Dr. Hardware  Sysinfo 9.0e (10/2003)
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PC TEST & BENCHMARK PROGRAM
for MS DOS
Dr. Hardware Sysinfo is
Copyright (c) 1994-2003, 14001 Berlin/Germany
All Rights reserved

Get info via...

Internet http://www.dr-hardware.com
eMail    http://www.dr-hardware.com/pghpmail.htm



Important Notes
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All informations in the doc files of this program - concerning prices, 
conditions, features - exclusively refer to this version 9.0e but no any
longer as this is the current version.

Target
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Dr. Hardware answers the following questions:
- What is inside of my PC?
- What are it's abilities and what is it's performance?
In other words: Recognition and description of all PC components, their
configuration and performance.

Dr. Hardware
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- is easy to use
- has a very clear program structure inspite of the masses of details.
- offers service like report generation, selection box etc
- is extremely detailed (total PC analysis)
- of high actuality


Examples for the usage of Dr. Hardware
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-You want to buy or sell a PC; take Dr. Hardware to get the right arguments,
 get facts, data and analysis. He tells you the truth about it.
-You are updating your hardware, installing components -Dr. Hardware will 
 assist you.
-You would like to buy some software package. But what's about the so called
 system requirements? Are they fulfilled by your PC. Dr. Hardware checks it 
 out.
-You ask: How much power has my PC? Run Dr. Hardwares benchmark tests.


Program Features
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-Detailed analysis of compatible PCs and their components:
-Processor, BIOS, Cache, Bus
-Details about selected chipsets
-Fixed Disks, CD ROM, Modem
-VGA, AGP test (Chipset, VESA, frequencies)
-Details about... (E-)IDE devices, SCSI devices (if ASPI driver loaded)
-PCI- and PnP devices
-Devices controlled by the configuration manager (DWCFGMG)
-Network analysis
-PCMCIA details (via Card Services)
-Benchmarks (CPU, graphics, hard disks, CD ROM, Net)
-Interrupts, IRQs, Bios Data Segment, CMOS and Advanced CMOS Setup, DMA, 
 ports
-Memory analysis (incl. XMS, EMM, DPMI) and MCB chain incl. High RAM
-infos about DOS & WINDOWS

Comfort
-Diagrams visualizing the results
-Report generation (printer/file)
 automatic report generation via switch -r (Example: c:\> drhard -r: mypc.rpt)
-Online help (F1)
-Pick list for fast access to each specific analysis
 (Enter key word -> suited analysis will be called automatically)
-Configurable:   - via DRHARD.INI
                 - via QuickMenu button "Preferences"
-integrated file viewer


System requirements
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Compatible PC, at least 500K free conventional memory (580K recommended).

The shareware concept
=====================
Dr. Hardware is distributed as shareware. Your advantage: you can first
evaluate the program and only if you find it usefull you will have to pay 
for it. Don't pay money for the shareware version besides the copy charge.
You will find the latest shareware version in the Internet:
- on our homepage http://www.dr-hardware.com
- FTP: On SimTel Software Repository mirrors
- you may also find it on various shareware CD collections

After the evaluation period of 14 days please register your version. You will
receive a virtual key to register the shareware version and to unlock all
reserved features.

Registered version - advantages
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These are the benefits of the registration:
- registered version can be used eternally
- you can unlock all new updates within the next two years with your registration key
- additional program features:
  1.Benchmark comparision (your PC is measured and compared with other 
    machines. Very useful feature.)
  2.ASPI benchmark
  3.Chipset details (for example on Intel PCI chipsets)
- no more shareware nag screens


How to order the registered version
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- Probably the most convenient way is to pay by credit card. You can either 
  place your order online at registration sites (visit www.dr-hardware.com)
  or fill out and send order form. See ORDER.TXT.

  Important!
  We only send keys, no disks.


ONE piece for ONE pc
====================
If you buy one piece of Dr. Hardware you'll get a license to use it on 
exactly one PC. For each other PC you have to register another version.

Startup mode
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On the first program screen you will see some buttons at the bottom of the
screen that allow you to take influence on the following program 
initialization and program comfort.

Quick Start:
The mainly important data about your PC are collected at start.

Comfort start:
expanded data collection at start; advantage: in the menu, while generating
reports or during compact analysis superluous analysis steps are avoided. The
risk of a crash at start is the greatest in this start mode but also the
following user comfort.

No test at start:
no data are collected at start. The risk of a crash is mimimized. No PC data 
are shown in the overview window

Step by Step":
like comfort start, however each analysis step has to be confirmed.
This allows you to exclude a problematic analysis from the usual startup 
procedure.

Program Setup
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You can take influence on the program behaviour and optics by doing entries in
the configuration file DRHARD.INI. In order to do this you need an ASCII 
editor. Almost all settings can be configured from inside the program too.

Guarantee
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Note: The complete license agreement can be found in the file LICENCE.TXT.
The program author takes no responsibility for the suitability of the program
for any purpose. Also the author takes no responsibility for damage resulting
directly or indirectly from use of the program or its documentation.
By using this program, the user accepts these conditions of license and the
ones that are fixed in the file LICENCE.TXT.

Tip
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It's recommended that you backup all important data before running this 
program. Be careful especially in an active network environment. You also
should make a copy of your original disk.

Credits
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Finn Thoegersen, VGADOC4
Ralph Brown, Interrupt Liste
James Kelsey, Programming Plug and Play


Important infos...
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...can be found in the following files: PROBLEMS.TXT, LICENCE.TXT and
WHATSNEW.TXT. Please read! (read these files from inside the program ->
Menu SERVICE/READ ME...).

Note
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All trademarks are property of their respective owners and appear for
identification purposes only.

The latest news on our homepage
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Visit the Web Page of P. Gebhard Software
http://www.dr-hardware.com
Download the latest update, register, get info about prices, new features 
and more.

We...
...hope that you enjoy the use of DR. HARDWARE!!


