The Graham Utilities for OS/2 - Version 2

System Configuration

The System Configuration menu leads you to two options.

System Information

The System Information menu will display a dialog box similar to the following:

It lists various facts about your OS/2 system. The items which are displayed are as follows:

OS/2 OEM Name

This is the name of an OEM. If it is not an IBM version of the OS/2 operating system, it may indicate that extra functionality has been provided.

OS/2 Internal Revision

The OS/2 version number.

PC Manufacturer

Name of manufacturer from ROM (if available)

PC Model

Model number from ROM (if available)

PC Rom Revision

ROM revision number (if available)

PC Display Code

Display Combination Code

Code returned from INT 10h (AH=1Ah).

Value: Description
0: No display.
1: Monochrome with 5151 (monochrome) monitor.
2: CGA with 5153.4 (colour) monitor.
3: RESERVED.
4: EGA with 5153/4 (colour) monitor.
5: EGA with 5151 (monochrome) monitor.
6: PGA with 5175 (colour) monitor.
7: VGA with analog monochrome monitor.
Except IBM PS/2 Models 25 and 30.
8: VGA with analog colour monitor.
Except IBM PS/2 Models 25 and 30.
10: RESERVED.
11: MCGA with analog monochrome monitor.
IBM PS/2 Models 25 and 30 only.
12: MCGA with analog colour monitor.
IBM PS/2 Models 25 and 30 only.
13-254: RESERVED.
255: Unknown monitor type.

BIOS PC Model

Machine model byte. As returned from the BIOS.

BIOS PC Sub Model

Machine sub model byte. As returned from the BIOS.

BIOS Bios Revision

BIOS revision level.

BIOS Bios Flag

BIOS/ABIOS Flags

BIT 0: 0x01
A value of 1 indicates that ABIOS is present.
BIT 1-15: Reserved.

Video Type

Video Adaptor Type

Bit 0: 0x01 MPA
Bit 1: 0x02 CGA
Bit 2: 0x04 EGA
Bit 3: 0x08 VGA
Bits 4-7: 0x?0 Reserved

SVGA Adaptor

Adaptor Type Returns the code value of the chip set manufacturer, and has one of the following values:

Value: Description
0: Indeterminate Chip Set
1: Headland Technology, Inc.
2: Trident Microsystems
3: Tseng Lab
4: Western Digital
5: ATI Technologies
6: IBM
7: Cirrus Logic
8: S3
9: Not Used
10: Weitek

SVGA Chip Set

Chip Type

Returns the chip type and has a value of 1 through 4 according to the specific manufacturer. Refer to the following table for more information:

Indeterminate Chip Set             0   0
Headland Technology    HT205       1   1
                       HT208       1   2
                       HT209       1   3
Trident Microsystems   8800        2   1
                       8900        2   2
Tseng Labs             ET3000      3   1
                       ET4000      3   2
                       ET4000W32   3   3
                       ET4000W32I  3   4
                       ET4000W32IB 3   5
                       ET4000W32IC 3   6
                       ET4000W32PA 3   7
                       ET4000W32PB 3   8
                       ET4000W32PC 3   9
                       ET4000W32ID 3   10
                       ET4000W32PD 3   11
                       ET4000W32PX 3   12
Western Digital        PVGA1A      4   1
                       WD90C00     4   2
                       WD90C11     4   3
                       WD90C30     4   4
                       WD90C26     4   5
                       WD90C27     4   6
                       WD90C31     4   7
                       WD90C24     4   8
                       WD90C33     4   9
ATI Technologies       18800       5   1
                       28800       5   2
                       38800       5   3
                       68800       5   4
                       88800       5   5
                       88800CT     5   6
IBM                    VGA-256C    6   0
                       IBMSVGA     6   1
Cirrus Logic           GD5420      7   1
                       GD5422      7   2
                       GD5423      7   3
                       GD5426      7   4
                       GD5428      7   5
                       GD5429      7   6
                       GD543x      7   7
                       GD5434      7   8
S3                     86C805      8   1
                       86C928      8   2
                       86C911      8   3
                       86C864      8   4
                       86C964      8   5
Weitek                 P9000       10  1
                       W5186       10  2
                       W5286       10  3
                       P9100       10  4

SVGA Video Memory

Returns the detected memory size of the video adaptor.

Memory (Below 1Mb)

The amount of random access memory below the 1 megabyte address. The value returned is in kilobytes.

Memory (Above 1Mb)

The amount of random access memory above the 1 megabyte address. The value returned is in kilobytes.

Bus Information

The Bus Information menu will display one of the following dialog boxes. The three bus types which are recognised are: ISA, MCA and EISA.

For ISA based machines you will see this dialog box:

PCI and VLB machines will also appear as ISA.

For MCA based machines you will see a dialog box similar to the following:

The Pos ID's of each adaptor will be displayed.

For EISA based machines you will see a dialog box similar to the following:

The Product ID's of each EISA adaptor will be displayed.