VERSACAD DRIVER DISK -------------------- for the XTEC AGX family -------------- Features: * Very Fast- Written in 100% assembly language * Very Small- Uses only 7.5K * Versatile- Works with all monitor types. Hardware Requirements: * 386 or better CPU (8088 or 286 based machines will not work) * XTEC AGX based graphics card Resolution: * 1280x1024,1280x960,1024x768 or 800x600 on MultiSync displays * 640 x 480 on all others * 16 or 256 colors I N S T A L L A T I O N ----------------------- Automatic installation: 1. Go to disk drive that has your VersaCAD product(s) installed. Don't worry, it will figure out which ones are present. 2. Place the driver install disk in drive A:. 3. Type "A:INSTALL" <cr>. 4. Run ENVIRO program when prompted, selecting this driver. Manual installation (VersaCAD 5.3): 1. Go to disk drive and directory that has VersaCAD (usually \VCAD53) 2. Place the driver install disk in drive A:. 3. Copy "A:\VC2_AGX.COM" to the current directory. 4. Copy "A:\VCAD53.CFG" to "ENVIRO.CFG". 5. Run ENVIRO program, selecting the "XTEC AGX" driver. Manual installation (VersaCAD Design (5.4, 6.0 & 7.0): 1. Go to disk drive and directory that has VersaCAD (usually \VCAD54) 2. Place the driver install disk in drive A:. 3. Copy "A:\VC2_AGX.COM" to the current directory. 4. Copy "A:\VCAD54.CFG" to the current directory. 5. Run ENVIRO program, selecting the "XTEC AGX" screen driver. You will be able to choose between "Single Screen" and "Dual Screen" configurations, as well as various resolutions. Manual installation (VersaCAD 386): 1. Go to disk drive and directory that has VersaCAD (usually \VCAD386) 2. Place the driver install disk in drive A:. 3. Copy "A:\VC3_AGX.COM" to the current directory. 4. Copy "A:\VCAD386.CFG" to the current directory. 5. Run ENVIRO program, selecting the "XTEC AGX" screen driver. You will be able to choose between "Single Screen" and "Dual Screen" configurations, along with the various resolutions available. D R I V E R U S E ------------------- LOADING THE DRIVER This driver is a TSR type (Terminate and Stay Resident) program. You only need to install it once in memory each time your machine is powered up. For this reason, it is recommended that a call to this driver be placed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you are using VersaCAD 5.3 or 5.4 (VersaCAD Design), the driver name will be "VC2_911.COM". If you are using VersaCAD 386, the driver name will be "VC3_911.COM". HIGH LOADING For information on loading this driver into the high memory provided by certain 386 memory managers, please see the PEFORMANCE TIPS section of this manual. SCREEN RESOLUTION This driver will use the resolution selected by the ENVIRO program. If that mode is unavailable, VersaCAD will not run. T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G ----------------------------- The driver won't start up, and gives an message about driver failure. Couldn't find an AGX board, or BIOS failure detected. Either an AGX board is not installed or the BIOS needs to be installed. Please run the VXE BIOS utility first, and then try this driver again. P E R F O R M A N C E T I P S ------------------------------- High loading To conserve DOS memory, this driver may be loaded into high memory. This can be accomplished by using a 386 memory manager such as QEMM or 386max. Using high memory for the driver works very well with VersaCAD 286 versions. Since the VCAD 386 program uses a minimum of DOS memory, this will not give any additional performance to VCAD386. QEMM Example: "c:\qemm\loadhi c:\vcad54\vc2_agx" 386MAX Example: "c:\386max\386load envfree prog=c:\vcad54\vc2_agx.com" Unloading high loaded drivers QEMM Example: "c:\qemm\loadhi /nope c:\vcad54\remove" 386MAX Example: "c:\386max\386load quiet prog=c:\vcad54\remove" VersaCAD/386 will run faster (redraws 50% faster) if you have a VCPI memory manager (QEMM or 386MAX) present and correctly configured. To optimize your VCPI memory for use with VCAD/386, all memory outside the DOS 640K range should be configured as EMS memory. This means that all the memory that would normally be allocated to "DOS high memory" should be reserved for use as EMS.