SPEA Hotline Information
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Trouble Shooting Guide ............................... various CAD programs
SPEA V7 series                                               Release 0696.6
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IMPORTANT:
Please take note of the references to driver updates and system
configurations (document A).

Various CAD programs 
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Questions                                                         !.Answers
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    CADdy:
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    Are there drivers for CADdy 9.0 ?                             !.D1

    CADdy: dualscreen configuration - secondary board is not
    found after a system reset?                                   !.D2

   MicroStation:
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   MicroStation: You canīt switch to DOS?                         !.D3
 
   What function does the parameter "-b" in the example line
   of MSPEAPM have?                                               !.D4
     
   Error message: "GDCINI.DAT not found ".                        !.D5
     
   Right/left screen?                                             !.D6
     
   DOS shell remains blank.                                       !.D7
     
   Explanation of the parameters used in MSPEAPM?                 !.D8
         
    

Various CAD-programs 
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Answers
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D1  All drivers for SPEA boards are written by Ziegler Instruments. 
    They come with CADdy 9.0. Please contact Ziegler Instruments for 
    further details related to installation or in case of trouble.

D2  After a system reset call the file V7VMODE.

D3  Make sure that, in a dualscreen installation, the environment variable 
    MSPEAPM refers to the first board with the VGA BIOS active.
    The board, the PC boots on, must be configured as "left screen".

D4  This entry exists for previously relevant reasons only and can
    be ignored for SPEA/V7 boards.

D5  GDCINI.DAT only exists for Graphiti boards. SPEA/V7 boards 
    do not require GDCINI.DAT. The BigMicro driver searches for GDCINI.DAT
    be default if the MSPEAPM environment variable isn't set or is
    incorrectly set.

D6  The (system) boot board should be configured as the right screen
    controller. 

D7  A Graphiti board is configured as the right screen controller. 
    As the Graphiti boards (with the exception of the FGA boards)
    can't display DOS resolution). The DOS shell therefore can't be
    called.

D8  Read the manual or Bigmicro.doc file. 
   
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