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DOS Viewer 1.2

DOS Viewer is simple program for viewing NFO and DIZ files. These files often contains graphics or logos (also known as ASCII art) drawn using special characters. These characters looks very good in text mode, but they look strange in Windows programs (such as Notepad). DOS Viewer allows you to view these files in Windows too and experience the ASCII art.

DOS Viewer automatically associates with NFO and DIZ files, so you can simply double-click them to view them with DOS Viewer.

	Name	File	Packed Size	File Date
1.	DOS Viewer v1.2	dosviw12.zip	185 987 b	19.9.2002

Hardware Monitor v1.6 BETA

Now with free source code

Hardware Monitor is simple Windows 95/98/NT/2000 program for monitoring temperatures, voltages and fan speeds on motherboards with LM78 and Winbond W83781D Hardware Monitoring chips (tested and developed on Asus P2B). Now fully configurable, with powerful logging.

Main window	Options

Tray icon 

I stopped the development because there are too many different chipsets and hardware monitoring chips. There are other programs that can handle them. One of them is Motherboard Monitor (which I don't like). I released full source code (developed in Borland Delphi 3, then 5 and this beta compiled in Delphi 6 Personal). To build HwMon, you need TTrayIcon and TDlPortIO coomponents.

Known limitations:

• Installation may be broken in 1.6 BETA (not tested)

New in v1.6 BETA:

• Program now uses DriverLINX Port I/O driver instead of direct port access. This allows program to run on Windows NT/2000 (maybe XP?)
• Some fixes that I forgot to write down
  

Please send comments to: rainbow@rainbow-software.org

	Name	File	Packed Size	File Date
1.	Hardware Monitor v1.5	hwmon15.zip	176 280 b	2.10.2000
2.	Hardware Monitor v1.6 BETA	hwmon16b.zip	222 978 b	17.9.2001
3.	Hardware Monitor Source Code	hwmonsrc.zip	57 130 b	17.9.2001

JPG Cleaner v2.6
By Rainbow Software and PiT

JPG Cleaner is simple but powerful utility for cleaning JPG files from anything that is not picture data. Commonly used programs such as Adobe Photoshop are writing additional information into JPG file that isn't needed for correctly displaying the picture.

• Texts such as File written by Adobe Photoshop, Creator: PolyView® Version 3.32 by Polybytes, LEAD Technologies Inc. V1.01
• Picture previews (sometimes even bigger than main JPG data!)
• Color Management data

All this data is useul only when opening the file in program that created it. Other programs such as Internet Browsers are just skipping this data, so the data is downloaded ant then thrown away! Just use this program when publishing JPG files on the Internet and your JPG files become smaller (if they contain non-picture data) with NO QUALITY LOSS.

Usage of DOS and W32Console versions is very simple. Just type jpgclean.exe picture.jpg to clean picture.jpg file or jpgclean.exe *.jpg to clean all JPG files in current directory.

The Win32 version is easy-to-use. Step-by-step instructions are included in the readme text and help file.

v2.6 fixed JPGs with data before header not working (thanks to Jan Alexander) fixed JPGs with JFIF+#1 does not display header type (DOS & W32Console) changed copy routine to use blocks with 'nice' size (32KB)

For complete revision history, read the readme.txt file.

Please report any bugs to: rainbow@rainbow-software.org

ZIP file contains DOS, W32Console and Win32 versions. W32Console version can only be run in Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 and supports long file names. DOS version runs everywhere and supports only DOS 8.3 file names. Win32 version runs in Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000.

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UniFlash 1.40
Flash anything anywhere

UniFlash (Universal Flasher) is program created by Pascal Van Leeuwen and Galkowski Adam. It was abandoned in 1998 (v1.17b). It was almost dead project, but it LIVES AGAIN NOW! UniFlash supports a wide range of chipsets and Flash ROMs (read uniflash.txt for a list, it's also included in the ZIP package). Since v1.40, UniFlash is licensed under GNU GPL v2.
Warning: This program is for experienced users ONLY. Improper use of this program (when you flash a WAV file instead of BIOS image to your Flash ROM) or bug in the code (especially with untested hardware) can cause your motherboard to not work. If you do this, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE for that (original authors aren't too, YOU ARE). To make your motherboard work again, you need to hot-flash your Flash ROM or use external Flash ROM programmer.

You can have a look at BIOS Forum at Wim's BIOS Page: http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/.

v1.40

• changed license to GNU GPL v2

v1.39

• added -UNLOCK parameter to unlock bootblocks on some chips (like Winbond W29C020)
  added logging to LPC detection
   added Winbond W83627(H)F, SF/GF, THF and W83637HF and also ITE IT8702F, IT8711F, IT8712F and IT8722F detection (these don't have flash ROM interface but they have GPIO pins)
• simplified LPC detection and access code
• added BIOS ID reading from F000 segment if not found at top of 4GB
• added specific support for Asus A7V266 and A7V8X-X (they use Super I/O GPO pins) and Abit ZM6, BE6 (same as BX133-RAID)
• added Winbond W39V040A (LPC) and W39L040A chips
• added support for Asus flash interface! (-ASUS parameter) - with this, it should be possible to flash all newer Asus boards
• added support for SMBIOS/DMI board identification (needed for specific support for boards with non-Award BIOSes)
• added specific support for MSI MS-6380 2.0 and MS-6380E 1.0
• added new Intel chipsets: E7210, E7221, E7320, E7520, E7525, E8870, mobile 910/915 series
• added VIA VT8237 south bridge and UniChrome KM400(A) chipset

KNOWN BUGS

• Intel 28F004-T doesn't work
• PCI Option ROM Flashing (-pcior parameter) doesn't work on many cards
• 256KB BIOSes don't work on some i430VX/HX boards (AWDFLASH works!)
• Some VIA and AMD chipsets don't work - maybe because non-standard flash write protection on some boards.
• Garbage on screen instead of flashing - on Asus P5A board with Aladdin V and 256K Flash ROM, but it works OK on Micronics C200 (same chipset and 128K Flash ROM). On PC Partner VIB8x4DS board with VIA Apollo VPX, UniFlash flashes the SyncMOS F29C51002T chip OK but then hangs with garbage on screen. This problem appears to be associated with SyncMOS Flash ROMs only.
• Many Abit boards do not work - looks like undocumented write protection

WHAT'S MISSING

• Support for ServerWorks, UMC, new VIA and new SiS chipsets because datasheets are unavailable (these companies are simply ignoring e-mails). I can't do much with only "unofficial" info.
• Support for some exotic Flash ROMs like Intel 82802AA 2mbit Firmware Hub or Bright BM29FS040 (no datasheets available)

For complete revision history, read the uniflash.txt file (it's also included in the ZIP package).

UniFlash has its own website http://www.uniflash.org

If you want to try it, download the executables. If you want to help with development of this program, download the sources. UniFlash is written in Borland Turbo Pascal (use TURBO.EXE for debugging, not TPX.EXE because UniFlash uses flat real mode). If UniFlash can't detect your chipset or Flash ROM type, please report the motherboard manufacturer and model, chipset and Flash ROM to the following address:

Please report any bugs or unsupported hardware to: rainbow@rainbow-software.org

DOS Navigator+ 21st March 2000
Based on DN Open Source v1.51.04/DOS

I will not release any new versions of DOS Navigator+, all extensions I have made will probably became parts of DOS Navigator Open Source

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