regarding the lack of a standard
- definition of the term "MIPS", the use of the term has
- continued even in the midst of new attempts to
- standardize computer performance methodologies.
-
- Contrary to current, complicated approaches to
- benchmarking computer performance, the HighTest approach
- is simple. Instead of discarding the term MIPS, why not
- put meaning into it? It is for this reason that HighTest
- Lite, and all HighTest products, include the first
- commercially-available 32-bit MIPS test for DOS-based
- PC's and workstations. The MIPS*32 test, as well as the
- MIPS*16 test, is based upon widely accepted industry
- CPU/memory testing methodologies that rely upon the
- general purpose Dhrystone test to produce reliable,
- accurate and general purpose MIPS tests.
-
-
- 3. Why MIPS*16 and MIPS*32 Tests?
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- Because modern PC use modern CPU's like the 32-bit
- Intel 80386 and i486 processors. Since the PC market
- includes millions of systems with CPU's that can run only
- 16-bit software as well as millions that can run both 16-
- bit and modern 32-bit software, there is a need for both
- 16-bit and 32-bit MIPS tests, both of which must be
- reliable and accurate.
-
- Intelligent Devices' MIPS*16 and MIPS*32 tests
- provide the needed benchmarks for the PC community.
- Combined with the user interface and testing environment,
- these MIPS tests provide you with essential benchmark
- features:
-
- - 16 and 32-bit MIPS tests
- - Reliable and accurate test procedures
- - Documented test algorithms
- - Easy-to-use user interface
- - Interesting test result displays
- - Attractive licensing programs for all users
-
-
- 4. Installing HighTest Lite
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- You can run HighTest Lite from either a floppy or
- hard drive. If you run rom a floppy drive, you must
- install HighTest Lite onto a 3-1/4" 720Kb, a 5-1/4" 1.2Mb
- or a 3-1/4" 1.44Mb floppy diskette. If you install it on
- a hard drive, you must have at least 460Kb of disk space
- available for all HighTest Lite files.
-
- To install HighTest Lite, type
-
- PKUNZIP source_drive:HTLITE destination_drive/path
-
- where source_drive can be any floppy disk drive and
- destination_drive can be any disk drive and path. For
- example,
-
- PKUNZIP A: C:\HIGHTEST
-
- will install HighTest Lite from floppy drive A to hard
- drive B in a directory name HIGHTEST. BE SURE AND
- INCLUDE THE COLONS AFTER EACH DRIVE LETTER! If you type
-
- PKUNZIP A: B:
-
- all files will be installed on a diskette in drive B.
-
-
- 5. Running HighTest Lite
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- a. Change your default drive and directory to the
- drive and directory where HighTest Lite was
- installed.
-
- REMEMBER TO DELETE ALL HIGHTEST LITE FILES FROM
- THAT DIRECTORY WHEN YOU ARE DONE BECAUSE YOU
- CANNOT COPY HIGHTEST ONTO MORE THAN ONE PC AT A
- TIME. TO DO SO WILL BREACH YOUR LICENSE
- AGREEMENT FOR USING HIGHTEST LITE.
-
-
- b. Make a "vanilla" system. Although HighTest Lite
- will run on most systems that also are using
- expanded memory such as EMM386, QEMM or 386Max,
- we recommend that any expanded memory be removed
- before testing because it can cause test results
- to vary slightly to significantly.
-
- To prepare a system, remove all TSR (memory
- resident) programs and special device drivers
- that might in any way conflict with HighTest
- handling of real mode and protected interrupts.
-
- The most reliable way to do this is as follows:
-
- If the system to be tested does NOT have expanded
- memory installed (like EMM386, QEMM or 386Max),
- then go to step "c" now.
-
- If the system to be tested DOES have expanded
- memory installed, then if the system is NOT
- using disk compression software or other special
- critical TSR's or drivers, backup the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- and CONFIG.SYS files to file names that aren't
- already being used, delete the AUTOEXEC.BAT and
- CONFIG.SYS files, reboot the system and go to
- step "c" below.
-
- If the system to be tested DOES have expanded
- memory installed, then if the system IS using
- disk compression software or other special
- critical TSR's or drivers, then backup the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files to file names
- that aren't already being used, edit out all
- TSR's and device drivers from the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- and CONFIG.SYS files, reboot the system and
- go to step "c" below.
-
- NOTE: IF YOU ARE RUNNING HIGHTEST LITE ON AN 80386
- OR LATER PC, THE SYSTEM MUST HAVE AT LEAST 1MB OF
- EXTENDED MEMORY INSTALLED AND AVAILABLE. IF
- HIMEM.SYS IS INSTALLED, YOU CAN PROBABLY CONTINUE
- RUNNING HIGHTEST LITE WITHOUT REMOVING IT FROM
- THE SYSTEM BEFORE TESTING. A warning message about
- this will be displayed if HIMEM.SYS is installed.
-
-
- c. Run HighTest Lite by typing HTLITE. Note that
- some file I/O will go on as test files are loaded
- and reloaded during the calibration and test
- phases.
-
-
- d. Record the test result data.
-
-
- e. Restore the system. Rename the files
- AUTOEX&&.HTL and CONFIG&&.HTL to AUTOEXEC.BAT and
- CONFIG.SYS respectively. You can use the batch
- file RESTORE.BAT for this purpose.
-
-
- That's all there is to it. A simple, reliable
- procedure for obtaining accurate, meaningful performance
- data for any IBM or compatible PC.
-
-
- 6. HighTest Products and Licenses
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- HighTest products include HighTest Lite, HighTest,
- and HighTest Plus. A summary of their differences and
- license terms and conditions follows:
-
- a. HighTest Lite. A shareware product that is
- provided by Intelligent Devices as a public
- service to all interested users of IBM and
- compatible desktop, laptop, notebook and palmtop
- personal computers.
-
- HighTest Lite may not be copied or sold except as
- shareware. See the file LICENSE.DOC for
- additional information.
-
- b. HighTest. An extended version of HighTest Lite
- that includes a full-screen, 5 system color bar
- chart display, run-time blink and sound toggle
- controls, rerun button, and MIPS*16 and MIPS*32
- test scores for all systems displayed.
-
- HighTest is licensed to both end-users as an
- upgrade to HighTest Lite and to PC manufacturers,
- dealers and other interested parties in the form
- of a commercial-use license. Refer to the file
- LICENSE.DOC or the HighTest Lite program for
- additional information.
-
- c. HighTest Plus. An enhanced version of HighTest
- that includes additional run-time controls most
- often needed by PC manufacturers and dealers.
- These include test rerun, user access controls, a
- database for saving and using test data, and a
- report generator.
-
- d. Interested parties can obtain a commercial
- license for HighTest Plus that enables them to
- use test result data and the program itself for
- commercial (for profit) purposes. These users
- can also make an unlimited number of customized
- HighTest diskettes for distribution to prospects,
- dealers and other interested persons.
-
-
- 7. Additional Information
- ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- For additional information regarding HighTest
- products and license programs, contact
-
- Intelligent Devices Corporation
- 295 Harvard Ave, Suite 295
- Claremont, CA 91711
-
- (714) 920-9551
-