Hi Eric,

> Hi Robert, thanks for the reviews and details :-)

You're welcome. :-)

> In short I suggest to add INFOPLUS, DOSZIP and DN to default install...

Big +1 from me.

>>>> Once I received (TASM) source code for
>>>> <http://web.archive.org/web/20070608155633/http://user.rol.ru/%7Edxover/speedsys/>
>>>> under "do whatever you want this it, but don't bug me".
> 
> Seems quite "benchmark oriented" (CPU, disk, RAM, PCI bus list etc.)

Yes, indeed. I forgot to mention that.

>> 1) It doesn't barf on Windows XP. COMPINFO always gives me RTE 205.
> 
> Internet says this is a floating point error if Turbo Pascal?
> Maybe trying to detect FPU in a way which upsets the protected
> mode host? How well does it behave with various (J-) EMM386?

I didn't have a look on the error.

>> 2) Here's a screenshot of the main window of MSD:
>> https://winuxinfocenter.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/msd1.png
> 
> That lists: BIOS string, base/EMS/XMS size, VGA string, network,
> kernel version, mouse version, joystick, drive letters, printer
> and serial ports, Win 3.x, IRQ, TSR, drivers. As everything has
> sub-menus, I guess it shows some BIOS-reported values, stats from
> the memory drivers, strings and screen modes from VGA BIOS, some
> unknown network details, mouse status details, stats about drive
> letters, maybe status flags and settings for serial and printer
> ports, which IRQ handler is in which area (BIOS, drivers etc.?)
> and shows some nice TSR and driver overview with more status in
> comparison to MEM output.

There was some official download from Microsoft once.
Search for, e.g, "GA0363.EXE", if you want to have closer look.

>> I prepared some screenshots: https://www.bttr-software.de/tmp/infoplus/
> 
> BIOS string, CPU ID, RAM ID, MEM, graphics ID, graphics modes,
> keyboard and mouse, parallel and serial ports, sound, DOS info,
> "multiplex programs", environment variables, device drivers,
> DOS and BIOS drive info, partition table, boot drive info, CMOS
> info, TSR and drivers, "alternate multiplex", memory managers.

Thanks for converting my shots into text.

> That sounds as if it is significantly better than MSD itself :-)

Yes.

Cheers,
Robert
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