Speed-O-Meter for Windows 95/98/NT/2000
Copyright (C) 2000 by Trevor Paskett

Encourage me
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If you find this program usefull, please drop me a line at tpaskett@bibbs.com
to encourage me to improve it!!

What it does
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Speed-O-Meter is a program that measures the TCP/IP speed of all interfaces 
on your machine including network adapters and modems. Use it to test your 
internet connection speed! It displays the TRUE transmission speed and does 
not average it like IE. This program is freeware.

A word about Kilo-Bytes and Kilo-Bits
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There is a significant difference between these two. The easiest way to get it
straight it to go by this:

Bytes - The speed that is displayed by IE and other internet apps as the download
        speed. Thus with these hardware speeds you can expect this fast of throughput:

	56K (Modems)			- 7K
	128K (ISDN)			- 14K
	256K (Frame-Relay, DSL)		- 28K
	1544K (T1, Cable, WIreless)	- 125K

Bits - This is more of the physical hardware speed. This displays the throughput
       in relationship to the hardware thoughput. Example on a 56K modem if you were
       downloading at half speed it would display 23K instead of 2.8K as IE would.

Of course don't be upset when your modem does not get 7K or 56K when downloading, and
don't be surprised when sometimes you get 9K on your modem. This is just an overview.
Of course text transfers faster than .zip files because of compression and sorts. There
are many documents on the Internet to explain this and I won't here :).

Using Speed-O-Meter
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Start Speed-O-Meter from the start menu. 

Terms of Use
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This software is provided "as is", without any guarantee made
as to its suitability or fitness for any particular use. It may
contain bugs, so use of this tool is at your own risk. We take
no responsibility for any damage that may unintentionally be caused
through its use.

Please distribute this software to all those you know in it's orignal form.

You may not use the source to Speed-O-Meter,
without express written permission of Trevor Paskett.

Known Problems
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Win95 - Problem with missing iphlpapi.dll. If you get this error please download:
	http://www.bibbs.com/ftp/iphlpapi.dll. Please let me know if this fixes
	the problem.

WinNT - Service Pack 4 or higher is required

Large
Fonts - Text Readings do not display right with large fonts

Reporting Problems
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If you encounter problems, please send a bug report to:

tpaskett@bibbs.com

Revision Info
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v1.2 - Timer now runs in its own thread with highest priority so other apps or
       or moving the form does not affect accuracy.
     - Moved settings to new form
     - Added percents on the graphs
     - Added horizontal option
     - Added shrink option (phew!) :)
     - Added task bar option
     - Added minimize feature
     - Added Kilo-Bit or Kilo-Byte
     - Added Peak Reset
     - Settings window must be closed for it to be on top
     - Changed Max Speed to Peak Speed as that is what it really is :)	
     - You can move the app around by clicking anywhere on the form
     - You can change the colors of the graphs

v1.1 - Add close button
     - Only 1 instance of netspeed.exe is allowed
     - Speed is now averaged over 3 seconds to produce a better result

v1.0 - Initial Release