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  Parallel.Exe, v1.45                           Parallel Technologies, Inc.
  Parallel Port Information Utility                       10603 170th Ct NE
  (C) Copyright 1993-1994 Jay Lowe                        Redmond, WA 98052

  This program may be used                                Lab  206-869-1136
  free of charge subject to the                           Fax  206-869-1133
  Restricted License Agreement                     Compuserve     76640,203
  contained in Parallel.Doc               Internet 76640.203@COMPUSERVE.COM
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               README for the Parallel Port Information Utility

                               Version 1.45


  1.  Program Status

      Parallel has received extensive testing involving dozens of different
      PCs, and no bugs or erroneous results are known at this time, except
      those cases described in Parallel.Doc.

      The program has now been moderately tested on PS/2 systems.

      We intend to actively support this program and will appreciate your
      comments and suggestions.  Please direct them to us via Compuserve
      Email or Fax.

      Thank you.

  2.  Product Reviews and Recommendations to be added to Parallel.Doc

      *****  VENDORS NOTE  *****

      Parallel Technologies receives a constant stream of inquiries from
      end users seeking information and recommendations on parallel ports,
      external devices, and related products.

      We anticipate that a near-future version of Parallel.Doc will
      include more extensive product reviews and product ordering info.

      Vendors of:

           1)  parallel port cards (especially enhanced parallel ports),
           2)  parallel port peripheral devices (LAN, disk, CDROM, etc),
           3)  other parallel port related products (file transfer, etc).

      are invited to arrange for us to review these products and include
      review results and product ordering information in Parallel.Doc.

      Please help us keep users informed about your parallel port products.

  2.  License Agreement

      Your right to use this program is governed by your acceptance of
      the terms and conditions stated in the License Agreement which is
      set forth in the files License.Txt and Parallel.Doc.

      We offer inexpensive licensing arrangements for those parallel port
      peripheral vendors who would like to include Parallel in their
      distributed software for technical support purposes.

      The underlying recognition technology of Parallel may also be
      licensed for inclusion in devices drivers and so forth.

  3.  Release History

      1.45  --  additional 20 pages of documentation, inc. Buyer's Guide
                minor bug fixes
                add additional mode reporting for ECP ports

      1.36  --  tighten up detection of ECP ports
                detect ECP FIFO length
                rewrite generic EPP test to eliminate false positives
                special case Farpoint Fport cards in EPP or FPORT mode

      1.34  --  add generic EPP testing
                add ECP testing
                clean up EPP testing to handle various special cases
                add ParaSpd parallel port Benchmark

      1.01  --  First maintenance release
                - remove transient status messages
                - slow down Rotating Bit Test for better port tolerance

      1.00  --  First public release

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