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<h_ SYSTEM
HELP: SYSTEM SUBMENU
Selecting this submenu will allow you to select displays
of information about your system's hardware and software
configuration.
Available Information:
- Basic System Information - CPU, BIOS, etc.
- Contents of CONFIG.SYS file
- Contents of AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- Installed hardware adapters
- Selectable fixed drive types in your BIOS ROM
- CMOS submenu:
- Summary of basic information stored in CMOS RAM
(Date, time, memory size, drive types)
- Detailed display of each CMOS RAM location
<h_ SYSTEM Information
HELP: SYSTEM INFORMATION
This display shows you basic information about your
system hardware configuration.
Information available:
- Processor Type
- Math Coprocessor (if installed)
- BIOS date and manufacturer
- DOS version installed
- Number of serial and parallel ports
- Type of keyboard
- Number of diskette drives installed
- Number of hard disk drives installed
- Size of conventional and extended memory
- Mouse type (if installed)
<h_ SYSTEM CONFIG
HELP: SYSTEM CONFIG
This display shows you the contents of your CONFIG.SYS
file.
ALLMENU first attempts to locate the CONFIG.SYS file
on the drive indicated by your COMSPEC environment
variable. If your environment does not contain an
identifiable COMSPEC variable, ALLMENU will look for
CONFIG.SYS in the root directory of the current drive.
If the CONFIG.SYS file could not be read, either the
CONFIG.SYS file is not on the drive specified in the
COMSPEC environment variable; or no COMSPEC variable
could be located and the CONFIG.SYS file was not found
in the root directory on the current drive.
<h_ SYSTEM AUTOEXEC
HELP: SYSTEM AUTOEXEC
This display shows you the contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file.
ALLMENU first attempts to locate the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
on the drive indicated by your COMSPEC environment
variable. If your environment does not contain an
identifiable COMSPEC variable, ALLMENU will look for
AUTOEXEC.BAT in the root directory of the current drive.
If the AUTOEXEC.BAT file could not be read, either the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file is not on the drive specified in the
COMSPEC environment variable; or no COMSPEC variable
could be located and the AUTOEXEC.BAT file was not
found in the root directory on the current drive.
<h_ SYSTEM Adapters
HELP: SYSTEM ADAPTERS
This display shows information about the hardware
adapters installed in your system:
- Primary video adapter and monitor type
- Secondary video adapter and monitor type
- Printer ports and their status
- Serial ports:
* Baud Rate (Line Speed)
* Parity
* Bits per character
* Stop bits
* Line status
* Modem status
- Diskette drive types
- Fixed disk drive types
<h_ SYSTEM DriveTypes
HELP: System Drive Types
This display shows information about the fixed disk
drives installed in your system:
- Drive type for setup
- Number of cylinders
- Number of heads
- Precomp cylinder
- Sectors per track
- Landing zone cylinder
If your system BIOS supports a drive type table in
ROM, the disk drive type table information will be
displayed.
This information may be used to determine the drive
type number used to install a new drive in your
system.
<h_ SYSTEM CMOS
HELP: CMOS RAM SUBMENU
Selecting this submenu will you to select displays
showing the contents of the CMOS RAM in your system.
Available information:
- Basic
* Summary of basic information stored in CMOS
(Date, time, memory size, drive types)
- Numeric
* Detailed display of each CMOS RAM location
<h_ CMOS Basic
HELP: Basic CMOS Information
This item displays basic system configuration
information stored in your CMOS memory.
Available information:
- System Date
- System Time
- Base Memory Size
- Extended Memory Size
- Diskette Drive Types
- Fixed Drive Types
<h_ CMOS Numeric
HELP: Numeric CMOS Information
This item displays the contents of each location
in CMOS memory. The values are in hexadecimal format.
Each location is itemized with a description of
what the contents of the location are used for and
the current value stored in the location.
<h_ CMOS EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ SYSTEM EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ DOS
HELP: DOS SUBMENU
This submenu displays information about the DOS
configuration in your system.
