Thanks for developing this software any further for us retro lovers! 😀

Thanks so much friend, it's nice that these old software are still used and updated now.
For my part, I have several PCs in my collection, unfortunately the older ones have some problems to solve, I can try running it on the PCs I have on the bench, some are not that old, but if it can be useful to you, I'll try it.

a2kkv wrote on 2024-07-03, 18:56:

Please, send all your questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports.
If you want to help with the development of this program, please send the report from your system.

Here the report

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1 - If I execute Astra on my QEMM configuration, it crash. It seam to try to execute something normally in the system ROM. QEMM stealth mode relocate the BIOS somewhere else in memory to convert most of the F000->FFFF into UMB. See this screenshot for details :

- Other test only with himem.sys -

2 - CPU is properly identified but the frequency is incorrect, it should be around 120Mhz (40 x 3), not 62.4Mhz

3 - CPU Cache is 16KB L1, 256KB L2

4 - Sound card brand is partially identified. But model and capacity are wrong
It is a MediaVision Pro AudioSpectrum 16
It say "Sound Card Type: Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5". It is indeed compatible with that but it's much more capable when used in pro audiospectrum 16 mode
Playback Quality should be Stereo 16-bits 44100Hz
It have, indeed, an OPL3 for FM.

Seam to be all for the comments / bug report!

PC@LIVE wrote on 2024-07-03, 21:07:

I can try running it on the PCs I have on the bench, some are not that old, but if it can be useful to you, I'll try it.

Please send any reports. This will help in development.

Rav wrote on 2024-07-04, 06:04:

Here the report

Thank you for the report.

Rav wrote on 2024-07-04, 06:04:

It say "Sound Card Type: Sound Blaster 1.0/1.5". It is indeed compatible with that but it's much more capable when used in pro audiospectrum 16 mode
Playback Quality should be Stereo 16-bits 44100Hz

ASTRA only checks playback quality in Sound Blaster compatible mode.
Unfortunately I don't have Pro Audiospectrum 16 to add support for native modes.

a2kkv wrote on 2024-07-04, 07:16:

PC@LIVE wrote on 2024-07-03, 21:07:

I can try running it on the PCs I have on the bench, some are not that old, but if it can be useful to you, I'll try it.

Please send any reports. This will help in development.

I will start by downloading it, from my Internet PC, a 3.6 GHz fourth generation HP i3, then I can put it in a CF with DOS 6.X, which I use on all the old PCs, when I am on the bench.
Unfortunately in this period, I am very busy, if I can this weekend, I will start a P3 600/133, and send you a file.

Nice! It is so far the only utility that identifies all four sound cards installed on my retro computer. 😁

One feedback though: The VIA C3 Nehemiah CPU that I have mounted on a Socket 370 slotket adapter gets identified as Antaur.

EVERYTHING from 8088 to modern stuff in one program?
Now that's impressive!

Actually it's 512 KB, it's not possible to install 576.

But isn't THIS the latest?

And here's the report...

Gmlb256 wrote on 2024-07-05, 00:42:

Nice! It is so far the only utility that identifies all four sound cards installed on my retro computer. 😁

Thank you for the report.

Gmlb256 wrote on 2024-07-05, 00:42:

One feedback though: The VIA C3 Nehemiah CPU that I have mounted on a Socket 370 slotket adapter gets identified as Antaur.

Fixed

Grzyb wrote on 2024-07-05, 01:54:

EVERYTHING from 8088 to modern stuff in one program?
Now that's impressive!

PC/XT clone, 8088, CGA video (86Box Emulator):

AMD Ryzen5 5600:

Grzyb wrote on 2024-07-06, 02:00:

Actually it's 512 KB, it's not possible to install 576.

Thank you, fixed

Grzyb wrote on 2024-07-06, 02:00:

But isn't THIS the latest?

ASTRA 7.10 beta available.
I'll post a link to the beta version later.

