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PO £!PA “#PN æ%PM g(PB Ï*TO 3-TM a/DO ‰0DR Ó2DI 05DE €7QO ¥9QY r;QYBr;QA a=QABa=QN ‰?QNB‰?QM ë@VO îBVM ±DHO [FHE ôGXE aIXR áJThe ÿúSystem Overview ÿøscreen shows the maincomponents of your PC.  Shown here are standardfeatures most often used to describe a particularsystem: processor (CPU), manufacturer, videoadapter type, number and type of I/O ports andmemory capacity.  This screen tells you if youhave a numeric coprocessor.  It tells you thedeveloper and date of the BIOS firmware.This information is basic to any discussion of acomputer system.  It's what you would tell afriend if you were describing your system.Technical support personnel often need thisinformation to resolve a problem.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem CONFIGÿø screen shows the contents ofyour CONFIG.SYS file.  Statements in this fileextend your operating system in several ways.This file may load device drivers to supportadditional hardware.  It is also used to increasethe memory DOS uses to support disk and fileaccess.A look at this file tells you how your system maydiffer from another system.  It serves to remindyou of the your system's special needs andcapabilities.  Many commands in CONFIG.SYS affectmemory usage.  A periodic review of this filegives you an opportunity to understand or finetune your memory requirements.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem AUTOEXEC ÿøscreen shows the contents ofyour AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  DOS executes statementsin this file every time you start up yourcomputer.  These statements customize a PC inseveral ways. You can specify search paths,set up a helpful prompt and load usefulTerminate and Stay Resident (TSR) programs.A periodic review of this screen serves to remindyou how you have customized your system in thepast.  You may find obsolete utilities.  Also,the TSR's you find here may be the source ofproblems with newly installed programs.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem Video Display Adapterÿø screen showsdetails about the display adapter(s) you haveinstalled.  The type of adapter is given inindustry standard terms (i.e. CGA, VGA).  Thearea(s) of adapter memory used are shown, bothROM firmware and display memory.  If the ROMcontains a manufacturer's signature, it isdisplayed.  If you have two display adapters,both are shown.With this information you know the capabilitiesof your display adapter(s).  Check this screento confirm graphics capability, or to verify thatthe system sees two adapters if two are installedor to determine resolution or color featuresbased on the video type.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem Disk Adaptersÿø screen identifies thedisk drives installed in your system.  It showsthe number of floppy and hard disk units.  Foreach of these it gives the drive characteristics,type and formatted capacity in tabular form.This display is useful to confirm a successfulinstallation of new equipment, to easily andquickly determine the presence of a high densityfloppy, or multiple hard drives installed withinthe case.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem Serial / Parallel Adaptersÿø screenshows the industry standard Port I/O adapterspresent in your system.  The display shows thenumber and Port Address of each serial adapterand the number and Port Address of each paralleladapter detected.  Standard signals and theircurrent state are shown beside each device intabular form.This information may be used to confirm thepresence of such devices and to avoid clashes ifyou add devices using industry standard ports.Experienced users may find the state of thesignals informative.  Less involved users canrelay this information to others.ÿÿThis ÿúSystem Adapterÿø screen shows you theadapters installed on your microchannel machineaccording to information found in the AdapterDescription Library (ADL) file.  The informationis presented in tabular form, showing: slotnumber, device type number in hexadecimal,identifying name, and the area of memory used bythe adapter.This screen presents a convenient display of theyour installed adapter equipment for problemsolving, equipment inventory purposes and memoryusage determination.ÿÿThe ÿúSystem CMOSÿø screen shows the informationin the CMOS memory of AT class and later PCs.The display is like your system's Setup program.CMOS memory is preserved by battery power whenyour machine is turned off.  When you have tochange your batteries, information here is lost.You can use this screen to capture CMOS settingsbefore you change the battery.  You can compareinformation on this screen with other screensreporting the same type of information.  Othermethods of equipment determination may showanomolies which show up in the way your programsbehave.  You should try to resolve suchdifferences.