TESTDEV, UTILITIES, (VAX & Alpha) Disk exerciser and read-performance measurer

 TestDev issues a specified number of read IO's to a disk and computes the
 average data access time and related statistics of the collected sample.
 It can be used to check the operation and performance of block-oriented
 IO caching products or as a benchmark between different physical devices.

 The main features are:

 o  Ability to perform random or sequential access scans.

 o  Ability to select logical or physical seek ranges.

 o  Ability to perform parallel (multi-threaded) IO's.

 Please consult the file AAREADME.1ST and the help documentation for complete
 details. Check Internet sites FTP.WKU.EDU or FTP.SPC.EDU (or mirrors of these
 sites) for eventual updates of this software. This kit is version 2.2.

 Complete source code included. Provided executables linked on VAX/VMS 5.4-2
 and OpenVMS AXP 6.2.

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 THE AUTHOR
                         
 Comments, suggestions, questions and/or potential code-modifications can be
 directed to the author:

 Stephane Germain

 via E-Mail at:  germain@eisner.decus.org

 (Support and development on a "time-permitting" basis only)

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 COPYRIGHT NOTICE

 This software is COPYRIGHT © 1990-1997, Stephane Germain. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
 Permission is granted for not-for-profit redistribution, provided all source
 and object code remain unchanged from the original distribution, and that all
 copyright notices remain intact.

 DISCLAIMER

 This software is provided "AS IS". The author makes no representations or
 warranties with respect to the software and specifically disclaim any implied
 warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.

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