2100 (250-1624) Software Drivers Faxback Doc. # 2581
INSTALLING WINDOWS 3.1 (OR WINDOWS 3.0) DISPLAY DRIVERS
To install the Windows drivers from the DOS prompt, proceed as follows:
1. Ensure that Windows is already installed on your computer.
2. From your Windows directory, at the DOS prompt, type SETUP and press
[Enter] to run the Windows SETUP.EXE program. Follow the
instructions on the screen. When you come to the screen that lists
the hardware and software components such as display adapters (for
example, VGA, CGA, and so on), keyboard type, mouse type etc., go to
the Display selection by using cursor keys to move the highlighted
bar and press [Enter].
3. From the next menu listing of display options, scroll to the bottom
of the list, and highlight the following text:
Other (requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer.)
Press [Enter], and when prompted, type A:\
4. You will see the list of drivers and their associated resolutions,
such as:
CL GD542x v1.x, 1024x768x16
CL GD542x v1.x, 800x600x16
CL GD542x v1.x, 640x480x16.8M
CL GD542x v1.x, 640x480x256
CL GD542x v1.x, 640x480x64K
CL GD542x v1.x, 800x600x256
CL GD542x v1.x, 800x600x64K
CL GD542x v1.x, 1024x768x256
5. Highlight by moving the cursor to the desired display driver, and
then press [Enter].
6. Continue with the remainder of the SETUP procedure. If SETUP tells
you to insert the windows driver diskette, insert same at the A:\
and press [Enter].
AUTOCAD R12
MACH-12 Display List Drivers January 11, 1993 from Cardex(R)-Gainward
Co., Ltd
The MACH-12 display list driver is provided in the following files:
Protected Mode Drivers (AutoCAD 12)
DSMACH4.EXP: 16 Color VGA support, the fastest driver of all (no
rendering)
RCMACH8.EXP: 256 Color VGA support
RCMACH16.EXP: 32 & 64k color VGA support.
RCMACH24.EXP: 16m color VGA support
INSTALLATION FOR AUTOCAD RELEASE 12
1 Delete old AutoBoost Drivers: If you are using AutoBoost-Plus or a
previous BETA version of MACH-12 with release 12 of AutoCAD, please
delete all old driver files from your ACAD DRV directory.
2. Copy Files To The Hard Disk: Copy files to your AutoCAD DRV directory
(usually C:\ACAD12\DRV). For example, to copy all files from drive A:
to a directory called ACAD12\DRV on the hard drive C:, the following
command may be used:
C:
CD\ACAD12\DRV
COPY A:*.*
You may wish to delete any drivers you do not use after configuring your
MACH12. Alternately, you can copy files to a MACH12 subdirectory. This
procedure requires you to modify your ACADDRV environment variable as
follows:
SET ACADRV=C:\ACAD12\DRV;C:\MACH12;
3. Configure Mach-12 Run Machcfg.exe in the directory with the Mach-12
files, then follow instructions, Press [F1] key at any time for help.
4. Save Configured Mach-12 Driver: You must save the driver after
configuration as follows:
SAVE NEW CONFIGURATION
SAVE AS: RCMACH8.EXP
5 Configure AutoCAD: To configure AutoCAD, Enter AutoCAD and type CONFIG
at the command line prompt, or go to configure directly:
ACAD-R
Select the option to CONFIGURE DISPLAY. Choose your MACH-12 driver:
10) MACH-12 256-color VGA DLP, from Gainward Co., Ltd.
You should now be ready to run MACH-12! If your driver is not on the
menu, exit AutoCAD and either copy the driver to the AutoCAD DRV
directory or edit the SET ACADDRV variable as described in Step 2.
6. Reconfiguring MACH-12: Change directories to where your MACH-12 is
installed and type MACHCFG. If you copied the configured driver to
the AutoCAD DRV directory, you can reconfigure just this driver with
the following command from DOS:
MACHCFG C:\ACAD12\DRV\RCMACH8.EXP
DUAL SCREEN ENABLE\DISABLE
If your computer system has both a monochrome (MDA) and a VGA/EGA
display, MACH-12 will automatically go into dual screen mode if AutoCAD
is run from the monochrome screen. This menu provides you with the
option of disabling dual screen mode if you desire to do so. Use arrow
keys to toggle choices, press [Enter] key to choose.
