newsbytes@clarinet.com (02/04/90)
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 FEB 2 (NB) -- Computer owners who hate to trundle down to the computer shop every other week to seek help for some new hardware headache may spell relief S-y-s-t-e-m S-l-e-u-t-h 2.0. The new version of this diagnostic program offers a series of tests for checking out everything under the hood, without lifting it up. The program identifies the central processors and math coprocessors, maps the software and hardware devices, such as network adapters with the power to interrupt the priorities of the central processor, has diagnostics to alter the configuration of a PC without permanent alteration. In application, its creators say, System Sleuth 2.0 can set up a new computer, determine why a particular program won't run, resolve conflicts between TSR (terminate and stay resident) programs, and identify hardware-software compatiblities. There are system overviews, tests of the switches, hard disk mapping, memory tests, maps of add-in cards, system resources, and lots more. Dariana Technology, the program publisher, says it even answers the question, "How true is your clone?" The program is $150 and runs on a PC with at least 256 kilobytes of memory and MS/PC-DOS 2.1 or PC-MOS/386 version 2.1 or higher. The program supports monochrome, Hercules, CGA, EGA, and VGA displays. Current owners of the program can upgrade for $35. The program is sold through Softsel Computer Products, Egghead, and Software City chains. (Wendy Woods/19900202/Press Contact: Frank Westall, Dariana Technology, 714-994-7400)