Grzyb wrote on 2024-07-06, 04:20:

And here's the report...

The second memory module (32 MB) is not working. Check it.

1  Memory Controller
2    Current Memory Type:               SDRAM
3    Supported Memory Types:            EDO, SDRAM
4    Maximum Memory Amount:             512 MB (256 MB 440EX)
5    Current Controller Mode:           Single-channel (64-bit)
6    Supported Controller Mode:         Single-channel (64-bit)
7    Channel 0 DIMM A:                  64 MB PC133 SDRAM (Infineon (Siemens))
8    Current Memory Clock:              66.8 MHz
9    FSB:DRAM Ratio:                    1:1
10    Memory Bandwidth:                  534.6 MB/s
11    Parity:                            [X] disabled
12    ECC:                               [X] disabled
13    ECC Scrubbing:                     [ ]
14    Mirroring Mode (RAID):             [ ]
15    ECC Chipkill:                      [ ]

ASTRA 7.10 beta has been released.

New in this beta:

Added detailed information about NVIDIA TNT-GTX200 family videochips (architecture, core and memory clocks, memory type and width, temperature etc). GPU-Z for DOS 😀
Added detailed information about AMD Ryzen memory controller (supported and current memory types and clocks, controller mode, timings, etc)
Added detailed information about Intel 810/815 chipset
Added detailed information about Intel E7500, E7501, E7505, E7205 chipset
Added detailed information about Intel Atom Cedarview SOC (Atom D2xx, N2xx)
Added detailed information about Intel UL11L/US15x chipset
Added detection of core and memory clock of S3 videochips
Added MSR Walker tool (searching valid CPU MSR registers)
Improved support of Intel Meteor Lake family processors

ASTRA 7.10 beta:
http://www.sysinfolab.com/files/beta/astrabet.zip

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP screenshots:

I have 4x interesting processors, and one interesting BIOS...

It detected a bunch of weird stuff on my 286 (SATA controller, etc.) but not the ESS1868 sound card. It detected 16 CPUs on my 486. Other than that, I will note that I have a mobile Athlon XP plugged into a board (Biostar M7VIP-pro) which does not support mobile CPUs, hence why the BIOS reports it as "Mobile Athlon 4" and boots at 1GHz. The (actual) voltage is also stuck at 1.6V AFAIK, because the board can't go lower than that. The A770-A2+ board also does not officially support Athlon II X2 280 (but it has a BIOS with patched AGESA).

bakemono wrote on 2024-07-06, 22:37:

It detected a bunch of weird stuff on my 286 (SATA controller, etc.) but not the ESS1868 sound card. It detected 16 CPUs on my 486.

Thank you. Fixed.

bakemono wrote on 2024-07-06, 22:37:

Other than that, I will note that I have a mobile Athlon XP plugged into a board (Biostar M7VIP-pro) which does not support mobile CPUs, hence why the BIOS reports it as "Mobile Athlon 4" and boots at 1GHz.

Is it really AXMH2000FQQ3C?

a2kkv wrote on 2024-07-07, 21:54:

bakemono wrote on 2024-07-06, 22:37:

Other than that, I will note that I have a mobile Athlon XP plugged into a board (Biostar M7VIP-pro) which does not support mobile CPUs, hence why the BIOS reports it as "Mobile Athlon 4" and boots at 1GHz.

Is it really AXMH2000FQQ3C?

Yes, that is correct.

a2kkv wrote on 2024-07-06, 19:30:

Added detailed information about NVIDIA TNT-GTX200 family videochips (architecture, core and memory clocks, memory type and width, temperature etc). GPU-Z for DOS 😀

Test stand for AGP video cards (Gigabyte 6IEM, Intel 815E, universal AGP):

Set of 30 AGP video cards for debugging (Riva TNT - GeForce 6600 AGP):

Celeron 733 MHz (Coppermine-128), NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP [NV44A] report example: