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- SYSCHK
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- System Checkout for your personal computer
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- Version 2.40
- Released August 8, 1994
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- Copyright 1994 by Advanced Personal Systems
- All rights reserved.
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- SYSCHK is a program that provides valuable information about devices installed
- in your system. The following are some of the items SYSCHK will search for :
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- - Computer model type including manufacturer if known
- - Micro Processor including the Intel Pentium(tm)
- - Complete IRQ listing including usage and availablity
- - Detection of the older 80386 that had a 32-bit multiply bug
- - Math Coprocessor type
- - Microsoft Windows setup information
- - Detection of slave 8259 Interrupt controller
- - Presence of a real time clock
- - Presence of a ISA, PCI, Micro Channel, or EISA bus
- - System BIOS including source, date and size
- - A listing of all known BIOS extensions in the system, and the
- size of those BIOS
- - Type of keyboard attached (84 key or 101 key) and keyboard status
- - Type of mouse installed, number of buttons, and interrupt used
- - Number of parallel ports in system and the base addresses
- - Number of serial ports in system, base addresses and parameters of
- the port including IRQ.
- - Type of Serial port UART chip including 16550
- - Complete information on any Network connection
- - Hard disk size including tracks, heads, sectors and CMOS type
- - Hard disk controller manufacturer
- - Hard disk partition information
- - Disk Cache info including hits and misses
- - Floppy disk size and parameters
- - Video type, chipset, video memory, and BIOS source
- - Maximum video resolution and maximum color capability
- - Amount of environment space used and available
- - Amount of conventional, extended, and expanded memory
- - Listing of all resident programs both conventional and UMB,
- including size and location of those programs
- - Listing of all non standard device drivers installed
- - Throughput speed of system, taking into account CPU speed and
- wait states
- - Video and hard disk speed
- - Listing of all CMOS values
- - Lots more!
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- CREATING A CONFIGURATION PRINTOUT
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- A hardcopy printout or file of your system's information is also available
- as an option. From the main menu, press "P" to enter the Printing Screen.
- If you want the output to print out to your printer press "P" to print to
- LPT1. If you wish to create a file of the report, press "F" and then enter
- the name of the file you would like the information stored in.
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- - SYSCHK.INI File -
- You may also want to configure your report by determining which information
- you would like to have included. If you press "S" a series of questions
- will guide you through which information you want included or excluded from
- the system report. This will create a configuration file named SYSCHK.INI.
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- If no SYSCHK.INI file is found then SysChk will simply print out its default
- system report. Most information is enabled by default except for the
- CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, and CMOS values.
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- You may also edit SYSCHK.INI manually with any text editor but should follow
- the format mentioned above.
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- Standard Output redirection is also available for use in batch files by
- simply adding "/F" as a SysChk command line parameter.
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- For example "SYSCHK /f > MyInfo.txt" will create a file called MYINFO.TXT
- or "SYSCHK /f" will display a text file to the console screen. You may
- print a configuration file from within SYSCHK or enter "SYSCHK /f > lpt1"
- to redirect the file to your LPT1 printer port.
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- To automatically include the video speed and hard disk speed to your
- configuration file include "/T" to test those devices without any user
- intervention.
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- If you wish to automatically add any text to the printout, create a file
- called "COMMENTS.TXT" and place it in the same directory as SYSCHK. When you
- printout a configuration sheet SYSCHK will automatically add that text to
- the top of the printout.
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- If you use the /F parameter and do not wish anything displayed on the
- screen, use the /B option in addition to bypass the onscreen message.
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- * Network Tip: If you want to obtain a hardware inventory of all your users
- on a network you can load SysChk in the system login script in the form
- "#SYSCHK /N" to store all user's system hardware configuration in a report
- file with the last eight digits of their physical ID!
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- COMMAND LINE SWITCH SUMMARY
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- /F - Redirects all output to Standard Output. This allows you to
- run SysChk in a batch file and create a configuration report
- or output directly to a printer or the console. For example,
- to redirect to a file you would enter "SysChk /F > MyInfo.txt".
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- /N - If you are connected to a Novell Network, creates a report file
- with the physical ID as the filename. For example, if you enter
- "SysChk /N" this will create a file named 12345678.dat if your
- physical ID is 1234:5678.
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- /B - If you also entered /F or /N for redirection and you need to bypass
- any onscreen copyright messages, enter /F /B or /N /B to redirect
- without any copyright messages to the screen.
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- /T - Executes the video and disk speed tests if you also entered
- /F for redirection. This allows you to include the speed
- ratings in your redirected file.
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- /S - Disables detection of Hard Disk controllers. On some SCSI host
- adapters, controller detection can cause the SCSI bus to hang.
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- /V - Disables detection of video card's chipset which can occasionally
- cause the system to hang.
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- /I - Disables I/O IRQ detection.
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- /U - Disables UMB detection.
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- /M - Uses monochrome colors for display.
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- /R - Creates record file SYSCHK.REC that includes execution trace for
- debugging purposes.
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- /? - Help Screen.
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- SUPPORT
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- Support questions may be submitted through CompuServe ID [70323,136] or
- through Prodigy FCFN67A.
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- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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- 1. Why doesn't SysChk always report the I/O IRQ?
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- Some parallel and serial ports do not issue an interrupt and is
- therefore undetectable. Instead of displaying the default value,
- which may be incorrect, SysChk will display a "?".
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- Detecting interrupt usage for the parallel and serial ports can often
- cause the system to hang under certain conditions. Therefore, under
- the Windows DOS shell and OS/2 DOS shell, interrupt detection has been
- disabled.
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- 2. Can I request additional features to be added to SysChk?
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- If there are other features you would like to have added to SysChk please
- write, E-Mail via CompuServe, or call and I will consider all requests!
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- REVISION HISTORY
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- 0.99 - Prerelease version to public domain, all items on a single page
- 2.00 to 2.23 - Various Beta versions released only to Beta users
- 2.24 - Official Shareware version first release (1991)
- 2.30 - Added environment memory information.
- Combined Floppy and Hard drive information on one page.
- Added module on Networks.
- Added chipset information on VGA video cards.
- Added presence detection of DOS 5 in HMA area.
- Added presence of execution under Microsoft Windows.
- Added detection of serial ports not originally found by BIOS.
- Added option to save information to a file in addition to printer.
- Added disk controller manufacturer information.
- Added a few more model byte descriptions.
- Fixed DOS version lower than 3.0 announcement bug.
- Fixed bug with DISK module running with DR DOS 5.0.
- 2.31 - Added detection of OAK Technologies Video chipset
- 2.32 - Added detection of CPU clock speed
- Added Network information to printer output
- Added dectection of 8514/A
- Added standard output redirection option to the parameter line.
- 2.33 - Fixed missing info of mouse and network in redirected output.
- Added some more information on HMA and XMS.
- 2.34 - Fixed incorrect info on HMA area.
- Shortend initialization time.
- Changed speed bar to accomodate faster systems.
- Added detection of Logitech and Mouse Systems mice.
- Added detection of ISA or EISA bus type.
- Added detection of MODEM on serial port.
- Added detection of Sound Board.
- Added detection of (some) SCSI Host Adapters. (Test disabled by
- entering Syschk /S)
- 2.35 Removed detection of Trident video boards (caused hangup).
- Added Video Speed option.
- Added detection of some S3 video chipsets.
- Added detection of 80386SX CPU.
- Added information on registration through CompuServe.
- 2.35a Fixed problem with Video Speed reporting incorrect speed.
- 2.36 Added more partition names.
- Added DOS revision number.
- Added more information for Tseng 4000 video chipset.
- Added the ability to automatically add comments to the printout.
- Removed detection of disk controller under Windows Enhanced mode
- to prevent conflict with 32-bit Disk Access.
- Added detection of additional installed hard disks.
- 2.37 Added average access speed of all hard disks.
- 2.38 Added detection of Intel Pentium(tm).
- Added SysChk rating, a combination of other speed tests.
- Added CD-ROM detection and MSCDEX version.
- Added /M switch for monochrome displays.
- Added additional SCSI Host Adapter Controllers and fixed detection
- problem.
- Added Interrupt info for Serial and Parallel ports.
- Added Maximum Video resolution and colors.
- Added Network Shell version and type of memory used.
- Added /R switch to create trace file SYSCHK.REC for debugging.
- 2.39 Added additional menu screens, accessable by left and right arrows.
- Added IRQ active status and owners for all IRQs 0-15.
- Added detecion of Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum.
- Improved Resident Map information.
- Added Upper Memory Block TSR map.
- Added Environment Variable listings.
- Added Logical Drive information.
- Added CMOS information.
- Added detection of Plug and Play BIOS.
- Added /B option to bypass any screen writes when redirecting output.
- Removed Modem Detection due to false positives.
- Added detection of PS/2 Mouse without driver.
- 2.40 Added /U switch to disable UMB detection.
- Added detection of Compaq QVision video card.
- Added detection of many more video card's chipsets.
- Added detection of sound card DMA and IRQ.
- Added detection of Adaptec AIC-7770 SCSI.
- Added detection of PCI BIOS.
- Added Novell NetWare network User listing
- Added Disk Cache information
- Added SYSCHK.INI file to configure system report
- Added boot CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to system report
- (Off by default. Enable via the SYSCHK.INI file)
- Added /N command line parameter to create report with Novell
- Physical ID filename.
- Added Microsoft Windows Information module
- Added detection of Game Port
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- REGISTRATION
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-
- The registration fee for this shareware product is $29.00. For the
- $29.00 registration fee you will be sent a registered version of SysChk
- along with a free copy of the Advanced Personal System's Deluxe Utility Disk
- with a number of handy utilities including a menu system, an easy to use
- file viewer, a CMOS viewer, and lots more. In addition you will also
- receive a special offer to upgrade to the Windows version of SysChk when
- it is available.
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- You can now register through CompuServe by entering "GO SWREG" and billing
- your CompuServe account. The registration ID# is 497. Or if you like,
- send in your name with a check or money order and your choice of diskette
- size to:
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- Advanced Personal Systems
- 105 Serra Way
- Suite 418
- Milpitas, CA. 95035
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- (408) 298-3703 FAX (408) 945-0242
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- Note: California residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
-
- If you are a Systems Integrator or VAR and are interested in providing
- SysChk with your systems, please call for a special low cost licensing
- fee.
-
- Thanks for your registration!
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). The ASP wants to make sure the shareware
- principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
- directly, the ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
- resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
- technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
- Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve
- message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- Advanced Personal Systems (APS) hereby disclaims all warranties
- relating to this software, whether express or implied, including
- without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or
- fitness for a particular purpose. APS will not be liable for any
- special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages
- due to loss of data or any other reason, even if APS or an agent
- of APS has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In
- no event shall APS's liability for any damages ever exceed the
- price paid for the license to use software, regardless of the form
- of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to
- the quality and performance of the software.