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Copyright (c) 1990  Panacea Inc. - All Rights Reserved

:Intro
                          Welcome to DLDSETUP!

    Please take a moment and call Panacea at 800-729-7420 to register your
    copy of DLD386-VGA. We will keep you informed of new updates, upgrades,
    and new products as they become available. Registered users of 
    Panacea products receive substantial discounts on all new products.
    
    This program is used to configure DLD386-VGA's operating environment,   
    including things like font size, board type, and resolution.
    Upon completion, this program will create a file, FASTACAD.BAT, 
    in the current directory, which contains all the commands 
    necessary to load DLD386-VGA. DLDSETUP will also create a file
    called DLDSETUP.DAT in the directory pointed to by the DLDCFG
    environment variable (or the current directory if DLDCFG is not
    set) that contains all the driver specific configuration information.
    
    After configuring the driver via this utility, you may want to also
    customize your color selections. This is accomplished by running
    either COLOR16 or COLOR256.

    Remember, you can press the question-mark key ("?") to get help.

:MemoryMenu
Not used

:ConfigMenu
Not used.

:DualMon
This option is used to tell DLD386-VGA if you want to operate on only
one screen (the one attached to the VGA card) or two (in case you
also have a Monochrome Display Adapter). If you choose "Automatic",
DLD386-VGA will run single screen if AutoCAD 386 is started from the
VGA screen, or dual if started from the monochrome display. Selecting
"Always Dual" will cause DLD386-VGA to always run in dual screen mode.

:FlipScreen
The Flip Screen Method is a fail-safe feature. In virtually all
cases, the "Instant" selection will suffice, but in some rare cases,
the combination of a given VGA with a particular system will result
in artifacts left on the display when doing a flip-screen back from
the text screen to the graphics screen. If this occurs on your system,
use the "Force Redraw" option.

:DispList
When an object is erased or moved, the "Remove" option causes its
vectors to be removed from the display and/or fast redraw list.
This may be substantially slower than the "Overwrite" option,
but it guarantees that the screen will be updated correctly. The
Overwrite option causes new erase vectors to be added to the display
lists, so the object will first be drawn, then erased, on screen
updates. See the section, "The Remove/Overwrite Option" in the manual
for more complete details. Disabling the display list will bring
AutoCAD 386 ZOOMs and PANs back to normal AutoCAD 386 speeds. Disabling
the fast redraw list will slow down REDRAWs substantially, but increase
PAN and ZOOM speeds by about 5%. Disabling both lists will make
DLD386-VGA behave like a "dumb" ADI 4.0 driver.

:BoardList
Hit F1 for a list of VGA cards from which to choose yours.

:BoardSelect
Choose a video card from this list. If the list does not include
your specific brand of VGA, you can either select the "Your own
BIOS" option, which will allow you to custom configure DLD386-VGA,
or you can call Panacea technical support at 603-437-5022 for the
type of card you should select.

:YourOwnBIOS
If your VGA card is not in the list of supported cards, you can
still set up DLD386-VGA to use it by telling this Setup program which
BIOS codes the the card uses. The BIOS codes can usually be found
in the manual which came with the VGA card.

:VGAResolutions
You must choose a resolution from the list of resolutions
supported by your VGA.

:ACADCustom
Not used

:ACADRegAX
This is typically where the mode select code goes. The mode MUST
correspond to the color mode (16 or 256 colors) you have chosen,
as indicated at the top of the active window. The mode select code
is generally the same as the mode number listed in your VGA manual
for a given resolution, with BX, CX, and DX all set to 0000. In
some rare cases, though, such as with Video Seven and Everex VGAs,
a special code is put into AX and the mode code goes into BX (see
help for BX).

:ACADRegBX
Most of the time this should be 0000. However, certain card
manufacturers (Most notably Video Seven and Everex) set a
special code in AX to indicate that the actual mode select
code goes into BX.

:ACADRegCXDX
No known VGA cards use these registers, and you should simply 
leave them set to 0000. They are provided so that if some
future VGA card uses them, DLD386-VGA will support them.

