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                           Changes in this version

This document describes only notest of changes made to NSSI. Every
version contains also some minor changes and updates not mentioned
here.

Legend:
 þ general comment
 + feature added
 - feature removed
 * feature changed/fixed
 ! bug fixed

Version 0.60.45 (2010-09-09):

 - removed out of date check and the /OLD switch
 * some updates, fixes and improvements

Version 0.60.42 (2010-02-11):

 * improved detection of RAM size; calculations rewritten to 64-bit
   arithmetics to break the 4-GB limit

Version 0.60.39 (2009-10-08):

 * improved detection of ARK Logic video chipsets

Version 0.60.38 (2009-09-27):

 * improved detection of Intel GMA video chipsets
 * updated detection of Intel Core 2 family processors
 * improved detection of DR-DOS
 + NSSI now releases time slices in some idle loops to improve multitasking
   and help OS cool the CPU
 * some updates and fixes

Version 0.60.32 (2008-08-18):

 * updated detection of FreeDOS
 + added report of FreeDOS version string
 + added detection of ROM-DOS
 * fixed possible hangups and crashes of DMI reading engine, made it more
   robust
 * further improvements and fixes in identification of Intel Core
   and Core 2 family processors
 * improved detection of system bus speed for Intel Core and Core 2 family
   processors
 * improved compatibility of FPU detection, namely with QEMU
 * improved compatibility and safety of anti-virus feature's anti-stealth part
 * keyboard detection is now more reliable
 * fixed another possible crash of CPU/FPU benchmarks when running under OS
   with erratic timing
 * documented NODMI and NODI switches
 ! support of 808x systems was broken
 * improved support of 808x systems

Version 0.60.26 (2008-06-08):

 * fixed a crash when automatic report was created from command line
 * fixed a possible crash of CPU/FPU benchmarks when running under OS with
   erratic timing (e.g. Windows XP running in Virtual PC)
 * further improvements and fixes in identification of Intel Core
   and Core 2 family processors
 + added nVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
 + Alt-F5 can be used to show DOS screen ("minimize" the program) in
   the main screen

Version 0.60.24 (2008-05-30):

 þ old history is available at http://www.navsoft.cz/HISTORY.TXT
 * changed all dates in the program so as to use ISO 8601 standard, no more
   US format
 * Chytristics renamed to Heuristics, a more meaningful and international
   name, changed switch CH- to HE- accordingly
 + added detection and support of SMBIOS
 * rewritten and enhanced detection of DMI information
 + added new detection methods for computer name, mainboard type, system bus
   speed, mainboard chipset and video chipset
 + added recognition of Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Phenom, VIA C7-M, VIA C7-D,
   VIA Eden and VIA Nano (Isaiah) processors
 + added preliminary recognition of Intel Nehalem processor and its main
   successors, Westmere and Sandy Bridge
 * improved identification of Intel Core and Core 2 family processors
 + added detection of Intel Atom processor
 + added detection of new Intel and AMD processors features
 * redesigned Processor Details a bit to make them more flexible
 * enhanced detection of CPU Platform
 * enhanced detection of drives on additional PCI IDE controllers
 + added detection of Serial ATA drives
 + added full support of 48-bit LBA and disk sizes up to 128 PB
 * item Drives in General Information now shows physical disk drives rather
   than logical ones
 * calculations of physical disk drives sizes rewritten to 64-bit arithmetics
 * physical disk drives sizes are now displayed in different units and with
   different precision depending on the size
 + added detection of some new Intel and VIA chipsets
 + added detection of new nVIDIA, ATI and S3 video chipsets
 * enhanced detection of ASUS video cards
 - removed Year 2000 bug test and Y2K switch
 - removed beeping during automatic report creation
 * documented TSC switch
 * various code optimizations
 * several improvements and bugfixes
