                     RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0 for Windows    
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                           By Roels Guy RGS       
                             (c)1994 RGS          
                            Aalst/Belgium         
                      Programmed in Visual Basic 
                         Released as shareWare     



     LICENSE
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     Shareware means that you can evaluate and copy 
     this product freely, but after one week you should
     register! You can register for only 200 Belgian Franks
     or 7$ US-dollars.     
     The entire RGS-BENCHMARK package, including the program,
     documentation, and data files are Copyright 1994 by
     Roels Guy RGS.  All rights reserved.  The Shareware version
     of the RGS-BENCHMARK may be freely distributed to others by any
     means. The user can evaluate the program for one week. 
     After one week you should register the program.

     WARRANTIES
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     THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS-IS". NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, 
     EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE AS TO IT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY 
     BE ON.  NO REMEDY IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR FOR INDIRECT, 
     CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM IT, 
     INCLUDING SUCH FROM NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR BREACH
     OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, EVEN AFTER NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY
     OF SUCH DAMAGES. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

      TECHNICAL DATA
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      You need:
       - Windows 3.1      
       - 2Mb ram
       - 1Mb free harddisk space
       - VBRUN300.DDL      


      REGISTER
      --------
      When you register (please do)
      the following options are included:
  
  
       * The Shareware message will not be displayed.
       * Full custom Windows installation.
       * Free RGS-graphical demo.
       * Free updates and support.
  
      You can print the registerform from within the program
      or from dos. Dos: TYPE REGISTER.TXT > PRN
    
      Hope you will register and many
      thanks for using this program!

      Please send 200 BFR (or 7$) to: 
            RGS-Soft
            PoBox: 45
            9300 Aalst
            Belgium
            Europe


WHAT IS RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0?
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RGS Benchmark 3.0 will give you the power to test your computer in 
the Windows environment. High benchmark numbers means a fast 
computer. Example: A benchmark of 100 is better 50.
CPU = This will test the speed of the following hardware: 
      the processor, coprocessor and memory. (memory manipulations, 
      loops, sorting and calculations of integers and numbers with 
      double precision).
DISK = Tests the speed of wich Windows can read/write 0.512kb-, 2kb and 
       20kb block's to the selected drive. You can see the effect 
       claerly of a diskcache like Smartdrive or if your harddisk is 
       fragmented or not. Also read-only devices like cd-rom's.
VIDEO = Gives you the speed of your graphical card. It uses a large 
        mix of graphical instructions. This will give you a overall 
        performance of how good your video-hardware is and how good 
        the Window video-drivers are!
The program will give you a general(total) benchmark if all of 
these (cpu,disk,video) are tested.

Note: DO NOT MOVE THE MOUSE DURING THE BENCHMARK TEST! 
      If you do, the benchmark results will not be accurate.
RGS-Benchmark 3.0 is not compatible with the previous versions, 
like RGS-Benchmark 1.0 or 2.0.

You must know that when testing a computer for speed under Windows 
there are many factors that influence the performance:
- the Windows version (Windows 3.1 is much faster then Windows 3.0)
- diskcaches like Smartdrive will boost the disk performance.
- fragmentation of your harddisk.
- the quality of your videocard-drivers.
- accelerators in your video-hardware.
- Windows 32-bit diskaccess on/off.
- The ammount of memory.
- Applications running in the background decreese the speed.
- a co-processor will improve the CPU-benchmark.

A standard 486DX 33Mhz with MS-Smartdrive cache, 100Mb NEC-IDE harddisk, 
TSENG4000 video (no local-bus or accelerator), no 32-bit access and 
Windows 3.1 will have a benchmark of +- 300 on all benchmark tests.
Note:
A benchmark of harddisk can vary due to fragmentation, disk-caches...
Many other benchmarks test the disk access time and/or tranfer rate.
This is a good methode, but it does'nt give you the relative speed
of the harddisk during the use of it. For example: if a harddisk is
fragmented is will perform poorly. When you run RGS-Benchmark 3.0 
disktest you will see this effect clearly.


TESTING A CD-ROM OR ANY OTHER READ-ONLY DEVICE
----------------------------------------------
RGS-Benchmark 3.0 will automatic test all your drives to see wich
drive is a read-only device, like: CD-ROM, Network drives...
The program will test any CD-rom. It will scan the files and 
directories on the CD-rom. It calculates how much time was needed to 
scan the CD-rom. Then the sum of all files and directories
is divided by the time. This gives a good and realistic look of how 
fast the CD-Rom works onder Windows. 
The benchmarks does'nt vary much due to this formula. Even when 
different disks are used. But if you want accurate results
it is recommended to use the same disk.
It should be possible to test network drives but I'm only a simple
programmer and I do not have a large network to test it. But it should
work anyway. 
Note: Any read-only device can be tested! 


