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miro Computer Products AG                       July 5, 1994
                        Current Information
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General information:

        To use a miroCRYSTAL/miroMAGIC/miroRAINBOW graphics board
        the 02E8h address must not be used. This address is used
        by COM3, COM4, and gameport expansions, and by some network
        boards. In addition, you have to deactivate the VGA on your
        motherboard (if there is a VGA).

        If the computer does not boot correctly (spec. with an
        EISA graphics board and an Adaptec EISA busmaster SCSI
        controller 1742) or if the monitor select program does
        not detect the installed graphics board, these are computer-
        specific problems. To solve these problems, activate ROM
        shadowing for the Video BIOS, using the motherboard BIOS
        setup or the corresponding Memory Manager option. For
        MS DOS 6.0 change the CONFIG.SYS file in the following way:
        DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE ... ROM=C000-C800 ...
        Please also refer to your computer's manual or to the
        MS DOS 6.0 manual.

        For all multiscreen and miroTWINFACE configurations ROM
        shadowing HAS to be activated for the Video BIOS.

        In a multiscreen or miroTWINFACE configuration with a high
        resolution VESA local bus (VLB) graphics board and another ISA
        or EISA graphics board, the VLB board has to be configured as
        first board by setting the jumper. This is not true for a
        multiscreen or miroTWINFACE configuration with a miroVGA or a
        miroCRYSTAL 8S/ISA.

        In a multiscreen or miroTWINFACE configuration the warm start
        with the key combination <CTRL> <ALT> <DEL> may not work. In
        this case use the reset key (cold start).


Information on the installation:

        If you have problems to install from diskette you can also
        copy them into a directory on your hard disk.Then, assign a
        drive letter to this directory with the SUBST command. Please
        refer to the MS DOS manual.
        When copying the disks, you have to keep the following order:
        first miroWIN Disk 2 and then miroWIN Disk 1

        When using a miroCRYSTAL 8S you should consider whether you
        prefer an extremely high vertical scan frequency or a high
        processing speed. As a compromise, select a 64 kHz monitor.
        The resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels with 256 colors is then
        realized with 75 Hz. This is due to the fact that the
        miroCRYSTAL 8S is equipped with DRAMs.

        If you installed a Windows network version, there may occur
        problems resulting from the configuration. The miro software
        has to be installed at the work place. The installation program
        has to be able to copy drivers, applications, and configuration
        files to the local Windows directory of the computer at the
        work place. In addition, it is neccesary that the local files
        SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, CONTROL.INI and MWINTOOL.GRP can be
        created/overwritten. With the help of the monitor-select-
        program each work place is adapted to its individual equipment
        by entering specific data in the OCTO.MON and the three *.INI
        files mentioned above.

        If you exchange your old graphics board by a miroCRYSTAL /
        miroMAGIC / miroRAINBOW graphics board or if you exchange
        one miro board by the other, you should reconfigure Windows
        for VGA. In doing so, you avoid that a wrong driver runs on
        your new graphics board when starting Windows and that your
        system crashes. Install the driver for the new board in the
        VGA mode.

        If the call for the OCTOINI program is still in your
        AUTOEXEC.BAT from a previous installation, you may
        delete this call.


Installation under Norton Desktop:

        If you use the Norton Desktop instead of the Microsoft
        Program Manager, the miroWINTOOLS group (MWINTOOL.GRP)
        which the installation program generates may not be
        integrated in the Norton Desktop. To avoid this, start
        the Program Manager (PROGMAN.EXE) as a symbol before
        starting the installation program or integrate this
        group manually in the Norton "Quick Access" group after
        the installation. To do so, open the drive window containing
        the Windows directory and the "Quick Access" window
        and drag the MWINTOOL.GRP file from the drive directory
        window to the "Quick Access" window. Also refer to your
        Norton desktop manual.


Information on Windows:

        At the 640 x 480 resolution do not select the option
        "TV overscan" with miroSUPERSCREEN.

        If the icons in one of your program groups are black (or you
        get an error message concerning this), there are too many icons
        in this group. Split this group up into smaller ones. This is
        due to Windows and occurs with 65k/16.7 mill color drivers.

        If key commands are not accepted after switching to the MS-DOS
        prompt, press the <ALT> key. Then, Windows checks the state of
        this key and the following key commands will be accepted.

        In some cases lines remain on the desktop. To avoid this, enter
        VXPBLT=1 in the SYSTEM.INI file under [928.drv].

        In the SYSTEM.INI file in the [386Enh] section, you can add
        EMMEXclude=A000-FFFF. Then, the whole adapter address range is
        excluded from the scanning of free memory blocks.

        miroSCOPE has to be closed before calling the MS DOS prompt.
        If you don't do so, you can not switch from the full-screen
        to the windowed mode by entering <ALT>+<RETURN>.