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- File Name: README.ACA
- Source : Disk #2
- P/N : 1082109522/1082107222/1082207222/1082209522
- Date : August 1, 1990
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- This directory contains drivers for use on AutoCAD version 2.52,
- 2.62, Release 9 and 10 and AutoCAD 386 Release 10. The directory
- should contain the following files:
-
- o ACAD54B.EXE - This driver support 2 modes
- * 800x600 16-color
- * 1024x768 16-color - requires
- 512K of video memory (This
- mode is only for V4 board & up)
- o ACAD61B.EXE - This driver supports 3 modes
- * 640x400 256-color
- * 640x480 256-color - requires
- 512K of video memory
- * 800x600 256-color - requires
- 512K of video memory
- o ACAD65B.EXE - 1024x768 16-color driver - requires
- 512K of video memory (This mode is
- for V3 board)
- o ACAD67B.EXE - 1024x768 4-color driver
- o ACADL54B.EXE - Display List driver for AutoCAD
- Release 10 only - requires at least
- 256K of expanded memory
- o ACADDRV.EXE - Driver installation program. This
- program is started by the main program
- VDRIVER.EXE.
- o README.ACA - This file.
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- USING DISPLAY LIST DRIVER
-
- To use the Display List driver with AutoCAD Release 10, an
- expanded memory board with at least 256KB of memory is required.
- The main advantage of using this driver is to speed up the redraw
- command. However, the Display List driver occupies 40 KB more of
- the system memory than the other drivers.
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- SETUP PROCEDURE
-
- 1. Install AutoCAD onto your hard disk.
-
- 2. Run the VDRIVER.EXE and follow the instructions given
- by the program.
-
- 3. After the installation, type AACAD to start AutoCAD.
- README.ACA Page 2
-
-
- The AACAD.BAT is created by VDRIVER.
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- CONFIGURING AUTOCAD
-
- The first time you use AutoCAD with the ADI drivers, you need to
- configure AutoCAD for the ADI display.
-
- 1. Select CONFIGURE AUTOCAD from the AutoCAD main menu. (If
- AutoCAD was not previously configured, you are automatically
- put into the configuration menu when you start AutoCAD).
-
- 2. Select CONFIGURE VIDEO DISPLAY from the configuration menu.
- Select the ADI display from the list of video displays.
-
- The ADI drivers support ADI display version up to V4.0. If
- your AutoCAD Rel 9 was supported with ADI 3.0, contact your
- AutoCAD dealer for an upgrade to ADI 3.1.
-
- 3. The ADI display uses interrupt 7A as default. You can accept
- it by pressing ENTER at the prompt for display option configu-
- ration:
-
- Hexadecimal interrupt code (INT 0XXh) <7A>:
-
- If your system requires a different interrupt code, type in
- the corresponding interrupt in hexadecimal number.
-
- 4. Select the appropriate options and save the new configuration.
- Do not select a command prompt area if you are using dual
- monitors. (See DUAL DISPLAY ADAPTER CONFIGURATION)
-
- For more information on configuring AutoCAD, consult AutoCAD
- manual.
-
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-
- LOADING THE ADI DRIVERS
-
- The ADI drivers differ from the drivers distributed with AutoCAD
- in that they must be loaded BEFORE running AutoCAD. The ADI
- drivers are "terminate and stay resident" programs.
-
- 1. The ADI drivers have several options, which are invoked when
- the drivers are loaded. The syntax is as follows:
-
- ACADxxB [i] [d] [v??] [u] [2] [p?] [m??] [w] [g] [r] [s?] [e??]
-
- where xx is the high resolution mode number (54, 65 ...etc.)
-
- The options can be entered in any order except option 'u'. If
- no option is specified, the drivers will use the default
- settings.
- README.ACA Page 3
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-
-
- OPTIONS
-
- A. The 'i' parameter selects a gray background on the drawing
- area except ACAD67B.EXE driver. ACAD67B.EXE has 4 sets of
- palette to choose from. When the 'i' parameter is used with
- the ACAD67B.EXE, the background color can be gray, white or
- green depending on which set of palette is used. The de-
- fault is black for all drivers. See item F for how to
- select different palette.
-
- B. The 'd' parameter selects dual display. If your system is
- equipped with an additional monochrome text card, this
- option allows you to put the drawing on a multisync moni-
- tor and the text on a monochrome monitor. (See DUAL DISPLAY
- ADAPTER CONFIGURATION)
-
- C. The 'v??' parameter specifies an alternate interrupt
- vector. The default interrupt is 7A. If you are using a
- NOVELL network or any other software that also uses
- interrupt 7A, we suggest that you use interrupt 7B. To
- select a different interrupt, replace ?? with the appropri-
- ate hexadecimal number.
-
- Do not experiment with this feature unless you are very
- familiar with IBM PC software standards as this may cause
- problems.
-
- D. The 'u' parameter is used to unhook the interrupt vector
- and remove the driver from memory. If the driver is loaded
- with an interrupt vector other than 7A, you need to enter
- the interrupt vector ('v??') before 'u'.
