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UMIST EYE SYSTEM

(AKA French Letters, copyright 1971-2003 Chris N French)

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The UMIST Eye System (UES) is a development of software originally written in the early 1970s to use computer generated letters and symbols to measure acuity. The

It is a comprehensive commercial optometric PC package designed for use as -

In conjunction with a PC (n/a for Macintosh) it gives you -


  • UES now withdrawn from sale - owners may still contact the author for support - Dr Chris N French. Email Chris at FrenchFamily.info
  • NB: Registered users moving the software to PCs faster than 200MHz will required a re-compiled Z74_0.EXE file

    If moving then avoid Windows 2000 or NT, a few graphic cards and widescreen displays (although see below).

    NB: UES is not compatible with Windows 2000 and NT

    NB: A few graphic cards will limit resolution to 640x480 resolution

    NB: Widescreen displays will distort a few test images, although these may not be important ones:

    - make the circular parts of (a) single symbol, sinewave gratings [TestMenu-A-5] and (b) the spot [OptometricDisplay-G] elliptical

    - make the Amsler grid [OptometricDisplay-B] rectangular instead of square

    - make the red square diamond shape instead of square with OptometricDisplay-I

    - make the green squares diamond shape with the Worth 4 dot figure [OptometricDisplay-J]

  • Although it only likes 640x480 & 1024x768 displays, modern widescreen laptops need not be an obstacle and with some - like the cheap 2010 (1024x600 WSVGA) XP Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 - the UES can be run in 1024x768 on a standard 4:3 aspect ratio external monitor without distortion. This can be under Windows XP or - better - directly in MS/DOS only, using a boot-able USB flash-drive. It will also run nicely in DOSBOX under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10.