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On Sat, 31 May 2003 neoszewee AT gmx.net wrote:

> This is a good program. I am grateful to those whom have suggested.
> These are some questions I hope will be answered with the report from
> syschk for dos:
> 
> 1.) Why links2 does not work under svgalib.

It works for me in console mode if I type the name of the binary (which
must be on the path).  It works for me in graphical mode (svgalib) if I
type (where links219 is what I named the binary)

links219 -g -mode 640x480x256    (or 640x480x16 would also work)

I get a blank screen with a very large arrow.  To get the menu I type ESC
key.  If I do not type the -mode part I get an error message telling me to
specify the mode and listing all the possible modes.  My monitor only
supports 640 so I picked that.

What specifically is not working for you?  What happens when you try to
use Links 2?

> 2.) Why ptftotext for dos failed to work in dos.

I have written Doug Kaufman (who compiled pdftotext for DOS and Linux)
with your error message from the DOS pdftotext asking him for ideas.  I
told him you have a math coprocessor.


> 3.) Will Xvesa work for my system?

You appear to have VESA 1.1, which will not work with Xvesa since Xvesa
needs VESA 2.0.  Does whatvga2 also tell you that you have VESA 1.1?


 
> ############################################################################
>            Advanced Personal Systems  SYSCHK Information Printout
>               Saturday, May 31, 2003  Version: 2.45
>                           -----------------------
>                            * Unregistered Copy *
>                           -----------------------
> PROCESSOR----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                Model: AT clone
>                            Processor: Intel i486DX or i487SX-25
>                          Coprocessor: Internal

You do have a math coprocessor.


>              Extended BIOS data area: No
>                   DMA Channel 3 used: No
>                   Slave 8259 Present: Yes
>                      Real Time Clock: Yes
>                         I/O Bus Type: ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
> SYSTEM 
> BIOS--------------------------------------------------------------------
>                               Source: AMI   Version: Not Found 
>                                 Date: 12/12/91
>                Plug and Play support: No
>                      BIOS Extensions: Segment        Copyright
>                                       C000-C7FF  WESTERN DIGITAL INC.
> INPUT/OUTPUT-------------------------------------------------------------------
>                             Keyboard: 101 Key Enhanced
>               Mouse Driver Installed: Microsoft 2 Button (Serial)
>                      Mouse Interrupt: IRQ4
>                        Mouse Version: 6.26
>                            Game Port: No, and NOT set in BIOS
>                       Parallel Ports: 1
>                                       Device   Base Addr.   Interrupt
>                                       LPT1        378h        IRQ ?
>                         Serial Ports: 2
>                                       Device   Base Addr.   Interrupt    
> UART
>                                       COM1/MOUSE  3F8h        IRQ 4     
> 16450  
>                                       COM2/MODEM  2F8h        IRQ 3     
> 16450  
> HARD DISK 
> DRIVES---------------------------------------------------------------
>     Disk #   Tracks  Heads  Sectors   Size    CMOS     Controller
>     ------   ------  -----  ------- --------  ----   ---------------
>     Disk 1     762      8     39    116.09 MB  33    Conner Peripherals 
> 120MB -C
> LOGICAL 
> DRIVES-----------------------------------------------------------------
>     Drive     Total          Used          Free       Volume Name
>     -----   ----------    ----------    ----------    ------------
>       C:      74.92 MB      63.29 MB      11.63 MB     MS-DOS_5
> OTHER DISK 
> INFO----------------------------------------------------------------
>                        Floppy Disk 1: 1.44 MB 3«"
>                        Floppy Disk 2: Unknown 99h
>                           Disk Cache: Microsoft SMARTDrive Version 5.2
>                           Cache Size: 1024 KB
>                                 Hits: 299 (67%)
>                               Misses: 144
> IDE DISK 
> INFO------------------------------------------------------------------
>                           Hard Drive: C:
>                     Controller model: Conner Peripherals 1
>                       Total capacity: 116 MB
>                        Serial number: NBVGH5
>                  Controller Revision: 2.77
>                        Transfer Rate: > 10 MB/Sec
>                          Buffer Size: 32 KB
>                          Buffer Port: Dual Ported
>                   Buffer Sector Read: Multiple Sector
>                    Buffer Read Ahead: Yes
>                  Number of ECC-bytes: 7
>                Sectors per interrupt: 32832 sectors transfered
>                 Double word Transfer: No
>               Data Strobe Offset Opt: No
>                     Track Offset Opt: No
> VIDEO--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                         Active Video: VESA VGA (Version 1.1)

VESA 1.1 will not work with XVESA, which needs VESA 2.0.


