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- Product Support July 19, 1993
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- Microsoft's MS-DOS(R) version 6.0 and Autodesk Products
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- Microsoft's release 6.0 of the Disk Operating System, (MS-DOS 6.0)
- offers several significant advantages for Autodesk customers. MS-DOS 6.0
- contains advanced memory management tools and an assortment of useful
- utilities. All Autodesk products work properly with MS-DOS 6.0.
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- AutoCAD Release 12
- No modifications are necessary for AutoCAD R12 to run with
- MS-DOS 6.0.
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- AutoCAD Release 11c2
- Customers using the MemMaker feature of MS-DOS 6.0 should specify
- that they have applications requiring expanded memory. MemMaker defaults
- by configuring EMM386.EXE for NOEMS, which will cause AutoCAD R11c2 to
- launch with the Phar Lap error 35: "CPU is in Virtual 8086 mode".
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- Note: Earlier versions of AutoCAD Release 11 are linked with Phar Lap
- 386|DOS-Extender 2.2b. Use NEWDX.EXE to update the Phar Lap extender to
- version 2.6.
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- AutoCAD Release 11 - 286
- AutoCAD for 286 machines will take full advantage of the additional
- base memory freed by MS-DOS 6.0 by running DOS in the High Memory Area.
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- AutoCAD Release 10c10a
- AutoCAD Release 10c10a is linked with Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender
- 2.2b. Use NEWDX.EXE to update the Phar Lap extender to version 2.6.
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- If the Phar Lap extender has been updated to version 2.6, customers
- should specify that they have applications requiring expanded memory
- when using the MemMaker feature of MS-DOS 6.0. MemMaker defaults by
- configuring EMM386.EXE for NOEMS, which will cause AutoCAD R10c10a to launch
- with the Phar Lap error 35: "CPU is in Virtual 8086 mode".
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- AutoCAD Release 10c7
- AutoCAD for 286 machines will take full advantage of the additional
- base memory freed by MS-DOS 6.0.
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- Customers using HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE on 80386 machines through
- MemMaker should specify that they have applications requiring expanded memory.
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- Extended AutoLISP will not work with SMARTDRV loaded.
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- AutoShade 2.1 with RenderMan
- AutoShade 2.1 with RenderMan is linked with Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender
- 2.2b. Customers should specify that they have applications requiring
- expanded memory when using the MemMaker feature of MS-DOS 6.0. MemMaker
- defaults by configuring EMM386.EXE for NOEMS, which will cause AutoShade to
- launch with the Phar Lap error 35: "CPU is in Virtual 8086 mode".
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- AutoShade 2.0
- AutoShade 2.0 will take full advantage of the additional base memory
- freed by MS-DOS 6.0.
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- Animator Pro
- Animator Pro is linked with Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender 2.2b. Do not
- use the EMM386.EXE device driver with Animator Pro.
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- 3D Studio Release 2
- 3D Studio is linked with Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender 2.6. Do not use
- the EMM386.EXE device driver with 3D Studio.
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- 3D Studio Release 1
- 3D Studio is linked with Phar Lap 386|DOS-Extender 2.2b. Do not use
- the EMM386.EXE device driver with 3D Studio.
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- James Gleick's CHAOS: The Software
- As with MS-DOS 5.0, it is necessary to load the metashel program
- using the MS-DOS utility loadfix. Edit the CHAOS.BAT with an ASCII text
- editor. Change the line containing "metashel /i" to "loadfix metashel /i".
- See the MS-DOS 6.0 User's Guide for more information on the loadfix utility.
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- CA Lab
- CA Lab will take full advantage of the additional base memory freed
- by MS-DOS 6.0.
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- Multimedia Explorer
- Autodesk Animator and Multimedia Explorer will take full advantage
- of the additional base memory freed by MS-DOS 6.0.
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- Notes: NEWDX.EXE is a patch for the AutoCAD executable file which can be
- downloaded from the Autodesk Global Village Bulletin Board (phone:
- (415) 289-2270) or from CompuServe.
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- Customers using the DoubleSpace feature of MS-DOS 6.0 should direct
- Autodesk products' temporary and swap files to a non-compressed disk
- partition.
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- Autodesk Trademarks
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- The following are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.: Autodesk, the
- Autodesk logo, AutoCAD, AutoLISP, AutoShade, and 3D Studio.
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- The following are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.: Animator Pro, CA Lab, James
- Gleick's CHAOS: The Software, Multimedia Explorer.
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- Third-Party Trademarks
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- RenderMan is a registered trademark of Pixar used by Autodesk under license
- from Pixar.
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- MS-DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft
- Corporation.
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- All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
- of their respective holders.
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- Program Credits
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- AutoCAD 386 incorporates licensed, run-time versions of 386|DOS-Extender
- and 386|VMM from Phar Lap Software, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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