ÿÿThis ÿúSystem CMOSÿø screen shows the informationin the CMOS memory of AT class and later PCs.The display shows each byte of the CMOS memory,gives a brief description of its meaning andshows the current value of the byte.  Locationsand values are shown in hexadecimal, except forthe date and time bytes; these are in decimal.This screen offers convenient access to thecontents of your CMOS memory.  Viewing thisinformation on different machines may revealhow different manufacturers use CMOS.ÿÿThe ÿúFirst Meg Overviewÿø screen(s) show memoryareas in the first megabyte of address space.The summary view is partitioned at theconventional memory boundary.  Memory above thatis usually devoted for hardware adapter use andBIOS ROM but may also have room for programs.The information is presented in tabular form,giving: the area used in hexadecimal, its size inK (K=1024 bytes), and how or by what it is beingused.The information on these screens enables you toanalyze your memory usage, to identify areas usedbut no longer needed, and to target opportunitiesfor making better use of memory.ÿÿThe ÿúFirst Meg Programs ÿøscreen(s) show whatprograms are loaded in memory, which parts of thefirst megabyte of address space they are using,and which parts are available.  Conventionalmemory is always shown.  If you have an uppermemory manager, the area between conventionalmemory and the first megabyte boundary is alsoshown.  The screen lists: each area in hexa-decimal, its size in K (K=1024 bytes), and theprogram owning the memory (or how it is used).The information on these screens enables you toanalyze your memory usage further, focusing onprograms and their memory usage.  Opportunitiesfor fine-tuning memory use may show up here.ÿÿThe ÿúFirst Meg Interrupts ÿøscreens present twodetailed views of your PC's interrupt vectors.The first set of screens lists the programsproviding interrupt services followed by theinterrupt vector number(s) they service.  Thesecond set of screens list the interrupts bytheir number, giving also the name or purpose ofthe interrupt and the address and name of theprogram providing the service.Experienced users may find these screens helpfulin determining conflicts among programs trying toprovide interrupt services, during debug sessionsfor locating the routines, for finding a 'safe'interrupt to use or simply as a quick referenceto the interrupt services defined.ÿÿThe ÿúFirst Meg BIOS Dataÿø screens show the dataarea in RAM devoted for use by the ROM BIOS.Many application programs reference, and somechange, the information contained in thismemory area.  The display consists of severalscreens showing the offset within the BIOS dataarea, the name or purpose of the data, followedby the current contents of the memory involved.Experienced users may find these screens helpfulin a number of ways: as a database reference ofthe BIOS data structure, for quick access to portaddress values or the equipment and memory sizebytes.  Experimenters and students may find thesescreens helpful in confirming the effect of DOSand BIOS calls.ÿÿThe ÿúFirst Meg Timingsÿø screen provides memoryaccess times for various segments of memory inyour system.  The timings are presented intabular form showing: the area of memory tested,the access time in K (K=1024 bytes) per secondand a comparative index value relative to a PC/XTtiming standard.  In many systems, adapter memoryand ROM memory may be significantly slower thaneither standard RAM or add-on memory.  A systemwhose present memory capacity has been acquiredover time may also show significant variations.A careful use of this screen may help youdetermine the benefit, if any, of shadow RAM, orof memory upgrades you may be considering.ÿÿThe ÿúExpanded Overviewÿø screen shows informationon any expanded memory installed in your system.If expanded memory is present, basic informationis given, such as the driver name and versionnumber supporting the memory, the location of thepage frame and the amount and availability of thememory installed.Also important is the EMS level of supportprovided by the hardware and software as thisdetermines the EMS capabilities you have.  Theversion number gives you this information.ÿÿThe ÿúExpanded Pagesÿø screen details the firstmegabyte of memory as it pertains to expandedmemory.  The vertical table lists sixteen 64Kareas each of which has four 16K segments whichare marked to indicate expanded memory usage.A legend describing the codes appears at thebottom of the screen next to this table.The horizontal table at the top of the screenlists Logical Page usage, showing the area ofmemory used, its size and the number of pagesallocated to the area.Experienced users may use this display toconfirm installation of memory boards andexpanded memory drivers.ÿÿThe ÿúExpanded Handlesÿø screen lists the handlesallocated to requesting programs by the EMSdriver installed in your system.  