Available information:
- DOS version and memory usage
- Number of FILES
- Number of BUFFERS
- Installed Device Drivers
- LASTDRIVE configuration and path
- Current ENVIRONMENT variables
- DOS MEMORY BLOCK usage
- Interrupt Vectors submenu
* Summary of hooked interrupt vectors
* Detailed usage of interrupt vectors
<h_ DOS Information
HELP: DOS Information
This display shows information about DOS as
installed and configured on your system:
- DOS version
- Size of DOS kernel
- Size of installed drivers
- Size of DOS data area
- Number of FILES installed
- Number of FCBS installed
- Number of BUFFERS installed
- Number and size of STACKS
- LASTDRIVE
- Address and size of DOS memory areas
<h_ DOS Files
HELP: DOS Files
This display shows information about DOS Files
as installed and configured on your system:
- Number of Files in system
- Number of Files used
- Number of FCBS in system
- Number of FCBS used
- Description of open Files (if any)
- Description of open FCBS (if any)
<h_ DOS Buffers
HELP: DOS Buffers
This display shows information about DOS
Buffers as installed and configured on your
system:
- Number of Buffers
- Number of Buffers used
- Buffers address in memory
- Which drive the Buffer is assigned to
- Buffer Attributes
- Sector number on disk of Buffer contents
<h_ DOS Drivers
HELP: DOS Device Drivers
BIT VALUE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION
F: C Character Device
B Block Device
E: S IOCTL Control Strings Supported
D: I IBM Block Device
N Non-IBM Block Device
B Output Until Busy Command Supported
B: O Open/Close Supported
R O/C/+Removable Media
6: S IOCTL Control Functions Supported
4: * Console Supports Fast Input/Output
3: * Clock Device
2: * Null Device
1: * Current Console Output Device
0: * Current Console Input Device
<h_ DOS Lastdrive
HELP: DOS Lastdrive
This display shows information about the disk
drives as installed and configured on your system:
- Drive name
- Drive attributes
- Last cluster read
- Removable media flag
- Current path on drive
<h_ DOS Environment
HELP: DOS Environment
This display shows the values of the environment
variables set in your DOS environment at the time
ALLMENU was invoked.
<h_ DOS BIOS
HELP: DOS BIOS
This display shows the contents of the DOS BIOS
DATA area in your system:
- Data field address
- Data field description
- Data field contents
<h_ DOS Memory Blks
HELP: DOS Memory Control Blocks
Memory Control Blocks are internal DOS structures used to
allocate memory by programs. This display shows how your
system's memory is used and managed.
Each line describes the memory area controlled by one MCB.
START SEGMENT - the segment address of the memory area
controlled by the MCB ( not including
the MCB )
NAME - name of the program using the memory block
TYPE - type of the block
BYTES USED - size of area in bytes ( not including
the MCB )
PATH - the access path of the program using the
memory block
<h_ DOS Interrupts
HELP: DOS Interrupts
Selecting this submenu will display the contents
the interrupt vectors in your system.
Available information:
- Summary
* Summary of interrupt usage by program
- Individual
* Detailed display of each interrupt vector
showing what it is used for and which
program services the interrupt
<h_ Interrupts Summary
HELP: Interrupt Summary
The Interrupt Summary display is produced by scanning the
DOS MCB chain for programs, as well as by examing specific
areas such as the DOS BIOS, DOS Kernel and the system BIOS
ROM. For each program or specific memory area, the vector
table in low RAM (0000:0000H - 0000:0400H) is examined. If
the interrupt vector points into the area currently being
processed, it will be assumed to be 'hooked' to that area.
In some cases, this may result in an interrupt vector not
appearing in the summary list. This can happen if you are
executing under a multi-tasking environment. Since the
task manager does not execute as part of your partition,
any interrupts hooked to the task manager will not appear
in the summary report for the partition in which ALLMENU
is executing.
<h_ Interrupts Individual
HELP: Interrupt Individual
The Individual Interrupt display is produced by processing
each interrupt vector in low RAM (0000:0000H - 0000:0400H)
and attempting to determine which program or system area
the interrupt is 'hooked' to.
In some cases, such as when executing in a multi-tasking
environment, the name of the program or device driver
which is handling the interrupt may not be determinable.
In this event, the name will be displayed as 'CONFIG' or
'<driver>.SYS'. When either of these names is displayed,
it means that the interrupt vector is hooked to a device
driver which was loaded in CONFIG.SYS.
<h_ Interrupts EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ DOS EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ MEMORY
HELP: MEMORY SUBMENU
Selecting this submenu displays how the memory in
your system is used.
