Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-18, 20:25

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by Mumak

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Here are the files created by the getbios program, at the moment I only have these, but I can see to create others, obviously if there is something in particular that you are interested in I can create the files for you, but DOS is installed only in a few PCs, in the others I have OS from W9X and …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-17, 21:59

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Sorry, I though you already have this tool. Attaching it here: GETBIOS.zip Just run it and it will generate images of BIOS files. C000.ROM is the Video BIOS, please attach it here. Should that tool work for capturing all early video BIOS images? Yes, it should. Best is to run it under pure DOS (no …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-17, 21:33

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PC@LIVE wrote on 2021-07-17, 21:29: Maybe you are interested in having the files of the card with cpu overdrive? Yes, definitely 😀

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-17, 21:13

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Sorry, I though you already have this tool. Attaching it here: Filename GETBIOS.zip File size 493 Bytes Downloads 5 downloads Just run it and it will generate images of BIOS files. C000.ROM is the Video BIOS, please attach it here.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-17, 20:45

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Today I ran the program in another PC of my collection, even if the AT case is missing, I have everything necessary for operation on the bench, it is a PINE MB (if I'm not mistaken today it has become XFX), the model is PT-429, this model and I think other similar ones have a special connector for …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2021-07-16, 18:12

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appiah4 wrote on 2021-07-16, 11:29: Please find attached a report and debug file for my new toy, a Fujitsu Lifebook S6110 laptop running Windows 98SE. All seems to be in order but hopefully it helps with something anyway. Thanks, looks good 😀

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-15, 22:13

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Today I tried the program on another PC, it has an i430VX chipset and a 166MHz CPU, the RAM is 32MB, unfortunately despite having tried to increase it in the past, I could not get more read. I ran the program and created the LOG and DBG files, I am attaching them here. The PC I used long ago to …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-09, 20:01

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Thanks. I think the hang in HWiNFO is due to some interaction with W98. It's always best to run HWiNFO from clean DOS. On the other hand I noticed that the sound card was properly recognized here. Most likely because this system doesn't have a PnP-compliant BIOS, so HWiNFO did the whole PnP init on …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-08, 20:26

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Yes, the problem might be that the PnP card isn't initialized in DOS. For BIOSes without PnP support HWiNFO performs the entire PnP sequence and isolates/inits cards. If the BIOS is PnP compliant, HWiNFO relies on the BIOS. So if the card isn't initialized I think it could have such effects.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-08, 19:48

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Restarted two other old-PCs, one is a 486-133, the other is a P166MMX Overdrive, let's see in detail the configuration of the two PCs. The 486-133, would be an AMD 5X86-133MHz P75 CPU, the latest evolution of the 486 with multi 4X, compared to a P75 should have similar performance, but I don't know …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-08, 17:01

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Restarted two other old-PCs, one is a 486-133, the other is a P166MMX Overdrive, let's see in detail the configuration of the two PCs. The 486-133, would be an AMD 5X86-133MHz P75 CPU, the latest evolution of the 486 with multi 4X, compared to a P75 should have similar performance, but I don't know …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 13:08

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Haha, totally for now :D It's hard to make a single program that would support real ancient stuff and "modern" things like P4, etc. as well. Resources are limited and supporting a lot of HW means a large program, that's an issue in DOS. There are ways of course how to do this (overlays, or PMode), …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 13:00

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I'm sorry, but currently 386 is the minimum requirement for HWiNFO. I'm thinking about a dedicated 286 version, but couldn't allocate enough time for this yet.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 12:52

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Oh sorry, I indeed attached old files! Edited the previous post with new package. On the P70 you'll probably need to disable Reset method 1 and 3. Attached from the model 70. That worked on the P70 I can now get to the info page (and it correctly identifies the P70). I can't do a -r report though …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 12:31

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Oh sorry, I indeed attached old files! Edited the previous post with new package. On the P70 you'll probably need to disable Reset method 1 and 3.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 11:47

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Just ran this on my PS/2 Model 70 and looking good. Can I make one suggestion though - give a little message bottom right when it's working out what to display (like you do when finding machine brand or at the bottom of the screen when looking for dongles in parallel port). This little 386 takes …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 11:32

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Thanks, happy to hear that! 😀

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 08:48

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When it has "Checking MXIC" on screen then the moment I press space it corrupts the screen. (https://photos.app.goo.gl/H8z5pi33HuhGJkRK9) ROM files attached! Thanks, checking now how to fix.. GETBIOS didn't produce a VBIOS file (C000.ROM) ? That would be quite important. No it doesn't I'm afraid. …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-07, 07:36

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The IBM PS2 VGA one - no idea what it actually is! I have created a special build that waits for a key press prior to performing each particular video check. This should make it easy to narrow down which exact test is causing the screen corruption. Could you please try this build and let me know …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2021-07-06, 22:15

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Here are the files of the other 486-DX2-66, the CPU is Cyrix with green heatsink included, 1MB CL GD5424 video card, RAM 30 Pin 8MB total, the L2 cache unfortunately has a problem, despite there being 128kb on-board when is active the PC freezes in the BIOS initial screen (POST card error 96), if …

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