The tablelists the handle number, the amount of memoryallocated in K (K = 1024 bytes) and, wherepossible, the name or identification of theprogram.You may use this list to determine which of yourapplication programs make use of expanded memoryand the amounts of memory they are using.  Insome cases (i.e. in DESQview, or by commands tothe application itself), you may be able tolimit the amount of memory the application isable to acquire if its expanded memory use isexcessive for your purposes.ÿÿThe ÿúExpanded Timingsÿø screen shows memory accesstimes for your system's expanded memory.  Thetimings are in tabular form showing: the area ofmemory tested, the access time in K (1024 bytes)per second and a comparative index value relativeto a PC/XT timing standard.When no application program is using expandedmemory, the display shows only the timing foravailable memory.  If expanded memory is beingused, you will also see timings for each memoryarea. This list is sorted by handle number.Together with the other timing screens, thisscreen may pinpoint ways to improve your systemperformance.ÿÿThe ÿúExpanded Benchmarkÿø screen provides abenchmark of the EMS manager in your system.Five sets of tests are performed, giving minimum,maximum and average timings in microseconds.These tests are repeated throughout the timethis screen is selected.The tests show performance values for typical andheavily used memory management services. Thetime spent in an interrupt handler is also acritical factor.  This figure is reported.Comparative results of this benchmark on thesame or similar equipment using different memorymanagers can show the relative merits of theproducts under consideration.ÿÿThe ÿúExtended Overviewÿø screen shows you a mapof the extended memory in your system.  You willsee the range of memory addresses used, theirsize and whether that memory is in use or free.For areas in use, you will also see if thememory has been taken from the top or yourextended memory or from the bottom.This screen can tell you if you have extendedmemory that is not being used.  It can remindyou of the presence of programs that useextended memory.  It will often lead you toother screens to explore an opportunity orresolve a question.ÿÿThe ÿúExtended XMSÿø screen shows you the XMSsupport available in your system.  The level ofsupport is indicated by the version and driverrevision information.If you have applications which use XMS, thisscreen will help you determine if your XMScapability is sufficient for your needs.ÿÿThe ÿúDOS Overviewÿø screen shows two views of yourDOS Kernel.  The view on the left gives generalinformation about DOS code and resource usage,the view on the right breaks this informationdown to show the location in memory of theseareas.  The DOS version and the presence of anexpanded memory manager will affect some of thedetails of this screen.A review of this screen is useful in checking orconfirming the presence of required resources foryour system, to pinpoint excessive allocation orto verify the effect of installing device driversor buffers in high memory.ÿÿThe ÿúDOS Driversÿø screen shows a list of thedrivers installed in your system including thestandard devices present in all DOS systems.  Forall devices listed, the name is given along withthe device characteristics map.  Standard devicesare identified as belonging to DOS in the namecolumn.  Devices loaded from statements in theCONFIG.SYS file show the memory area they use andtheir size.Although this screen contains highly technicalinformation, less experienced users may find ituseful to determine which of several installeddevices are contributing to a high device totalmemory use.ÿÿThe ÿúDOS Filesÿø screen shows you information aboutyour file usage.  The box at the top shows youthe number of file handles and FCBs currentlyopen and the total number available for your use.The lower box lists all the files currently open.Three files are always open: AUX, CON and PRN.Other open files will be listed by name followingthe standard handles.  Only files opened and leftopen for a considerable period of time willappear here.Experienced users may use this screen to helptrack down problems with lost handles or todetermine the correct number of handles needed.ÿÿThe ÿúDOS Environmentÿø screen shows the variablenames and values for items in your Environment.Every program, while it's in memory has anenvironment.  Some programs use environmentvariables to set configuration parameters.Probably more familiar to you are the PATH andPROMPT variables which COMMAND.COM uses.You can use this screen to see what variablesare being set.  If you want to see how your DOSprompt is formatted, look at this screen.  IfDOS can't find a program you want, check yourPATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.