FOREGROUND DISPLAY-LIST CLEANUP
Each time a command such as ERASE, MOVE or COPY is used and causes
vectors to be removed from a screen, AutoCAD sends one or more "erased
vectors" to the driver. Most display-list drivers will draw both the
original vectors as well as the black "erase vectors" causing an
unpleasant flash on each redraw. The erase vectors often obscure other
vectors as well. Display-list clean-up eliminates this problem by
removing both vectors from the display-list.
In foreground, display-list clean-up is done immediately upon receiving
an erase vector from AutoCAD. When erasing a large number of vectors,
foreground clean-up slows down commands such as ERASE, MOVE, and COPY.
If the complexity of your drawing causes noticeable delays, you can
disable either both of the clean-up modes.
BACKGROUND DISPLAY-LIST CLEANUP
Background display-list cleanup is performed after the command causing an
erase vector to be created. Command performance is not affected by
background display-list clean-up. However, there is a slight delay before
the erased vectors are removed, thus after erasing a large black, you may
need to wait a second or two before the redraw flash is completely
eliminated. If the complexity of your drawing causes noticeable delays,
you can disable either or both of the clean-up modes.
DISPLAY-LIST (DL) COMPRESSION
Whenever foreground or background display list clean-up is enabled, any
erased vectors will result in removal of the original vectors form the
display list. This in turn causes fragmentation of the display list.
Display-List Compression will eliminate such fragmentation if ENABLED.
Bird's Eye redraw ratio. To improve the speed at which the Bird's Eye
Window is brought up on the screen, it is not updated until it is
displayed at which time only the new vectors are added. When the
foreground or background display-lost clean-up is enabled, the erase
vectors may already have been removed by the time the Bird's Eye is
displayed. Thus, the Bird's Eye Window may be "out of sync" with the
screen display. This option determines what percentage of the vectors
need to be erased, before the Bird's Eye Window is redrawn. A value of
"O" will cause a redraw every time the Bird' Eye window is popped-up on
the screen. A value of "50" will cause redraw after half of the vectors
have been removed from display-list since the Bird's Eye Window was last
redrawn.
SET CUSTOM COMMAND NAMES
This option allows you to change the names of the MACH-12 commands should
they conflict with any of your other customized operations. This is done
by using the cursor keys to highlight the command whose name you would
like to change, typing in the new name and pressing the [Enter] key.
After you enter the change, the command name will be updated. The default
command names are:
Description Default Command Name
Clean Display List CD
Anti-alias lines AO
Anti-alias polygons AP
Disable anti-aliasing AF
SET COMMAND NAMES SENT TO FOREIGN AUTOCAD
MACH-12 performs several functions by passing an AutoCAD command name
string back to AutoCAD. Since versions of AutoCAD for different
languages may use different names to perform these commands, it may be
necessary to inform MACH-12 of the new names. This menu item is used to
define the new names. Currently the following three commands are used by
MACH-12.
ZOOM
ZOOM PREVIOUS
REDRAW
CONFIGURING AUTOSHADE AND RENDERMAN
First set the environment variables using the DOS SET command to where
the MACH-12 driver resides. For example if MACH-12 is in drive C:,
directory RCMACH, then the following commands would be used:
SET DSPADI=C:\RCMACH\RCMACH8.EXP
SET RCPADI=C:\RCMACH\RCMACH8.EXP
SET RDPADI=C:\RCMACH\RCMACH8.EXP
Next, start AutoShade with the /R command line option:
SHADE/R
AutoShade program will then ask several questions about the device being
used. The following are related to the MACH-12 driver:
Select Display Device: Select the P386 Display Device Interface display
driver.
Select Rendering Display Driver: Select the P386 Display Device
Interface rendering driver.
Do the display and AutoShade rendering devices share a single screen?
Answer Y.
Do the display the RenderMan devices share a single screen?
Answer Y.
Does flip screen require redraw?
Answer Y.
The rest of the questions are answered according to the type of pointing
and hardcopy devices being used. It should be noted that only the
256-color, and the 32K-color, drivers work with AutoShade and RenderMan.
The 16-color drivers do not.
CONFIGURING 3D STUDIO
First, delete the configuration file 3DADI.CFG. Second, edit the file
3DS.SET, so that device name after the DEFAULT-DISPLAY and MAIN DISPLAY
definitions are set to the following:
DEFAULT-DISPLAY = "repadi"
....
