Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-09-11, 14:26

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Robbbert wrote on 2023-09-11, 14:17: For latest version 7.62 noticed missing info for windows 98 - the Computer Description is not there. It shows on newer OS's though. It's in the registry at HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP - keyname is Comment Thanks, will be fixed in the next …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-08-13, 18:46

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Detect Plantronics ColorPlus and Olivetti https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/is-there-a-way-to-detect-a-plantronics-colorplus-card-by-software.79115/ Also it's a good idea to make HWiNFO graphics frames work in EGA text mode (since it has reprogrammable character set also) not only it …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-08-13, 14:08

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1. Does actual HWiNFO detect CGA Plantronics and Olivetti/ATT 6300, IBM PGC, Secondary FDC controller, streamer devices on FDC port? 2. If VESA/DDC multidisplay in HWiNFO detection will be made, I recommend X-VESA utility by Marco Pistella which can detect two monitors on same videocard (f.e. …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-08-11, 10:08

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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the CPU clock is measured using TSC here, such small inaccuracy is expected under DOS given such (relatively) high clocks. For the invalid ATAPI device, what drive details does it show in that case? Is there some other mismatch in the info? The ViBRA16 can be detected …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-08-05, 16:24

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b_w wrote on 2023-08-05, 16:20: "doesn't detect such multiple PCI adapters" ? You maybe don't understand me. In pp. 1. I mean when two or more monitors connected to ONE videocard. F.e. some Matrox/ATI/nVidia cards have two DVI or two VGA output ports or either VGA+DVI. This detection code is rather …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-08-05, 15:32

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Current version of HWiNFO for DOS: 1. Doesn't detect secondary display. But it is possible (as I test with Geforce 2/3/4 cards with DVI+VGA ports). When you query DDC information from display you should do it like this, manipulating child_id: ax = 0x4F15 (VESA DDC API) bx = 0x00,0x01, ... etc (VESA …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-07-24, 18:24

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I was totally puzzled with the wrong CPU clock and analyzed all possible cases.. Till I found something interesting! HWiNFO actually properly measures the clock and gets an accurate result. But when trying to translate the numbers into MHz via floating point math something goes wrong. So it seems …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-24, 13:31

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I disabled the "Check keyboard..." thing, this time no crash. I didn't open the computer, but afaik the card is a standard old Sound Blaster 16 with manual jumpers. HWINFO says it's a Creative Sound Blaster 2.0. Hitting enter on the description produced a new bug. First time it said DSP 2.0, I/O …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-07-24, 13:29

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That's OK, Landmark also glitches more than usual on that mobo, it shows a CPU bar around 54 (and reports that as the AT-equivalent speed) but the text near the bar is also "100.0". But then again, it's Landmark. I don't much care about the reported speed, I know it's a 40MHz system (with no other …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-24, 08:38

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I tried HWINFO 6.2.3 on my unnamed 386 computer @ 25MHz. It's more stable than 6.1.2 was, but still crashes on the Peripherals screen, saying it can't continue, then freezing the computer. Because Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work, I have to press Reset. Other things: Although it sees the Sound card in the …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-23, 12:35

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Also, on the normal supported HWINFO32, it doesn't seem to see any IDE drives (only tested under Win98 so far). You might need to enable "Low-level IO Access" Drive Scan in HWiNFO32 there. Tried that, it worked - thanks. I also noticed that auto-update (and manual update) doesn't work on Vista and …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-07-22, 22:06

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I'm still curious as to why the clock is not properly measured. Can you try to disable "Use Method 1 to Reset CPU.." in HWiNFO menu "Setup" -> "Configuration" to check if that's maybe causing it? The text missing after "INTC Compability Select" might be due to insufficient free memory.

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-07-22, 18:39

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Please provide the HWiNFO LOG + Debug File for analysis. There you go - HWINFO.7z. The NPU is GREEN MATH 4C87SLC-40 - ~ 830 KB (Non-PCI systems) / 5 MB (PCI systems) free XMS memory (XMS manager recommended) Well, I might have a lead on that memory issue. It was happening on a particular mobo (AP43 …

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Re: HWiNFO support of vintage hardware

Posted on 2023-07-21, 22:24

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HWiNFO v6.2.2 █████████████████████████████System Information█████████████████████████████ ║ ║ ║ Main Processor: Intel 80386SX, 100.0 MHz ║ ║ Math Co-Processor: Cyrix FasMath 83S87 Old, 100.0 MHz ║ I wish my 386SX was this fast, sadly it's just a 40MHz system. This bug was also present in 6.2.0 …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-19, 19:55

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* Sound card is now detected correctly! * Keyboard still die when I go into Peripherals Information.. Note that it say "Keyboard Controller: N/A" at the last line of that section. Could it fsck something while probing it? Thanks for the feedback, happy to see that PAS16 detection works now. …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-19, 09:31

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I tried HWINFO on my 25MHz 386 a few months ago but sad to say it misbehaved badly. I haven't read the rest of this topic to see what I can do about it (sorry!) Cannot give any advice without knowing more what was wrong.. LOG+DBG would be useful. Also, on the normal supported HWINFO32, it doesn't …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-19, 07:21

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I don't know why the CPU clock is calculated wrong but please try this version if it detects the PAS16 properly Filename HWINF623.ZIP File size 1.09 MiB Downloads 39 downloads

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-18, 19:42

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No problem. It's impossible to know in advance if a certain Reset Method will work or cause issues. There are few systems/configurations where it doesn't play well. System seam to "hang" when I go on "Peripherals Informations" But it seam to be just the keyboard that stop working. I initially …

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-18, 18:26

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No problem. It's impossible to know in advance if a certain Reset Method will work or cause issues. There are few systems/configurations where it doesn't play well.

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Re: HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !

Posted on 2023-07-18, 18:19

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HWINFO 6.2.2 When I click on Info=>Motherboard, It simply hang (Resetting CPU [Method 1]) hwinfo_crash.jpeg CPU is a Cyrix 5x86 (BTB OFF, Optimized safe settings) Chipset is ALI1429G I also tried to run it with -r -d to generate the report with_debug.jpeg Disable Reset Method 1 in menu "Setup" > " …

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