README.TXT for
MyCPU V1.13                                      December 1, 2000
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Fixes & Additions
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V1.13:
- added HTML-output (use the file-extension *.html if started with command line parameters)
- did some layout changes
- fixed L2-cache detection bug (some recent Intel PIII-cpus)

V1.11b:
- Added support for INTELs new cache-descriptors

V1.11:
- Added a save-to-file feature
- Added scripting support (useful for admins of networks
  who want to identify the processors of their hosts):
  -> Use 'MyCPU.exe /f' to save results to a text file
     called 'mycpu_results.txt' in the same folder. If this
     file already exists, MyCPU creates 'mycpu_results1.txt',
     'mycpu_results2.txt' and so on...
  -> Use 'MyCPU.exe /f:[name].txt' (e.g. 'MyCPU.exe /f:myresults.txt')
     to save results to a text file with a user-defined name in
     the same folder. If this file already exists, MyCPU creates
     '[name]1.txt', '[name]2.txt' and so on...
  -> Use 'MyCPU.exe /c' to save results to a text file
     '[computer-name].txt' in the same folder. If this file already
     exists, MyCPU creates '[computer-name]1.txt', '[computer-name]2.txt'
     and so on...

  The third command line parameter (/c) can be used to identify cpus of a LAN:
  1. Install MyCPU on a path accessible by all computers (& users)
  2. Create a link to MyCPU, change the command line (add the parameter)
  3. send an email with that link to all your users and ask them to run MyCPU
     (or do that yourself by visiting every computer)
  4. you should get a textfile for each computer in the folder you specified
  5. you can open these files in Excel or write a small macro to import all
     the information into a small database...

  NOTE: This feature (LAN-identification) is still of experimental nature!!!
  Please test with a small number before launching large scale...


V1.09:
- Added a text dump feature (Copy to clipboard)
- Added better error checking (cpuid-levels)
- Added an almost complete list of cpu-features
- Changed the way the background picture is displayed

V1.05:
- Fixed wrong L1-cache detection (Intel cpus had always 16 KB)
- Added L2-cache detection

V1.03:
- Added detection of SIMD instructions
- Fixed problems with different display color widths
- Fixed wrong detection of 'type'-field
- Switched off animated logo in About-box

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Features
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MyCPU is a small utility to find out which cpu is installed. It shows vendor, type, model, stepping and speed information.  Additionally it scans for features like MMX, 3dnow and SIMD (ISSE). Finally, it is able to read cache information such as the size of the L1-data & -instruction cache and the unified L2 cache. 
NOTE: Some chips - especially older ones - do not support reading their cache-settings. Therefore, MyCPU is able to read cache-settings of newer AMD- and INTEL-cpus and some Cyrix-chips, only.

Files
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Included in this ZIP file are 2 files:
README.TXT - This File
myCPU.exe - The Program

How to install
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Unzip MyCPU.EXE to any folder on your machine or start it directly out of your unzipper. (MyCPU is a simple stand-alone EXE-file.)

How to remove
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Simply delete this file, MyCPU.exe and all of your result-files (if you created some). MyCPU does not store anything in the Windows-registry!

How to run
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Double-click on the MyCPU icon.

Updates
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I ask everybody to submit short messages describing all occuring problems. This way, I'll be able to release updates in the future...

How much does it cost?
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myCPU.exe comes as Freeware and may therefore be freely distributed.

Contact Info
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Author's web site: http://www.seelhofer.ch/mad
Author's company: http://www.goldfish-software.ch/
E-mail: martin.seelhofer@bluewin.ch

Thank-you for using myCPU.exe!

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