MAIN DISPLAY = RCPADI
Note that in the first case there are quotes around the name rcpadi, but
not in the second. In the third step, set the environment variable RCPADI
using the DOS SET command, to where the MACH-12 driver resides. For
example if MACH-12 is in drive C:, directory RCMACH, then the following
command would be used:
SET RCPADI=C:\RCMACH\RCMACH8.EXP
It should be noted that only the 256-color, and the 32k-color, drivers
work with 3D Studio. The 16-color drivers do not.
AUTODESK DEVICE INTERFACE (ADI) DRIVERS
For more information about using Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) Driver,
see Manual File, "Autodesk Device Interface (ADI) Driver" in the Driver
Diskette #2.
DISPLAY LIST DRIVER 386 - VGA
For more information about using Display List Driver 386 - VGA, see Manual
File, "Display List Driver 386-VGA" in the driver Diskette #2.
INSTALLING DLD386 - VGA
For more information about using Installing D386-VGA, see Manual File,
"Installing D386-VGA" in the Driver Diskette #2.
USING DLDSETUP
For more information about using Using DldSetup, see Manual File, "Using
DldSetup" in the Driver Diskette #2.
USING DLD386 - VGA FEATURES AND COMMANDS
For more information about using Using DLD386-VGA Features and Commands,
see Manual File, "DLD386-VGA Feature and commands" in the Driver
Diskette #2.
AUTOSHADE 2.0 WITH RENDERMAN
For more information about using Autoshade 2.0 with Renderman, see Manual
File "Autoshade 2.0 with Renderman" in the Driver Diskette #2.
AUTODESK 3D STUDIO
For more information about using Autodesk 3D Studio, see Manual File,
"Autodesk 3D Studio" in the Driver Diskette #2.
FRAMEWORK II
For more information about using Framework II, see Manual File,
"Framework II" in the Driver Diskette #2.
GEM/3
For more information about using GEM/3, see Manual File, "GEM/3" in the
Driver Diskette #2.
GENERIC CADD
For more information about using Generic Cadd, see Manual File, "Generic
Cadd" in the Driver Diskette #2.
LOTUS 1-2-3, SYMPHONY, AND REPORT WRITER V2.X
For more information about using Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, AND Report Writer
V2.X, see Manual File, "Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, and Roport Writer V2.X" in
the Driver Diskette #2.
ORCAD
For more information about using Orcad, see Manual File, "Orcad" in the
Driver Diskette #2.
PERSONAL CAD (PCAD)
For more information about using Personal Cad (PCAD), see Manual File,
"Personal Cad (PCAD)" in the Driver Diskette #2.
VENTURA PUBLISHER
For more information about using Venture Publisher, see Manual File,
"Venture Publisher" in the Driver Diskette #2.
VERSA CAD 386
For more information about using Versa Cad 386, see Manual File,
"Versa Cad 386" in the Driver Diskette #2.
MICROSOFT WORD
For more information about using Microsoft Word, see Manual File,
"Microsoft Word" in the Driver Diskette #2.
WORDPERFECT 5.X
For more information about using Wordperfect 5.X, see Manual File
"Wordperfect 5.X in the Driver Diskette #2.
WORDSTAR
For more information about using Wordstar, see Manual File, "Wordstar" in
the Driver Diskette #2.
OS/2 2.0
For more information about using OS/2 2.0, see Manual File, "OS/2 2.0" in
the Driver Diskette #2.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
Before using the UTILITY & DRIVER Diskettes, make a copy for safety.
The installation utility is provided to facilitate the smooth
installation of the display drivers and utility software. The
installation program is menu-driven and allows you to select and
install only those display drivers for software and applications
currently in use. It is important to note that some display drivers
need to have the associated vendor's application program already
installed on the system prior to loading the Cirrus Logic VGA display
drivers. In other cases, the loading of the display driver may
be an integral part of the vendor's product installation process.
Please review the drive product section below for specific instructions
prior to running the installation program. The installation utility is
located on the diskette labeled DISK 1. To install the desired display
drivers and utilities, insert the diskette into the A:drive, type:
A:[Enter]
INSTALL[Enter]
Follow the instructions on the screen to install the listed display
drivers. At any time you may press [Esc] to abort the installation
process and go back to DOS. Selected drivers are simply copied to the
specified disk and directory. Applications may require additional
installation as described in Chapter 3 and 4.
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