This is the READ.ME file for v1.2 of PMADI-VGA(tm), a FreeWare Protected Mode ADI Driver for AutoCAD Release 10/386 and Release 11. Please read it before running the software. Copyright (c) 1990-91 Panacea Inc. - All Rights Reserved ============================================================================= | NOTE ABOUT DISTRIBUTION OF THIS SOFTWARE: | | | | PMADI.EXE is an archive containing a FreeWare Protected Mode ADI 4.0/4.1 | | ADI driver for all known Super VGAs. PMADI.EXE may be freely distributed | | in any fashion whatsoever, providing not more than $5.00 is charged for | | it, and that the archive contents are not modified in any form or fashion.| | The individual files contained in PMADI.EXE may not be distributed by | | themselves. | ============================================================================= INSTALLATION: ============= Expand PMADI.EXE into its own directory. QUICK SETUP =========== 1. Run ADISETUP to configure the driver. Help is available at every step by pressing the (?) key. This produces INITADI.BAT, and a data file which contains your setup information. 2. Run either COLOR16.EXE, COLOR256.EXE, or COLORCEG.EXE depending on whether you are running the 16 color, 256 color, or CEG version of PMADI driver. This utility allows you to customize your screen colors. It creates a file called ADICOLOR.DAT which contains your customized palette. Help is available by pressing the ? key. Please note that if you want drawing colors that look like the standard VGA driver for AutoCAD, you may want to use the "V)ga" option in the color configuration software. 3. Run INITADI to set the required environment variables. This step will need to be repeated everytime you reboot your system, prior to running AutoCAD. 4. Configure AutoCAD to use a P386 Display Driver. This is done by selected #3, "Configure Acad", from the AutoCAD main menu, and then selecting #5, "Display Device". 5. You are now ready to go. PMADI Commands ============ Just type "ADIHELP" at any AutoCAD prompt for a brief summary of all PMADI commands. Analog Devices/Edsun CEG Support ================================ This version of PMADI-VGA supports any VGA board with a CEG RAM/DAC. If you select CEG mode, then be sure to run COLORCEG.EXE to configure your AutoCAD colors. Other Panacea Products ====================== Panacea Inc., the world's leading developer of Autodesk display drivers, offers drivers for all Autodesk and Autodesk Multimedia products. Panacea's Display List Drivers have received the CADalyst Highly Recommended 1991 rating, and have been liberally specified as part of CADalyst's 1991 Dream Systems. DLD Classic =========== Our DLD Classic line of AutoCAD display list drivers have become an industry standard. DLD Classic real mode ADI 4.0 drivers are available for EGA, VGA, 8514/A, TIGA, Weitek W5X86, and XGA graphics platforms, and support AutoCAD R10, R10/386, R11, AutoShade 1.X, and AutoSketch. DLD386 Classic are protected mode drivers geared specifically towards users of AutoCAD 386/R11, and are available for the same six graphics platforms that the real mode DLD products support. DLD386 drivers are protected-mode P386 ADI 4.1 drivers that run in 80386 protected mode, and provide a sizeable performance improvement in the operation of AutoCAD 386's REDRAWs, PANs, and ZOOMs. They also support AutoShade 2.0 with RenderMan and 3D Studio. In addition, VGA boards with the Sierra HiColor RAM/DAC can render at a near true color 32,768 colors. The retail prices for the various Panacea DLD Classic products is as follows: DLD-EGA $69 DLD386-EGA $119 Supports all EGAs and Super EGAs at resolutions from 640x350 to 800x600. DLD-VGA $99 DLD386-VGA $149 Supports all VGAs and Super VGAs at resolutions from 320x200 to 1024x768. DLD-W5X86 $99 DLD386-W5X86 $149 Supports all Weitek W5086 based graphics boards at resolutions up to 1024x768. DLD-8514/A $149 DLD386-8514/A $199 Supports all 100% IBM register compatible 8514/A graphics boards. DLD-TIGA $149 DLD386-TIGA $199 Supports all TIGA based TI 34010 or TI 34020 graphics boards at any resolution supported by the board (DLD386-TIGA requires TIGA v2.0). DLD386-XGA $199 Supports all 100% IBM register compatible XGAs. DLD Deluxe ========== If you want something more than just fast pans, zooms, and redraws, then DLD Deluxe is the answer for you. Its features include the Big Picture (tm), Panacea's answer to a Bird's Eye View. Only a button press away, the Big Picture is always available for your use in the current viewport. If you switch viewports, then the Big Picture follows you right along. DLD Deluxe also features user definable pop up menus to let you quickly get at your favorite commands and real time panning to let you pan in any direction by simply leaving the cursor near the edge you want to pan towards. DLD Deluxe also lets you configure your digitizer buttons for even faster access to AutoCAD commands. You can invoke any AutoCAD, AutoLisp, or DLD command by a long click or double click on the specified digitizer button. In addition to the graphics platforms supported by our Classic DLDs, the Deluxe DLDs also support any graphics board based on the S3 86C911 graphics coprocessor, and pricing is equivalent to the 8514/A and TIGA versions of our DLDs. Deluxe DLDs are priced at just $100 more than the Classic DLDs, and Panacea offers special pricing on board specific versions of the Deluxe software. For example, a DLD386Deluxe-VGA specifically for Diamond SpeedSTAR VGAs is only $125, while ATI and Focus versions are $149, and Orchid and STB versions cost a mere $175. Call for special upgrade pricing if you already own a Panacea DLD. PanaRender ========== If you use AutoShade 2.0 or 3D Studio, you know that your display options are rather limited. But, with Panacea's new PanaRender driver, you can get the most out of your graphics card and 3D Studio and AutoShade 2 w/RenderMan. PanaRender lets you render in a vivid 256 colors, at any resolution your graphics board supports. PanaRender will even support some boards with 32,768 or 65,536 colors! PanaRender is available in four flavors: VGA, 8514/A, TIGA, and XGA. Each version is only $49. PanaMate ======== Don't settle for 320x200 resolution in Animator Pro. PanaMate is your resolution solution. It supports the highest resolution available on your graphics board to let you get the most out of Animator Pro. PanaMate is only $79. WinSpeed ======== Looking for better Microsoft Windows performance? You may want to check out our WinSpeed software, which for only $79 can provide you with as much as a 5x performance graphics display improvement under Windows on your SuperVGA graphics board. Attention Graphics Board Companies: =================================== If your board is not listed in the ADISETUP program, contact Panacea for information on how to get your board added to the list. Site licenses are also available for quantities of 4 or more Panacea products. Panacea products can be ordered through your local dealer. For more information on these products and the name of a dealer near you, call Panacea sales at 800-729-7420. Please note that this number is only for sales calls. PM-ADI is an unsupported product, but Panacea would be glad to upgrade to a DLD product, with full support. Call for further details. Questions, comments, etc., can be addressed to: Panacea Inc. Post Office Square 24 Orchard View Drive Londonderry, New Hampshire 03053 Voice: (603) 437-5022 Fax: (603) 434-2461