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|                            HDBENCH clone                              |
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|                  Copyright (C) 1999 Yuuki NINOMIYA                    |
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   * * *   Your result is invited now. See WANTED for details.   * * *


* Description

 HDBENCH clone is a benchmark software like HDBENCH which is the most
famous benchmark software for Windows in Japan.


* Features

 + It looks like HDBENCH very much.

 + A graphical benchmark software for Linux is rare.

 + It may be trustworthy because of open source.


* Requirements

 GTK+ 1.2.0 or above is required. Get it from `http://www.gtk.org/'.
 4MB or above physical memory is required.
 This software uses assembly language. It may work only Intel PC.


* How to install

 % ./configure
 % make
 # make install

 If you want to use Japanese, specify fontset in `~/.gtkrc'.


* Details of command line options

usage: hdbench [OPTIONS]

options:
  -h | --help          display this help and exit
  -f | --font=FONT     font name used in TEXT of VIDEO
  -t | --text=FONT     string written in TEXT of VIDEO
  -V | --version       display version infomation and exit


* How to use

 Exit all application programs before using HDBENCH clone.
 While measuring, don't touch keyboard and mouse.

 + ALL
   Measure DISK, CPU, VIDEO.
   The value of TOTAL is all value divided by 10.

 + CPU
   Measure the number of times calculating floating point and integer
   per one second.

 + VIDEO
   Measure the number of times drawing rectangle, circle and text per
   one second, and scroll in 3 seconds, IMAGE in 5 seconds.

 + DISK
   Measure the transferring bytes of reading and writing per
   one second.
   Specify DRIVE and CAPACITY. CAPACITY is 10MB by default.
   When use CD-ROM, CAPACITY is 1/10.

 + EXIT
   Exit HDBENCH clone.

 + COPY
   Copy the result to selection.

 + PRINT
   Print the result. Write simply to lpr.

 + SYSTEM
   Display total memory, free memory, processor, OS, version of
   HDBENCH clone, and CPU clock.(if possible)
   Copy system infomation to selection to click COPY in dialog.

 + GRAPH
   Display graph of result database. It is not implemented.

 + HELP
   About infomation.

 + OPTIONS
   Specify options. Now `copy the only results' and
   `copy the drive infomation,too' are implemented.

   - measure READ first(e.g. IDE busmaster)
     Check it if READ is too high.

   - copy the drive infomation,too
     If check it and click COPY, copy the drive drive infomation
     and video card name. 

   - copy the only results
     If check it and click COPY, copy the only results.

   - CD-ROM method(reading existent files)
     Measure only READ.

   - measure IMAGE,too
     Measure IMAGE.
     Display 1000 rectangles using XPutImage. Its value is frame/sec.
     The color depth must be 16bit to measure it. If the color depth
     is not 16bit, display warning message and don't measure it.


* Limits

 None.


* Tested OS

 + Debian GNU/Linux 2.1
 + Vine Linux 1.0
 + Vine Linux 1.1
 + FreeBSD(98) 3.0-RELEASE


* Notice 

 This software uses shhopt for parsing command line options.
Shhopt is released under the Artistic License. You can use
it separately under the Artistic License if you want.


* Copying

 The copyright of this software belongs to Yuuki NINOMIYA.
 It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
or (at your option) any later version.
 You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the GPL.


* Request to users

 Comments, suggestions, bug reports and patches are welcome.
Please mail their to me.
 I have poor English, so please correct the proofs of the documents
and messages in this program.


* Contact me

 e-mail : gm@smn.enjoy.ne.jp


* The latest version

 http://www.enjoy.ne.jp/~gm/program/ihdbench_en.html


* My webpage

 Yuuki NINOMIYA's webpage
 http://www.enjoy.ne.jp/~gm/index_en.html


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Yuuki NINOMIYA <gm@smn.enjoy.ne.jp>

