machid(1)     UNIX System V(Essential/User Environment Utilities)     machid(1)


NAME
      machid - get processor type truth value

SYNOPSIS
      machid [option]

DESCRIPTION
      The machid command returns a value to indicate the computer processor,
      model, hard disk, and/or bus architecture.

      The following are machid usages and the meaning of their return codes.

      machid
      Exit Code         Machine Type
          0       Generic AT386 machine
          1       Compaq 386
          2       AT&T 6386 or 6386E
          4       AT&T 6386/SX
          5       AT&T 6386/25
          6       AT&T 6386E/33
         10             AT&T 6386E/33 Model S

      machid -s
      Exit Code         Meaning
          0       Bootable Non-SCSI Hard Disk
          1       Bootable SCSI Hard Disk

      machid -e
      Exit Code         Meaning
          0       AT&T 6386E/33 Model S configured correctly
          3       Not configured correctly

      machid -p
      Exit Code         Meaning
          3       Machine has a 80386
          4       Machine has a 80486

      machid -a
      Exit Code         Meaning
          0       Machine uses an AT Bus Architecture
          1       Machine uses an EISA Bus Architecture

SEE ALSO
      sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname.

NOTES
      This command supersedes the old machid family (pdp11, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15,
      vax, 386, u370) manual page which is obsolescent.






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