ÿÿThe ÿúQEMM Overviewÿø screen shows basic informationabout QEMM-386.  A quick look at this screen willgive you the version number for QEMM.  You cantell if high RAM is in use and whether you haveset your ROM to be mapped.  The current mode andthe location of the Page Frame is shown.Information on this screen is useful when youneed help.  It can guide technical support toother screens that might help to resolve anyproblems using expanded memory.ÿÿThe ÿúQEMM Typeÿø screens show you a map and a listof your first megabyte of memory addresses asmanaged by QEMM-386.  The map shows you how each4K block of memory in your system is being used.The list shows multiple blocks of contiguousmemory by type.You can use this screen to see how you or QEMMhas organized your memory.  You can check to seeif there is high RAM and the size of each region.Information here, along with other screens canhelp you make better use of your memory.ÿÿThe ÿúQEMM Accessedÿø screens show you a map and alist of your expanded memory patterns of access.The map shows you if any 4K block of memory inyour system has been accessed since the memorywas mapped.  The list shows multiple blocks ofcontiguous memory that have been accessed or thathave not been touched.Areas of memory that have not been accessed mightbe available for other uses.  Areas in highmemory could be mapped, perhaps.  These screensalone will not tell you this definitely, but canpoint out possibilities for investigation.ÿÿThe ÿúQEMM Analysisÿø screens show you a map and alist of an analysis of your expanded memory.  Themap analyzes each 4K block of memory.  The listshows multiple blocks of contiguous memory bytype.This information can help you to Include orExclude memory, but only if you have carefullyfollowed the guidelines specified in the QEMM-386manual.ÿÿThe ÿúQEMM Memoryÿø gives you an accounting of theexpanded memory in your system that QEMM hasconverted from your extended memory.  The screenshows what, if any, changes have been made toconventional and extended memory.  It showswhether high RAM has been made available and theamount of expanded memory your system now has.The memory used by QEMM is detailed also.This information can tell you not only how memoryis being used, but may point out opportunitiesfor a better use of the memory you have.ÿÿThe ÿúDESQview Overviewÿø screen shows you selectedinformation about the window in which Manifest isnow running.  It tells you DESQview's versionnumber, which is important when you contactTechnical Support.You can experiment with Move and Resize usingthis screen.  When you see a window position youlike, you can use the information from thisscreen to start up an application by using Changea Program and copying the values you see here.ÿÿThe ÿúDESQview Memory Statusÿø screen gives youconvenient access to the infomation reported byDESQview's Memory Status program.Common memory shows how DESQview and DESQviewprograms are now using the memory set aside forinternal use and program communicication.Conventional memory shows you how that memory isnow being used.Expanded memory shows how much memory DESQviewis managing and how it is being used now.ÿÿThe ÿúHints Overviewÿø screen shows how you mightmake better use of your system.  This screenconsists of short suggestions that Manifest hascompiled as a result of gathering all theinformation about your PC for its reports.You should look at the detail screen if you finda suggestion that looks promising.If Manifest has not found any conditions toreport, the Overview screen will tell you this.ÿÿThe ÿúHints Detailÿø screens give you moreinformation about the recommendations you saw inthe Overview screen.  The detail screen tells youwhy the recommendation is being made.  It alsoattempts to point out circumstances where thesuggested action should not be taken.If you decide to follow the suggestion, you areinstructed about the changes necessary.ÿÿThe ÿúExitÿø screen tells you how to quit Manifest:by entering ESC (the Escape key).  Actually, youcan quit Manifest from any screen by entering ESCtwice (three times from a Help screen other thanthis one).Thank you for using Manifest.  We hope it helpswhen you have a problem.  Better still, we hopeit helps avoid problems that keep you from yourmore productive tasks.ÿÿThe ÿúExit Stay Residentÿø screen tells you how toquit Manifest, but keep it in memory so it canbe "popped" back up later.  You do this by entering one of the three key combinationslisted.  Then at the DOS prompt, run the programwhose behavior you want to monitor.  While thisprogram is running, use the same key-strokecombination to bring the Manifest screens back.With this feature, you can see if a programprovides interrupt services (First MegInterrupts).  Does the program use expandedmemory (Expanded Handles)?  Can I tell how muchmemory the program really uses (First MegPrograms - if it has an [Available] entry)?ÿÿ