
                            PLEASE NOTICE!
                            ==============


 If this is your first attempt to run PM WHY/2 97, then please note that this
 program is written very close to the hardware system. Some test may crash down 
 the system or even may destroy data (what never happend to me in lots of 
 tests!).

 If there are any problems, please send an email to linde@ai-lab.fh-furtwangen.de
 at first. And if you still have any problem try to get a new (final) version 
 of the program or send me an e-mail or send me a fax.

 Online-Help will be available in the final version!
 This Program will only be available in english !!

  PM WHY/2
  ========
  System-Info and Benchmark-Program for PCs and compatible.

  (c) by Andreas Linde, Marienstrasse 2, 79346 Endingen, Germany
         Telephone ++49 7642 2608
         Fax       ++49 7642 8068
         Internet  linde@ai-lab.fh-furtwangen.de


    What can PM WHY/2 do ?
    ======================

    1)  Shows ISA, EISA, MCA, (some) VLB and PCI Mainboards
    2)  Identifies lots of vendors and types of PCI cards, rev number ...
    3)  Identify CPU's from DX to SX, and Intel, NEC, Cyrix, AMD, UMD, TI, ...
    4)  Identify VGA-card manufacturer, chip-set and BIOS version.
    5)  Identify ASPI SCSI HD-controllers/-drives and their manufacturers
    6)  Display the name, cache size and contoller version (E)IDE harddisks


  Copyright und License Agreement:
  =================================
  PM WHY/2 is (c)  copyright Andreas Linde
                   Marienstrasse 2
                   79346 Endingen
                   Germany

  The user of this software recognizes and accepts that this program
  and all rights thereto are protected by copyright and other rights of 
  possession. The user gains none of these rights for himself through 
  purchase or use of the program, but only the right to useage of the
  program not exclusive to himself.

  The program, parts of the program or the documentation thereof may
  not be copied, except for the purpose of a back up copy for 
  safekeeping. The purchaser may use a single purchased copy only for 
  his own purposes, and only on one computer at one time. It may be
  neither passed freely nor sold to third persons.

  Neither the program nor its documentation may be altered in any way,
  extended, changed for use on other systems, or translated into other 
  languages without express written permission from the author.

  By using this program, the user accepts these conditions of license
  and use.



  Price:
  ======

  I don't know yet! The final version of PM WHY/2 will probably released
  to Shareware. Any suggestions ? Send me an email :)

  Updates:
  ========
  You can find the actual version of the program on my homepage 
    http://www.ai-lab.fh-furtwangen.de/~linde/
  The versionnumbers will change from time to time. 


  System Requirements:
  ====================
  IBM AT or compatible
  OS/2 Version 2.0 or higher


  Guarantee agreement:
  ====================
  The program and instructions are handed over as seen, the author
  takes no responsibility for the suitability of the program for any
  particular purpose. In particular, the author takes no responsibility 
  for damage or consequences directly or indirectly intentionally or 
  unintentionally which may arise from use of the program or its
  documentation.

  The program, the documentation and the prices are subject to change
  at any time.


  Files in this package:
  ======================
  PMWHY.EXE       - The program
  README.TXT      - This text (english)
  WHY.DAT         - Contains data information about CPU-IDs. 
                    Changes can be made here with a text editor.
                    This file won't be needed in the final version.
  /WCF            - Directory with data files


  Installation
  ============
  Copy all PM WHY/2 files from the main directory of your diskette
  to a directory of your harddisk. The program may be started by typing
  PMWHY and pressing the ENTER key.
  The software isn't copy-protected, it can be started from diskette too.


  Hopes and wishes
  ================
  If you have some ideas, code or new PCI-Vendor ID's with description or
  anything else (even just to say hi), feel free to write me an e-mail. 
  I try answer most of them and to improve the program as you would like it.
  So, the more (constructive) response and help I get, the higher is the
  chance for a new version (released to freeware).


  Literature:
  ===========
  PM WHY/2 is based on various sources, among others:

   1 - PC Intern Systemprogrammierung, Michael Tischer, Data Becker Verlag
   2 - Assorted issues of the german magazine c't, Heise Verlag
   3 - The Interrupt List, Ralf Brown ua
   4 - INFOPLUS.PAS, Andrew Rossman & Steve Grant
   5 - COMPTEST.PAS V2.59, Norbert Juffa
   6 - VGADOC4B, Finn Thoegersen

  The publications 3-6 are in the public domain and available in the
  SIMTEL20 PD-collection.


Acknowledgments:
================
My thanks go to the following people who have helped me to develop and 
improve PM WHY/2.

Robin Kregel, Carol Rey, Christian Edwards, Stefan Henninger, 
Patrick Haller (PHS), Andreas Otto (andiO), Heiko (_King_), 
Alexander Mai, Michael Husler (MyVote) and lots more ...
