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SysInfo
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written in Assembler with Macro68 V3.170
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Written by Nic Wilson
Nic Wilson Software
P.O. Box 1164 <---***PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS***
Toowoomba Queensland 4350
Phone +61 76 358539 A/H Voice only
Within Australia (076) 358539
EMAIL cbmaus!cbmozq!wilson!nicw@cbmvax.commodore.com
CBMNET nicw@wilson.adsp.sub.org
PAYMENT
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Even though you may have paid for the disk this program came on,
you have not paid for SysInfo. Please read the donation and
distribution headings below.
* * * DONATIONS * * *
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A dontation of $20.00 American or $25.00 Australian is suggested,
but if you cannot afford that, any amount will be gratefully accepted.
Overseas users, please DO NOT send personal or EuroChecks. They
are very difficult and expensive to cash. Please send an overseas
bank draft in Australian Dollars drawn on any Australian bank. Your
local bank should be able to help you with this.
Any cash currency is acceptable as it is very easy to convert to
Australian.
The following credit cards are accepted.
OVERSEAS -> MASTERCARD, VISA.
AUSTRALIA -> BANKCARD, MASTERCARD, VISA.
These cards can be accepted by mail, email or phone. Confidentiality
is guaranteed. If using credit card, please include the card number,
the expiry date and the name as it appears on the card.
Donations in the form of software or hardware is also acceptable. I
write many reviews here in Australia and quite often give free plugs
to companies that have been generous enough to donate to my work.
* * THANK-YOU * *
Three companies deserve a special thank-you for their generosity.
A big thank-you to Progressive Peripherals and Software and NewTek
Corp.
A thank-you to "Amiga Format" Magazine for being the only magazine
so far to send me a donation for using the program on their cover
disk.
DISTRIBUTION CONDITIONS
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This program may be distributed freely on the condition that
no profit is gained from its distribution. An amount of the
average retail price of a single 3.5 inch DSDD disk is permitted
for a copying fee.
THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT BE CRUNCHED IN AN EXECUTABLE FORM, DOING SO
IS CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.
LHARC'ING IN AN ARCHIVAL FORM IS PERMITTED FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Output results from the program may be reprinted without any
form of permission. But please state the SysInfo Version number
used to obtain the results.
This doc file and the icons must accompany the program unmodified.
Additional document files of your own may accompany the program.
You may add your autoconfig boards to the sysinfo.boards file
distributed with this archive, but please leave the comments
at the top of the file intact.
Results from different Amiga configurations may be distributed
along with the SysInfo files.
The executable must not be modified in any way, except as specified.
Further updated versions are distributed as available and as soon
as possible. You can always obtain an update by modem if you wish.
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
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I would appreciate being informed that you are distributing it
although this is not a requirement, but a donation is requested.
If you would like all your products listed by name and manufacturer
in the 'BOARDS' function, then add them to the sysinfo.boards ascii
file included with this archive. See the READ.ME file for more
information on this, or see the BOARDS function in this document.
INTRODUCTION
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This program was originally written due to the lack of such a
program on the Amiga. Since that time the response has been
terrific. SysInfo is now even more powerful and has become
a standard on the Amiga.
I have placed this program on Shareware so that it can be
used by everyone. All code, graphics and documents remain
copyright Nic Wilson Software.
If you like this program, then help me to help you more by
sending a donation.
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IMPORTANT FOR KICKSTART 1.2 - 1.3
*********************************
Amigas that have a maths co-processor using kickstart 1.3 or
earlier, MUST use SetPatch 1.34 or later otherwise this program
will crash. This program uses 68881 & 68882 instructions and a
bug in the kernal causes a guru. SetPatch patches this bug.
This is not required for Kickstart V2.04 or greater.
Sysinfo is an Amiga Sytem Information program. It interrogates
the Amiga and determines types of hardware, software, modes,
speed etc. Users have found it very useful for determining
correct operation of an Amiga before purchase and that the
unit actually contains hardware that they are paying for, without
having to open it up. It is under constant revision, and these
revisions are available from myself at any time. My goal is to
make SysInfo the most informative and accurate information program
on the Amiga. To do this I need your feedback and suggestions.
This program is tested with the program 'Enforcer'.
Please be patient if you are running SysInfo on a standard
Amiga as it will take a while to perform its tests. SysInfo
really interrogates your system and has to perform many timing
loops to test ram speed, type etc. Some other programs sacrifice
accuracy by speeding the tests up, SysInfo takes time but does
an intensive test. At times it also disables multitasking and may
blank the mouse pointer. It will return to multitasking when
finished and the mouse pointer will return.
TIMINGS FROM ONE VERSION OF SYSINFO TO THE NEXT
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If you are wondering how come SysInfo may give different results
from one version to the next, this is because it is under
constant revision and accuracy is improved with each version as
YOU THE USER gives me feedback on varying models and
configurations. This feedback is very important, as it allows
SysInfo to grow into the most powerful and accurate System
information program and an invaluable tool for the Amiga.
USAGE
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FROM CLI
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run SysInfo <switch>
<switch> -p Print info to standard redirection output
instead of custom screen.
EG. SysInfo >prt: -p (for printer)
SysInfo -p (for CLI window)
SysInfo >filename -p (for a file)
-t Mainly for internal, time testing use.
See 'NOTE ON SPEED COMPARISONS' below.
The custom screen will still open to keep
the timing accurate, but no information will
be