On Sat, Aug 27, 2022, 9:42 AM Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote:
> I have a program but have never officially released called ISLOADED which > I can upload/email to whoever wants to use/see it (including the source > code). It tests for lots of things like video, serial/parallel ports, > ANSI, DPMI/DPMS/VCPI, mouse driver, character device drivers (by name), > etc. It is designed specifically to be used in batch files by returning an > ErrorLevel -- 0 if the thing being tested is installed/loaded and 1 if it > is not. > > If you're asking about more than one thing at a time, it returns > ErrorLevel 255. For example, if you want to know if the video is > compatible with VGA, "ISLOADED VGA" will return ErrorLevel 0 if it is > compatible with VGA and 1 if it isn't. "ISLOADED VideoCard" will return > ErrorLevel 255 no matter what type of video card you have, but will also > display on the screen what type of video card you have (e.g., it will tell > you it is a VGA). > > ISLOADED also includes CPU tests (specifically 80286, 80386, ..., 80686). > The CPU tests are an "equal to or greater than" type of test. E.g., > "ISLOADED 80286" will return true (ErrorLevel 0) if the CPU is AT LEAST an > 80286, 1 if it is an 8086/8088/80186. "ISLOADED CPU" will return > ErrorLevel 255 but will display on the screen the type of CPU. > > There is no documentation for ISLOADED (part of the reason I've never > released it). "ISLOADED" (with no options) provides a basic help screen > which includes a list of all the different things that can be tested. > > Is anybody interested? > Interesting. I'd like to see it, if you release it under an open source license somewhere. Could you put it on GitHub or GitLab or SourceForge or... and share the link here? >
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