-
- E. The '2' parameter reassigns the 16-color patterns to the
- 256-color patterns. This option is used for 16-color
- drivers only. To display the new color assignment, look at
- the chroma sample drawing or select the chroma command from
- the COLORS menu.
-
- CAUTION: You will find that if you select this option and
- your drawing uses a color number higher than 9, the color
- is displayed differently because of the reassignment of
- colors.
-
- F. The 'p?' parameter is used for ACAD67B.EXE only. This
- option selects different palette. There are 4 palette
- sets:
-
- p0: Black (Gray) Dark Gray White
- p1: Black Cyan Red (White)
- p2: Black (Green) Red Yellow
- p3: Black Cyan Magenta (White)
-
- The color inside the bracket () indicates the background
- color when option 'i' is used. p1 is the default set.
- README.ACA Page 4
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-
- If you want to use other set of palette, you need to modify
- the AACAD.BAT to include the desired set. For example:
-
- ACAD67B v7B i p3
-
- will select palette set p3 and white as the background
- color.
-
- G. The 'm??' parameter selects video mode. This option is
- used for ACAD61B.EXE which supports more than one
- resolution. Loading ACAD61B.EXE without the 'm??'
- parameter will automatically select the 640 x 400 256-color
- mode. To choose the 640 x 480 256-color (mode 62) and the
- 800 x 600 256-color (mode 63), replace '??' with 62 and 63
- respectively.
-
- H. The 'w' parameter is used to save the pull down window
- function. This option will generate a temporary file and
- it will be stored in the drive specified in option 's?'. If
- no option 's?' is used, the temporary file will be stored
- in drive C as default.
-
- I. The 'g' parameter enables the save graphics display
- function. This function does not require screen redraw
- when switching between graphics screen and text screen.
- This option will generate a temporary file and it will be
- stored in the drive specified in option 's?'. If no option
- 's?' is used, the temporary file will be stored in drive C
- as default.
-
- J. The 'r' parameter enables the rendering display function.
- This function does not require screen redraw when switching
- between graphics display and rendering display. As options
- 'w' and 'g', option 'r' will generate a temporary file and
- this file will be stored in the drive specified in option
- 's?'. If no option 's?' is used, the temporary file will be
- stored in drive C as default. This option is used for
- AutoShade only.
-
- K. The 's?' parameter selects which drive to store the
- temporary file. The drive can be a RAM disk or a hard
- disk. For example, 'sd' will select drive D as the drive
- to hold the temporary file. Please note that colon is not
- required after the letter D. The default is C drive.
-
- The drive must be big enough to store the temporary file.
- The following table shows the amount of disk space re-
- quired.
-
- Mode Pull down Graphics rendering
- menu only display only display only
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- 800x600 16-color 470KB 235KB 235KB
- 640x400 256-color 500KB 250KB 250KB
- 640x480 256-color 600KB 300KB 300KB
- README.ACA Page 5
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- 800x600 256-color 938KB 469KB 469KB
- 1024x768 16-color 768KB 384KB 384KB
- 1024x768 4-color 384KB 192KB 192KB
-
- For example, to save pull down menu, graphics display and
- rendering display in 800x600 16-color mode, you need 940KB
- (470KB + 235KB + 235KB) of disk space.
-
- L. The 'e??' parameter is only available to the display list
- driver ACADL54B.EXE. This parameter is used to allocate
- the expanded memory. The range of expanded memory can be
- used by the driver is from 256KB to 16 MB with a step of
- 64KB. To set the desired expanded memory, enter the
- hexadecimal number from 4h to 100h after the 'e'. For
- example: e4 will allocate 256KB (4 x 64KB = 256KB) and ef
- will allocate 960KB (fh=15 decimal; 15 x 64KB = 960KB).
- The default expanded memory requested is 10h 64K-pages for
- a 1024KB display list. If fewer 64K-pages are available,
- the driver will allocate as many memory as possible.
-
- 2. To see what options the driver supports, use the 'h' option.
- For example: ACADxxB h.
-
- 3. The interrupt you use for the ADI driver must match with the
- one selected in step 3 of CONFIGURING AUTOCAD. To change any
- option, you need to modify the AACAD.BAT to include the
- desired option or you can load the driver manually and start
- AutoCAD without using AACAD.BAT.
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- DUAL DISPLAY ADAPTER CONFIGURATION
-
- Dual display adapter configurations are used in AutoCad to allow
- more room for the drawing. With a second display adapter, it is
- possible to move the command prompt and the menu bar off the
- graphics display onto a text display.
-
- A dual display adapter configuration would involve using your VGA
- card and a monochrome display adapter in the same system (please
- consult your VGA user manual for specifications and limitations
- of dual display installation). During installation of the
- AutoCad driver (using VDRIVER), select DUAL DISPLAY under the
- configuration menu and install the AutoCad driver. Prior to
- running AutoCad, be sure that the default video mode is VGA
- COLOR.
-
-
- For a printout of this information, type
-
- A>COPY README.ACA PRN <enter>