TEST MENU
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 TEST SOUNDS
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 If you have a soundcard installed you will be able to test it with 
 sounds. If you don't have a soundcard you will only be able to test
 the pc-speaker by clicking on the loudspeaker picture when you run 
 this option.

 TEST MONITOR
 ------------
 It will show such anomalies as geometric distortion, pincushion, 
 misconvergence, and color smearing. 
 Such testing Is extremely valuable in evaluating monitor performance 
 (you will beamazed at how many high-priced high-rez monitors are 
 misconverged!).

 TEST MONITOR COLOR
 ------------------
 Every time you click the screen (or press a button)
 the four main colors tests will be run: white, red, green and blue.
 
VIEW CONFIGURATION MENU
-----------------------
You can view the configurationfiles of your computer computer with a 
simple click on one of the following files:
autoexec.bat, config.sys, System.ini and win.ini. 
You can even edit and save one of these files.
If something goes wrong during saving you can always restore the file
by using the Windows clipboard. There is always a copy in the Windows
Clipboard when saving a edited file to disk.

FILE MENU
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LOAD... = Load a benchmark from disk.
LOAD REFERENCE... = To load a reference benchmark to compare it with 
                    the current benchmark.
SAVE... = After you have made a benchmark you will be able to save the
          benchmark on disk. The program uses a simple ascii-based file
          so you can use any rgs-benchmark-file saved with this option
          in your wordprocessor!
SAVE AS BMP... = Save the benchmark as viewed on screen as a Bitmap(BMP).
                 you can use this to import it in drawing programs like
                 Paintbrush... The file will always be saved in the root
                 of the drive on wich RGS-Benchmark 3.0 is installed.
                 If you activate this option the screen will be saved
                 in the root as RGSBENCH.BMP. You can't load a BMP-file
                 in RGS-Benchmark 3.0.  
COPY TO CLIPBOARD = The screen will be copied to the Windows Clipboard
                    (to use in other programs).
PRINT BENCHMARK = Print the benchmark graphical on paper.
EXIT = Quit RGS-Benchmark.

RUN BENCHMARK MENU
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ALL = This will test CPU, VIDEO an DISK to make a complete benchmark.
CPU = Test the speed of the motherbord, like: calculations, 
      instruktions, memory write...
DISK = Test the speed of the any diskdrive! Also CD-ROM!!!
VIDEO = Test the speed of your video card (VGA,SVGA...).
CONTINUOUS = This is a Burn In test. It uses all the tests discribed 
             above with no stopping.

INFO MENU
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SYSTEM INFO = Gives you technical information about your computer.
CURRENT COMPUTER FORM = Shows you the information of a computer 
                        that has been tested or loaded before.
REFERENCE COMPUTER FORM = Shows you the information about the 
                          reference computer.
MAKE A COMPUTER FORM = This allows you to make a form of the computer 
                       you tested. You can input the information of the 
                       computer you just tested.
                       This information will be saved on disk together 
                       with the benchmark results.

OPTIONS MENU
------------
OTHER TESTDRIVE = Select the drive from wich you want a bencmark made. 
                  This can be ANY drive! Like: diskdrives, harddisk, 
                  ramdrives and also CDROM-drives!
SCREENCOLOR = Change the background color of the screen.
VERTICAL GRAPH = Shows the benchmark graph vertical (default).
HORIZONTAL BLOKGRAFIEK = Shows the benchmark graph as a horizontal graph.
SAVE SETUP = Save all current changes you have made, like: type of 
             graph, screen color, reference computer...
SHOW CURRENT SETUP = Shows you the current setup of the program.
  
SHORTCUT KEYS
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ALT PRNTSCREEN = To copy the screen to the Windows ClipBoard.
F1 = A call for help...
F5 = Shows you the form of the current computer.
F6 = Shows you the form of the reference computer.
CTRL A = Run all benchmarks (global test).
CTRL C = Run only the CPU-test.
CTRL D = Run only the DISK-test.
CTRL V = Run only the VIDEO-test.
CTRL O = Change the drive to test.



     Have fun with the program!

     Please write and let me know if you are using RGS-programs.
     This will give me extra support to continue and make even
     better programs. I will send you the information of all my
     RGS-products. Write to:


                                  RGS    
                               Postbus 45
                               9300 Aalst
                                Belgium
                                Europe
	

 REGISTERFORM
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              REGISTER FORM FOR RGS-BENCHMARK 3.0 FOR WINDOWS
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  Please send this form to:     
  RGS-Soft
  PoBox:45
  9300 Aalst
  Belgium
  Europe
  
  You will recieve the full featured version of RGS-BENCHMARK.
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  For outside Europe please send 7 US-dollars.
  
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