Pentium 1.6 build: 9639 released: 2012-12-11 compiled with: Java 1.8.0_131 Jet jet12.0-pro-x86/1.8.0_131

Pentium JNI class.

Copyright: (c) 2005-2017 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#PENTIUM

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Notes:

You must install the Java JRE to use this program.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss/jre.html

This program can only be used from the command prompt, (or via an command
line style icon shortcut) e.g. under Windows command.exe or JPSoft
tcmd.exe, formerly called the DOS box. Just clicking the programs in a
directory listing will not do anything useful. Just typing the program
names at the command prompt will not either.

This program requires a manual install! See below.

This program works with vanilla text files, (e.g. ASCII files or UTF-8
Unicode files). You will need a text editor to create and view them, not a word
processor. e.g. notepad, Visual Slick Edit or other suitable text editor
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/editor.html. You must use a monospaced font
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/monospacedfonts.html (aka fixed pitch, aka
programmer font) to view your files, or they won't look properly aligned.

I put out an avalanche of free software into the world, and submit PAD
files to hundreds of distribution sites, but I rarely hear back from
anyone.  What's happening?  Does it all just work fine?  It is so
complicated nobody can figure out how to use it and they give up on it?
It is it useful?  Since everyone has the source, do people just fix the
programs to their liking themselves?  Did you have trouble installing?  Do
I presume you know too much?  I would be happy to hear from you about your
experiences, positive or negative and your requests for improvements.  A
one-line email to roedy@mindprod.com would be great.

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labelled non-military use only.
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
All Java jars and source code are included. If you need the class files or Javadoc, you will have to build them yourself. To streamline the zip downloads, class files and Javadoc have been removed.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS that supports Java,
(e.g.W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W2008/W7-32/W7-64/W8-32/W8-64/Linux/LinuxARM/LinuxX86
/LinuxX64/Ubuntu/Solaris/SolarisSPARC/SolarisSPARC64/SolarisX86/SolarisX64/OSX/AIX...)
so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.8 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the <span class="click">use folder names</span> option.

This program uses JNI which requires an awkward manual installation step.
Copy pentium.32.dll and pentium.64.dll to a directory on the path/library.path.
Type PATH at the command prompt to discover the path directories.

To run as an application, type:
java.exe %JAVA_OPTIONS -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\pentium\pentium.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

This program uses platform-specific JNI.
I do not yet have a Mac version of the C/C++ JNI code.
If you are technically savvy, you could create it yourself.

To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java.exe -ea -jar com/mindprod/pentium/pentium.jar {put any parms here}

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

Pentium works on Windows and Intel Pentium class and AMD
CPUs to determine the CPUID information such as the vendor,
brand/model, step, model, instruction set family, cpu serial
number, and the RDTSC Time stamp register for high
resolution timing measured in CPU cycles since the last
boot. It is designed to be incorporated in your own Java
progams.
Pentium class CPUs have a 64 bit serial number that than be
enabled on disabled. Xeon class CPUs have a 96 bit serial
number. AMD CPUs do not have a serial number.
You can also use it as a standalone utility with:
java.exe -jar pentium.jar
CONFIGURING THE DLL
The pentium.32.dll must be on the path, or more precisely
on the java.library.path, e.g. in the current directory. Put
the raw dll, not the jar, in one of the path directories. To
discover the path directories, type PATH at the command
line.
C++ RUNTIME
This program requires modules from the Microsoft C++ Express
12 run time library. Normally they should be automatically
statically included. However, if someone recompiled the JNI
C++ code without the /MT option, this code will not work
unless the vcredist_x86.exe Microsoft C++ Express 11 run time
library is preinstalled. You can download it from Microsoft
or CMP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en
or
http://mindprod.com/zips/vcredist_x86.exe
The symptom of this problem is an UnsatisfiedLinkError or a
side-by-side configuration error.
ENABLING SERIAL NUMBER
The serial number can be enabled or disabled with an Intel utility.  If it is disabled,
the Pentium utility will report the serial number as 0.
There are a number of different utilities for enabling/disabling the serial number available
from Intel:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/pentiumiii/sb/CS-007582.htm : Serial Number Enable/Disable
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-001661.htm : Intel's CPUID, Intel chips only.
You may also be able to enable/disable the serial number in the BIOS setup.
for technical info see: http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/appnote/241618.pdf
The 64-bit C compiler does not support inline assembler. This code could be rewritten with
the int registers[4]; __cpuid(registers, 0); intrinsic or written in 64-bit assembler.
I don't have an Intel CPU, so I cannot test the code. For now, it does not support
64-bit mode. The 64-bit dll pentium.64.dll is not provided.


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Version History:

 1.1 2005-07-30 ANT build, consistent naming.

 1.2 2006-03-06 reformat with IntelliJ, add Javadoc.

 1.3 2007-06-03 add pad and icon

 1.4 2008-09-18 add cpuSerNo64 cpuSerNo96 display methods for serial number.

 1.5 2008-09-23 convert to jDK 1.5, deal with C++ missing DLLs.

 1.6 2012-12-11 add 64-bit support.

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