Available information:
- Amount of memory and allocation
- Graphic map of the first physical megabyte
- Expanded memory submenu information
* General EMS information
* Handles
* Physical Pages
* Timing Benchmark
- Extended / XMS memory information
<h_ MEMORY Information
HELP: Memory Info
This display provides a verbal description of
how the first megabyte of memory in the system
is allocated. This includes the DOS Interrupt
Vector area, DOS itself, and the program memory
area. Any addresses in the reserved memory region
which are labeled "No Memory" are areas which can
possibly be used for high memory.
NOTE: If you find RAM in the reserved memory area
it is probably the effect of having mapped
memory in this area.
<h_ MEMORY First Meg
HELP: Megabyte 0 Graphic
This map provides a graphical interpretation of the
memory layout in MEGABYTE 0.
The left most column indicates the hexadecimal start
address of the segment, while the top row represents
the address of each 4K page.
Areas which have no memory are regions which can be
set for high memory.
<h_ MEMORY Expanded
HELP: Expanded Memory
Expanded memory requires special hardware in your
system controlled by a software driver called an
Expanded Memory Manager ( EMM ).
If you have a 386, 386SX or 486 processor, then
the EMS hardware support is already built-in,
and all that is needed is a software driver (like
ALL CHARGE 386). In a 286 system EMS can only be
provided through additional hardware (like the ALL
CHARGECARD).
If there is no EMS driver installed in your system
then no information will be available.
<h_ Expanded Information
HELP: Expanded Info
EMM STATUS - the status returned by the EMM
PAGE FRAME ADDRESS - the starting address of the 64K
EMS Pageframe
ALTERNATE REGISTERS - the number of alternate register
sets supported by the hardware
DMA REGISTER SETS - the number of DMA register sets
supported by the hardware
RAW PAGE SIZE - the size of the standard EMS page
TOTAL EMS MEMORY - the total amount of memory under
EMM control
<h_ Expanded Handles
HELP: EMS Handles
A Handle is the basic element employed by an EMM to
allocate expanded memory to a particular application.
In this display, only the open handles are shown.
HANDLE - a hexidecimal value returned by the EMM
NAME - name assigned to the handle (if any)
ATTRIBUTE - Volatile/Non-Volatile
EMM PAGES - the number of EMS pages allocated to
the handle ( each page is 16K )
TOTAL SIZE - the amount of EMS memory allocated to
the handle in kilobytes
<h_ Expanded Phys Pages
HELP: Mappable Physical Pages
This graphic displays the mappable pages which
currently exist in the system under the Expanded
Memory Manager. Under EMS, this is referred to
as the PHYSICAL MAPPABLE ADDRESS ARRAY.
The display cross references the physical page
numbers to their segment addresses.
The hexadecimal numbers shown in the graphic
represent mappable areas or additional EMS
pageframes. Areas that are marked by the 'XX'
are areas which are not mappable.
<h_ Expanded Benchmark
HELP: EMS Benchmark
This benchmark tests the speed with which the
expanded memory manager installed in the system
is able to execute some key EMS functions. You
can compare these results to other expanded memory
implementations.
The lower the execution time for each function the
faster the EMS memory is.
<h_ Expanded EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ MEMORY Extended
HELP: Extended Memory Info
This display gives you a general overview of your
Extended Memory usage. The way in which memory is
allocated depends on the method used by the program.
START - start address (in K)
END - end address (in K)
TOTAL - amount of memory installed
USED FROM TOP - memory allocated from the top
USED FROM BOTTOM - memory allocated from 1024K
Extended memory is controlled and managed by a
special driver implementing the Microsoft XMS
(eXtended Memory Specification) 2.0 or higher.
<h_ MEMORY EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ NETWORKS
HELP: NETWORK SUBMENU
Selecting this submenu will provide you with helpful
information when loading networks in high memory.
Information is provided for various software packages
and hardware adapters.
Available information:
- General information about networks
- Network hardware adapters
- Network software versions
<h_ NETWORKS Information
HELP: Networks Information
This display will:
- provide some helpful hints on optimizing
high memory usage in networking environments.
- provide the necessary information required
to configure specific network adapters and
network software.
- give suggestions on how to configure ALLEMM4,
to optimize the use of high memory.
<h_ NETWORKS Hardware
HELP: Networks - Hardware
This submenu provides configuration information
about various types of network hardware adapters.
