Re: OT diagnostic diskette

["ac127" ac127@xxxxxxxx]

...until now I haven't found a good one-floppy stand-alone software able
to identify a pc harware components...



Date sent:   	Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:16:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      	J R FOX 
Subject:    	Re: OT diagnostic diskette
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> --- "Patricia M. Godfrey"  wrote:
>
> > from Jordan's later post that there's a version of
> > PCI that should run from a floppy),
>
> Yes, that's most commonly how I've run it -- both the
> DOS version and the OS/2 port of it.
>
> > but its licensing scheme is crazy.
>
> That's a new one on me . . . but then, I probably run
> the OS/2 version (maintained by Veit Kannigser) more,
> and don't recall any licensing restriction there. Nor
> on the DOS version, for that matter.
>
> > And the freeware version won't let
> > you print a report, so you have to jot down  >
> what you're seeing on the screen.
>
> Uhm, not really. That would greatly limit the
> practical use of it. I normally *redirect* the
> program's output to a text file. (Is it time for a
> refresher in "DOS 1.01" ? Isn't that still an
> advantage we computing veterans retain over the
> legions of clueless Win-folks ?) When you do this,
> all you lose is some flashing or highlighted text in
> the file. And if anyone missed _that_ greatly enough,
> there are probably some geeky ANSI tricks that would
> preserve it.
>
>
> Jordan
>