REVISION HISTORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.2.0 (June 23, 1996) ===================== - New sub-menu showing Configuration Files: CONFIG.SYS/DOS/W40, DCONFIG.SYS, CONFIG.PTS, AUTOEXEC.BAT/DOS/W40, MSDOS.SYS/W40, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, WINSTART.BAT, DOSSTART.BAT. (Planned is further analyzing (beyond just highlighting some keywords as it is now) and commenting of these files for a future release.) - DocMode added: run agSI with the ~/DOC~ command line switch to browse through the online documentation without any information detection rou- tine being executed. - Online registration now available on my WWW page in the Internet. - Other improvements/fixes: - Additional hard disks (Int13 units) that were added later in the boot process (seen under Win95) did not appear in agSI. - Added a short delay in the modem test, because it didn't work with some modems (Motorola) correctly (on my system). - Port addresses for IDE ports may now be set in the INI file. Also the default addresses for 3rd and 4th port have been changed to the usually used 1E8h and 168h, respectively. - Pentium Pro: Configuration info (cache characteristics), BIOS update function, more capabilities flags. - The new (VGADOC4) graphics card detection method may be disabled now - sorry, forgot that in the last release. - Sorry I didn't do as much as I wanted, and as some of you might have ex- pected Ä I didn't have all the time needed for agSI, and when I had some time I often wasn't in the mood to do so (especially when the weather was so good as it recently often was Ä I rather went to the swimming-pool...) 1.1.4 (Feb 27, 1996) ==================== - Credit cards Ä VISA, Diners Club, American Express Ä accepted! Eurocard/ Mastercard soon Ä so, ask! (or look at my WWW page). - More info about Quarterdeck's QEMM; also, corrected display of memory sizes in the DPMI list. - A few adaptions to Windows 95: - Application title of the DOS window (second part of it) changed. - agSI made "close-aware", i.e. you can close it from the window's system menu or with the close button in the upper right corner (unless a dia- log window in agSI is open). [seems to be not working sometimes...] - File date corrected and Compressed attribute added in directory list (i.e. dir tree sub-lists). - Open files and... - Drive Map Info for each logical drive. - Other improvements/fixes: - At some places with physical drives, the cylinder number was one to low (i.e. only the maximum number, not the total number). - For changeable hard drives, Logical Drive Overview caused errors when no media was inserted. - PCI BIOS detection changed slightly because it wasn't detected on some systems [hope it works now]. - More names for PCI vendors and devices: now 447 and 446, respectively (was 296/166). 1.1.3 (Dec 18, 1995) ==================== - As announced in v1.1.2, the registration fee has been increased: to US$23 (DM 30). Credit cards (American Express, VISA, Diners Club) will be ac- cepted soon, so ask me if you can use them for payment! (Mastercard/Euro- card not before March 96) - Added a start-up screen which displays what is tested next, somewhat like the /DX command line switch (but /DX shows more). - General Overview with 16 lines of info; shown (by default) automatically when agSI is started. - IDE drive info moved to a separate sub-menu, thus avoiding the need to set the IDEDriveMapping INI setting; also, added info for ATAPI devices (such as CD-ROMs). - Video card detection improved dramatically: now implemented using Finn Thoegersen's VGADOC4, which detects much more than my own old routine. - More information from Quarterdeck's QEMM-386 and Helix's NetRoom memory managers. - Bugs fixed, and other new stuff: - Linux DOSEMU test has been made safer for systems that crashed here (outside Linux); you can remove the Disable=OOSL line from the INI file if you added it. - Both modem info for non-modem devices, and ASPI info about a pseudo- ASPI drive under Windows 95 (ATAPI CD-ROM; at least on my system) could have caused an endless loop; now fixed. - Newer CPUs like Pentiums that were detected as Intel or C&T 386 DX/SX under Windows or OS/2 should be displayed correctly now. - NexGen Nx586 CPUs should now be detected. - Plug and Play BIOS info (product ID, attributes sub-list) corrected. - Ontrack DiskManager detected (per physical drive). ============================================================================= (more details can be found in the online help) 1.1.2 (Oct 8, 1995) =================== - NOTE: I'm considering to increase the registration fee in the next release so if you register NOW you'll save money! - Windows Services now has a window. - Plug and Play-Info (via PnP-BIOS or ConfigManager software). - BIOS and 2nd level cache detection routines slightly improved Ä especially the L2 cache wasn't detected on all systems; hope it's better now... - glossary added, taken from Ralf Brown's Interrupt List - Some other new info items: modem info; Linux DOSEMU; CMOS details for AMI WinBIOS, Phoenix, PS/2; details for PCI device info; MegaFLOPS benchmark. - Other minor changes: dir tree scanning may be aborted; mouse driver acceleration profiles corrected; one-floppy-systems without B: in menu; "invisible" HD/CD benchmarks after scrolling; work-around for WfW3.11 LoadLibrary bug. 1.1.1 (June 21, 1995) ===================== - Certain information items may now be disabled (by editing the INI file). - A much too long neglected item has been added: SCSI devices via ASPI - Also, I tried to add information about networks (NetBIOS) - agSI\WinServ has now also a command line switch (/DW) for debug mode. - The /D debug switch for AGSI.EXE now also shows the current test for some functions (including Software/Others, OS/Windows/VxDs). - IDE Info: changed a little in accordance to the ATA-2 and -3 Speci- fications; enabled under Windows; Drive mapping may be specified in INI. - Sub-lists are now scrollable. (Was needed for the next item:) - The directory tree sub-lists show now optionally a list of the files in the directory; also long filenames under Win'95, 4DOS descriptions. - Some other new info items: more APM details; DR-DOS/Novell DOS system variables, and a little more at DPMS; HMA for Novell DOS, MS-DOS 7; WinServ: tasks, modules, number of global heap objects; Protected Mode interrupt vectors - a few jokes ;-) - Other minor changes: Change of focus between menu and info window indi- cated by color change; CPU cache size; Alt-U in PM list now ok; Sound- Blaster IRQ; EMS; S3 VESA modes; SETVER; memory speed. 1.1.0 (April 25, 1995) ====================== - ! Windows program "agSI\WinServ" which starts agSI under Windows and offers some additional information about parts of Windows! - list installed PCI devices - memory dump window to browse through the first MB of your memory - CD-ROM Primary Volume Descriptor - CD-ROM benchmark (transfer rate and access timing) - Protected Mode functions (using DPMI): DPMI info, Windows VxDs. IMPORTANT: Switch it off in Options dialog or with command line switch /R in case of system crash (o.k. with Novell DOS or Windows 3.x/95) [MORE IMPORTANT: Don't select [Update]!] - has been fixed in 1.1.1 - Command line switch /DX shows what's done at startup (useful if agSI hangs before the main screen comes up) - World Wide Web page for agSI! - Floppy disk orders outside Europe additional US$4/DM5 fee - minor things: SoundBlaster IRQ and Mixer (may be changed); more IDE info; CPU detection improved; DRAM refresh interval; printing to auto- matically numbered files; directory tree sorted; can empty Windows clipboard; help page with questions and answers 1.0.1 (Jan 24, 1995): ===================== - Added IDE drive info. - CMOS list for Award BIOS. - Corrected some bugs. (See online help for details) 1.0.0 (Dec 18, 1994): ===================== first public release version.