System information

details of the information which can be retrieved depends on the hardware and
software that is installed. For example, if you have an AT bus-based system
installed, then you cannot get any detailed adapter information from this system,
because the hardware architecture does not provide you with these details.
However, you may use this service on any personal computer, independent of
the brand it is. Note, that with some equipment there may be some limitations
as to the information that is gathered by this service. An example of this follows:
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Adapter Information
Selecting this gets you detailed information on the currently installed
adapters in this system. A more detailed description can be found in the
section below as an example of what kind of information can be retrieved
and what the information looks like.
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Error Log Information
Selecting this retrieves the actual hardware error log.
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Keyboard Information
Selecting this gives you detailed information on the type and layout of the
connected keyboard.
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Memory Information
The details of this information depend on the type of system. Normally when
you select this you will get information on the amount of memory, the type of
memory, SIMM type and the number of SIMMs. Depending on the system it
may also show you a list of SIMM types, which are supported in this
workstation.
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Model and Processor Information
You will get information like processor type, speed and possibly information
about the manufacturer and system type when you choose this.
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Mouse Information
The type of the installed mouse is given when you click on this.
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Operating System Information
You can find the following information about the installed operation system
when you select this:
− Operating system details, which show you the type of operating system
such as Windows NT, OS/2, NetWare, Windows 95 and information about
the version and boot drives.
− Service level information like the CSD level of all OS/2 components.
− Window list, which gives you the details of what currently is running on
this workstation in the foreground or hidden applications that might be
running in the background.
− CONFIG.SYS contents of the workstation and also file information about
the drivers that have been loaded by this CONFIG.SYS. For example, it
gives you the size, time and date information for the LAN device driver.
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Parallel and Serial Port Information
You will get details about the defined logical and physical serial and parallel
connections and their supported transfer rates when you select this.
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Disk Subsystem, which in our case was a SCSI subsystem
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