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Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.41 (12/8/90)
All:    Re-compiled under Turbo Pascal 6. No special features used.
Page 6: Check for Tseng chips should no longer cause problems if you
        really have a Tseng chipset.
Page 8: Corrected bug in UART detection.
Page 16:When reading Boot info, no longer tries looking at the drive
        that is one below the current default. (ie: B: if C: was the
        default.) This primarily affects DOS 3.30 and 3.31 users only.
Technical: .INC files renamed to .PAS for easier use under the new IDE.

Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.40 (11/12/90)
All:    New Command! Alt-P will pop up a window in which you can send a
        copy of the data part of the screen to a file or the printer.
        You can have any non-standard characters converted into Normal
        ASCII. You can also have an extra line added to the printout.
        You can use it to identify the computer, or whatever.
Page 6: Display 'Checking for xxxx' before trying to detect video
        types and chipsets.
        Paradise information checking now reads the chips directly,
        instead of relying on the BIOS, which seemed to be causing
        problems with some boards. It seems as if some may not be
        detected.
        Corrected ZyMOS detection.
        CTI chips will only be detected if a CTI BIOS is found. Direct
        chip detection caused problems with some other boards.
Page 8: Serial port info now displays the type of UART found. The
        16450 (found on many AT's) will be listed as an 8250. The
        16550AFN and 16550AN will display as 16550AN.
Page 9: No longer gets stuck in an infinite loop when trying to
        determine STACKS on some computers.
Page 11:The environments' location, size, amount used, and free
        space are now shown.
Page 17:Day of Week no longer shown since most BIOS's do not set it.


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.35 (10/7/90)
All:    If using <ENTER> to jump to a page, and you enter something illegal,
        the page name will be restored on the bottom line.
Page 3: If no Free XMS is available, will now say 0K, instead of ERROR.
Page 6: More VGA chipsets detected, including Ahead, Cirrus, Chips&Technologies
        Genoa, Trident, Tseng and ZyMOS.
        VESA mode detection will only check values that the board or driver
        says is available, instead of trying everything.
Page 8: Under Desqview, if not given priveleges for COM ports, will report
        NA for baud, instead of bombing with 'Runtime Error 200'.
Page 17:Thank You info moved to page 18.
        NEW PAGE! Lists information contained in your CMOS memory, if a
        PC/AT or compatible is detected.
Page 18:Thank you information. Formerly page 17.
INFOPLUS.ASM:   Several new routines added for detecting VGA chipsets.
                DISKREAD modified to work with Compaq 3.31 and other
                non-DOS 4's that support >32M partitions using the extended
                read routine format.

Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.31 (9/4/90)
Page 2: Corrected bug that could cause lock-ups on PC's without coprocessor.
INFOPLUS.ASM:   Corrected ndp routine to not generate WAITs!!


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.30 (9/3/90)
All:    If you are in MODE BW80 or MODE MONO, you will get black and white.
Page 1: More machine types identified.
Page 2: Some of the Machine Status Word bits are identified.
        CPU and NDP detection routines further modified. NDP detection lockups
        appear to be fixed (tested by George Toye.)
        On 386/486 CPUs, check BIOS to see if Weitek coprocessor present.
Page 3: Conventional memory sizes now also given in K.
        DPMI detection now works!!
        No VCPI check if DPMI detected (DPMI takes precedence over VCPI).
Page 6: If a VESA driver or board is detected, you will get a listing of all
        VESA modes supported and info about them.
Page 10:Added detection of Desqview and Windows 3.
Page 11:Show current program name and it's path.
Page 15:OS/2 High Performance File System (HPFS) added.
INFOPLUS.ASM:   All routines are now using the FAR model.
                Slightly modified 486 detection.
                Removed FSAVE from NDP detection, appeared to be the culprit.
                Modified LONGCALL to have a similar format to Intr and MsDos.
                New routines AltIntr and AltMsDos. These use self-modifying
                code to generate true interrupts. The standard TP routines
                do not, and will not trigger protected mode routines.


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.25 (8/10/90)
Page 2: The CPU and NDP detection has been overhauled. First, the
        tests are now run seperately, making it easier to tell which
        part is causing problems. The CPU detection code has beeen
        modified AGAIN, this time from code sent to me by John Levine,
        who said he got it from the Intel '486 manual. Also, the NDP
        detection has been modified to reduce the chance of getting an
        'unknown coprocessor' message. Test8087 is no longer used.
INFOPLUS.ASM: New coding in the CPU and NDP detections, increasing
              reliability, and allowing seperate testing. This new
              code should also detect the 486!!
              Put some comments in the ATIINFO routine.


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.21 (8/5/90)
Page 2: Slightly modified the CPU detection to disable interrupts
        during the 286/386 tests. Hopefully, this will fix the
        ongoing problems.
Page 6: The information returned when an ATI video board is detected
        is now correct. NOTE: The monitor INFOPLUS says may not be
        exactly what you have the board set to. There are only 16
        possible selections, and many of the 'models' actually use
        the same settings. I can only use the information that ATI
        gives with the board. They probably have more information
        (such as 8/16 bit mode) buried somewhere that they won't
        release.


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.20 (7/29/90)
Page 1: Thanks to information posted to USENET by James Howard of
        Dell Computer Corporation, most later model Dell's will be
        directly identified.
        The adapter ROM scan now searches at 2K boundaries. This will
        hopefully detect what QEMM calls 'split roms.'
Page 2: Due to continued problems with the CPU detection locking up
        computers, I am now using the original detection code. This
        uses differences in the Flags registers to distinguish a 386
        from a 286. The 486 will not be directly identified. A side
        benefit is that you can now run safely under Windows 3
        enhanced mode.
        The coprocessor detection code sometimes thinks you have one
        when you don't. This gives an 'unknown coprocessor - FF'
        message. Now, if that happens, I check to see if Turbo Pascal
        found one (the Test8087 variable.) If it didn't find one, I
        now say 'none.'
Page 9: The file handle count should now be more accurate. I search
        where DOS keeps it's FILES lists, and get my counts that way.
Page 16:Tells whether an extended boot signature is found (DOS 4.)
        If extended boot signature, tell the physical drive number
        (hard disks start at 128, floppies at 0.)
INFOPLUS.ASM: Commented out 'invalid opcode' CPU detection method, and
              re-enabled the original detection code. This results in
              the inablity to detect the '486.


Changes by Andrew Rossmann v 1.10 (7/20/90)
Page 1: ROM search now displays size of ROMs found.
Page 3: If an XMS driver is found, various information about it
        is now displayed.
        All EMS memory is now given in K instead of pages.
Page 6: Added detection of Paradise, Video 7, and ATI VGA boards. Some
        additional information and the correct memory size is given.
Page 7: Tell whether the Mouse driver is shadowing the EGA registers.
Page 10:A hopefully generic Network check was added.
        The CDROM detection might work better. Also displays what