:ACADModeCode
If you put the BIOS code into AX, then select "AL". If you put the
code in to BX for Everex VGAs, select "AL". If you put the code
into BX for VIDEO-7, then select "BL". This is the register that
DLD-VGA must use to prevent the screen from clearing when changing
modes. Failure to do this correctly will result in the flip screen 
not working correctly in the "FAST" mode, but no harm will be done.
If you're not sure, pick "AL".

:ACADRes
Enter the resolution that your card will display in when it goes into
the mode specified above. Note that resolutions above 800x600 (namely
1024x768) will require the correct setting of the chip type (in the
next menu).

:ChipSelect16
If the AutoCAD 386 resolution you chose is 800x600 or less, AND the
AutoShade resolution you are about to chose is 320x200 or less,
then you can get away with selecting "GENERIC". Otherwise, you
must know the brand of VGA chip used in your VGA card. You can
find this information in the manual or by actually looking at the
card and locating the square, flat, black VGA controller chip.

:ChipSelect256
Unless you have chosen the 320x200 resolution, you MUST specify
the correct VGA chip type for your board. You can find this
information in the manual or by actually looking at the card and
locating the square, flat, black VGA controller chip.

:ShadeCustom
Not used.

:ShadeRegAX
This is typically where the mode select code goes. The mode MUST be
a 256 color mode, not 16, 4, or 2. If your VGA manual gives you a 
number, but doesn't tell you where to put it, it probably goes here, 
and you can leave BX, CX, and DX set to 0000. Some VGA's (Video Seven
and Everex) put a special code into AX and put the mode code into BX 
(see help for BX).

:ShadeRegBX
Most of the time this should be 0000. However, certain card
manufacturers (Most notably Video Seven and Everex) set a special
code in AX to indicate that the actual mode select code goes into BX.

:ShadeRegCXDX
No current VGA cards use these registers, and you should simply 
leave them set to 0000. They are provided so that if some future
VGA card uses them, DLD386-VGA will support them.

:ShadeRes
Enter the resolution that your card will display in when it goes into
the mode specified above. Note that resolutions above 320x200 will
require the correct setting of the chip type (in the previous menu).

:FontSize
Select the font size which you would like used in all the AutoCAD
drawing screen menus, including pull-downs and dialog boxes. The
8x8 font is rather small, so we recommend that you use either the
8x14 or 8x16 fonts. A large 12x24 font is available for resolutions
1024x768 or above.

:VGAColor
Specify whether you want to run AutoCAD in a 16 color mode, a 256
color mode, or CEG mode on your VGA. If your VGA does not support a
resolution of at least 640x400 in 256 colors (see your VGA owner's
manual), then you should select the "16 color driver" option,
otherwise you will end up with a very odd display. If your VGA
has an Edsun Labs CEG RAM/DAC, then you can select the CEG 
antialiasing driver. In any case, if you want to change the individual 
AutoCAD color assignments, run COLOR16.EXE for the 16 color 
configuration, COLOR256.EXE for the 256 color configuration, or 
COLORCEG.EXE for the CEG configuration.

:NtextLines
Specify the number of lines you desire for the AutoCAD text area at the
bottom of the AutoCAD graphics screen. This number must be between 1
and 10. If you do not want a text area, probably because you have a
dual screen configuration, then you must disable the text area during
the AutoCAD configuration of the display device.

:Sierra
If you have a Tseng Labs ET-4000 based board with the Sierra Semiconductor
SC1148x HiColor RAM/DAC, then you can select "Yes" and DLD386-VGA will 
render in 16 bits per pixel (32,768 colors) in AutoShade and 3D Studio.
If you are using the Everex Viewpoint HC, you must select either 
512x480 or 640x480 resolution. If you are using a board with the Tseng
Labs BIOS extensions, then any 256 color resolution from 640x350 up to
800x600 will work.

:PolySpeed
Drawing Solids, Wide Polylines, Donuts, and the like, requires a
slow method if other objects are going to overlay and obscure them.
If you do not draw objects on top of polygons, or do not care about
high quality antialiasing where polygons intersect, then choose FAST.
Otherwise, choose GOOD and things will run a bit slower but look
a lot nicer.

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