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- Parallel.Exe, v1.45 Parallel Technologies, Inc.
- Parallel Port Information Utility 10603 170th Ct NE
- (C) Copyright 1993-1994 Jay Lowe Redmond, WA 98052
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- This program may be used Lab 206-869-1136
- free of charge subject to the Fax 206-869-1133
- Restricted License Agreement Compuserve 76640,203
- contained in Parallel.Doc Internet 76640.203@COMPUSERVE.COM
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- README for the Parallel Port Information Utility
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- Version 1.45
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- 1. Program Status
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- Parallel has received extensive testing involving dozens of different
- PCs, and no bugs or erroneous results are known at this time, except
- those cases described in Parallel.Doc.
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- The program has now been moderately tested on PS/2 systems.
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- We intend to actively support this program and will appreciate your
- comments and suggestions. Please direct them to us via Compuserve
- Email or Fax.
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- Thank you.
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- 2. Product Reviews and Recommendations to be added to Parallel.Doc
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- ***** VENDORS NOTE *****
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- Parallel Technologies receives a constant stream of inquiries from
- end users seeking information and recommendations on parallel ports,
- external devices, and related products.
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- We anticipate that a near-future version of Parallel.Doc will
- include more extensive product reviews and product ordering info.
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- Vendors of:
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- 1) parallel port cards (especially enhanced parallel ports),
- 2) parallel port peripheral devices (LAN, disk, CDROM, etc),
- 3) other parallel port related products (file transfer, etc).
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- are invited to arrange for us to review these products and include
- review results and product ordering information in Parallel.Doc.
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- Please help us keep users informed about your parallel port products.
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- 2. License Agreement
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- Your right to use this program is governed by your acceptance of
- the terms and conditions stated in the License Agreement which is
- set forth in the files License.Txt and Parallel.Doc.
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- We offer inexpensive licensing arrangements for those parallel port
- peripheral vendors who would like to include Parallel in their
- distributed software for technical support purposes.
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- The underlying recognition technology of Parallel may also be
- licensed for inclusion in devices drivers and so forth.
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- 3. Release History
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- 1.45 -- additional 20 pages of documentation, inc. Buyer's Guide
- minor bug fixes
- add additional mode reporting for ECP ports
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- 1.36 -- tighten up detection of ECP ports
- detect ECP FIFO length
- rewrite generic EPP test to eliminate false positives
- special case Farpoint Fport cards in EPP or FPORT mode
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- 1.34 -- add generic EPP testing
- add ECP testing
- clean up EPP testing to handle various special cases
- add ParaSpd parallel port Benchmark
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- 1.01 -- First maintenance release
- - remove transient status messages
- - slow down Rotating Bit Test for better port tolerance
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- 1.00 -- First public release
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- We thank you.
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