>                          BIOS Source: WESTERN DIGITAL INC.             
>                          VESA OEM ID: Western Digital Inc
>                          VGA ChipSet: Paradise WD90c31
>                 Max Video Resolution: 1280 x 1024 with 16 colors
>                     Max Video Colors: 256 (1024 x 768)
>                         Video Memory: 1024 KB
> MEMORY-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                  Conventional Memory: 640 KB  (618 KB Free)
>                      Extended Memory:  3328 KB  (2 KB Free)
>                      Expanded Memory: 0 KB
> RESIDENT 
> PROGRAMS--------------------------------------------------------------
> Lower Memory Block
>                     Mem Segmt Size  Type         Owner Name 
>                     --------- ---- ------- ----------------------
>                     0253-048E 8K   Config  DOS 6.20 kernel
>                     048F-0493 1K   Resrved DOS 6.20 kernel
>                     0494-0496 1K   Sys Env COMMAND.COM
>                     0497-053C 2K   Shell   COMMAND.COM
>                     053D-0541 1K   Free    DOS 
>                     0542-0552 1K   Sys Env COMMAND.COM
>                     0553-0558 1K   Envnmnt SETVER.EXE
>                     0559-0585 1K   TSR     SETVER.EXE
>                     0586-058E 1K   Envnmnt SYSCHK.EXE
>                     058F-9FFE 617K Free    DOS Available Memory
> 
> Upper Memory Block
>                     Mem Segmt Size  Type         Owner Name 
>                     --------- ---- ------- ----------------------
>                     A000-B15B 69K  Resrved VGA and Excluded Area
>                     B15C-B2EA 6K   TSR     CTMOUSE
>                     B2EB-B7FD 20K  Free    DOS 
>                     B7FF-C7FF 64K  Resrved SM
>                     C801-CEBC 26K  TSR     SMARTDRV
>                     CEBD-CFB2 3K   TSR     DOSKEY
>                     CFB3-CFC2 1K   Free    DOS 
>                     CFC3-EAE7 108K Free    DOS 
>                    
> ENVIRONMENT 
> VARIABLES----------------------------------------------------------
>                     Environment size: 256    Used: 97     Free: 159
> 
>                     CONFIG=dos
>                     COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM
>                     PATH=C:\WORMDOS;C:\BATCH
>                     PROMPT=$P$G
>                     TEMP=C:\TEMP
>                     TMP=C:\TEMP
> INTERRUPTS---------------------------------------------------------------------
>                     IRQ #    Active            Device Name          
>                     -----    ------   ------------------------------
>                     IRQ0      Yes     System Timer
>                     IRQ1      Yes     Keyboard
>                     IRQ2      Yes     Cascade->IRQ9
>                     IRQ3      Yes     COM2 
>                     IRQ4      Yes     Microsoft Mouse (COM1) 
>                     IRQ5      No      Open
>                     IRQ6      Yes     Floppy Disk Controller
>                     IRQ7      No      Open
>                     IRQ8      Yes     Real-Time Clock
>                     IRQ9      Yes     IRQ2->Cascade
>                     IRQ10     No      Open
>                     IRQ11     No      Open
>                     IRQ12     No      Open
>                     IRQ13     No      Internal (Math Coprocessor)
>                     IRQ14     Yes     Conner Peripherals 120MB -C 
>                     IRQ15     No      Open
> OPERATING 
> SYSTEM---------------------------------------------------------------
>                          DOS Version: IBM DOS 6.20 (Rev. A)
> SPEED--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                          Video Speed: 16378 char/sec

This is a VERY slow video chip.  Some of my PCI cards can do 100K char/sec
but I tested them on faster computers which makes them faster, I think.
My ISA video card is about 50K/sec.

>                     Hard Disk 1 Seek: 19.21 ms Average Seek
>                 Hard Disk 1 Transfer: 2091.83 KB/Sec Transfer Rate
>              System Throughput Speed: 69.96 MHz
>                        SysChk Rating:  56.4 SysChks
>                      CPU Clock Speed: 25 MHz
> ############################################################################
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