ISVIDEO v1.0          *FREE!* program from Barry St.John,      CIS 76247,264
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This utility helps determine what type of video is installed in a PC.  The 
program is imperfect in that it makes the great assumption that your video
is VGA and installed at compatability segement C000-C7FF.  If your video is 
not installed at that segment, the results could be unpredictable.  If some
one cares to give me a method to autodetect the video BIOS address, I'll
incorporate it into the program.

Type ISVIDEO with no parameters (or with /?) for syntax help.

This utility works well in batch files where branching is required based on
what type of video is running.  I wrote it to determine which Windows 
configuration to load when running Windows on my LAN, as well as to determine
whether or not video specific utilities (like CENTER.COM, which comes with
DELL machines equipped with TSENG ET4000 video) should be run.

My system primarily has Quadtel S3 and Tseng ET4000 based video.  However, I
saw that there was potential for this program to be much better than an
S3/ET4000 detector.  So I wrote it to accept any string and compare it to the
text in the video BIOS.  To find out what text your video BIOS contains, run
the program in auto-mode by typing ISVIDEO /A.

For example, Quadtel S3 output looks like this:

    Video could be identified by the following signature:

    Quadtel S3 86C801/805 Enhanced VGA BIOS. Version 2.13.06

    Copyright 1987-1992 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

    Copyright 1992-1993 S3 Inc.

    All Rights Reserved

You can then select a unique string of text from this signature to pass to 
ISVIDEO in your batch file.

Examples:

    ISVIDEO Quadtel
 
       -or-

    ISVIDEO S3

       -or-

    ISVIDEO 86C801/805


If the string matches, a DOS errorlevel 1 will be returned to the batch.
If there is no match, (or you display syntax help) 0 will be returned.


When running the program in auto-mode, /V (verbose output) is set 
automatically.  DOS errorlevels are returned regardless of the /V switch
status.

I will assume NO liability for the consequences arising from the use of this
program.  Nor will I attest to the suitability of this utility for your 
particular use.  After all, it's FREE! and you get what you pay for.

And while this program is FREE!, I still reserve ownership of it.  You may
use it how you like, but you MUST NOT profit from it.  Share it with anyone,
provided the whole package is shared, which consists of the ISVIDEO.EXE and
this document.

I appreciate feedback!  I am willing to make modifications according to your
suggestions for no cost, provided my time is readily available.  Please send
email to me on CompuServe at 76247,264 and let me know how you like the
program.  It's not too much to ask, is it?
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