Available Information:
- Arcnet boards
- Proteon boards
- Token Ring boards
- Networks - Software
- Other adapters
* 3270 emulation
* 8514/A video adapter
* ESDI drive adapters
* PC Network adapter II/A
* etc
<h_ Hardware Arcnet
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Hardware Proteon
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Hardware IBM Tkn Rng
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Hardware Others
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Hardware EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ NETWORKS Software
HELP: Network - Software
This submenu provides high memory configuration
information for some of the more popular networks.
Available Information:
- Banyan Vines
- CBIS OS
- 3Com's 3+Open
- Decnet PCSA
- Novell
- IBM PC LAN
- TOPS
- ReadyNet
- 10Net
- DLink
<h_ Software Banyan
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software Cbis Os
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software 3Com
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software PCSA Decnet
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software Novell
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software IBM PC Lan
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software Tops
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software ReadyNet
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software 10 NET
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software Dlink
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ Software EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ NETWORKS EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ ALLEMM4
HELP: ALLEMM4 SUBMENU
Selecting this submenu will allow you to select displays
showing the utilization of system memory under the
control of the ALLEMM4 EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER.
Available information:
- Information about the ALLEMM4 EXPANDED MEMORY
MANAGER
- Graphic map of MEGABYTE 0 usage under ALLEMM4
- Graphic map of all conventional and extended
Physical memory usage in your system
- Graphic comparsion of Logical and Physical
memory configuration within MEGABYTE 0
- Alternate register set used by ALLEMM4 to map
Logical memory into Physical memory
- Graphic map of accessed pages
<h_ ALLEMM4 Information
HELP: ALLEMM4 Information
The information in this display is specific to the
ALLEMM4 (ALL EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER) driver. ALLEMM4
implements the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory
Specification 4.0 (LIM EMS 4.0).
SYSTEM REGISTER SET - the register set number
used by driver itself
ALTERNATE REGISTER SET - the number of register
sets still available
CURRENT ACTIVE MAP - the register set number
of the current map
<h_ ALLEMM4 Examem
HELP: Examine Logical Memory Usage
The 'T's represent high memory mapped in by ALLEMM4 using
RAM option.
The mappable areas of memory are marked with 'M's and
represent areas which may be used by LIM EMS 4.0
applications. Mappable areas may be also used as high
memory by TSRs.
The 'P's in a display represent the 64K EMS Pageframe. If
you specified FR=NONE with ALLEMM4, then no 'P's appear.
Instead the area is marked with 'M's ot 'T's.
Areas marked with dots ('.') represent address space where
no memory was detected and where high memory may be mapped
by ALLEMM4.
<h_ ALLEMM4 XexaMem
HELP: Examine Physical Memory Usage
This display shows how each 4K of physical memory has
been used.
As memory is altered through mapping, any logical area
with 'D' 'M' or 'P' (under EXAMEM) can be mapped into
any page with an 'f' in Physical memory.
<h_ ALLEMM4 Ex / Xex
HELP: Examem/Xexamem
The leftmost column gives the hexadecimal start address
of the segment. The top row represents the address of a
given 4K page.
As you press the PgDn and PgUp keys you will notice
certain characters appearing and disappearing. This
represents the difference between the Logical and
Physical memory layout in Megabyte 0.
In other words, you are able to compare how Logical
memory is mapped into Physical memory by ALLEMM4
within MEGABYTE 0.
<h_ ALLEMM4 Reg. Sets
HELP: ALLEMM4 Register Sets
This screen dumps the contents of the specified
mapping register.
The display is divided into two parts - the first
represents register values for pages 0 to 7 while
the second shows pages 8 through F.
The first two digits of each value represent
a particular megabyte of memory. The third digit
specifies the segment and the final digit shows the
page.
For example, the value '021F' means that the 4K
mapped into the logical address originates from
physical memory in the 2nd megabyte at 1F000h.
<h_ ALLEMM4 Access Map
HELP: Accessed Pages Map
This graphic represents the current status of each 4K
page within MEGABYTE 0. The status indicates whether
the given page is clean, read from or written to.
The leftmost column gives the hexadecimal start
address of the segment. The top row represents
the start address of a 4KB page.
The page status:
A - page was read
W - page was written
U - page is clean
<h_ ALLEMM4 EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ PRINT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ PRINT Tech Info
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ PRINT All Data
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ PRINT EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
<h_ EXIT
HELP: No Help Available
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