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        | README file for
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        | BRDINFO.EXE version 1.05
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        | Copyright (c) 1998 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
        |
        | ELSA AG                  Internet   : http://www.elsa.de
        | Sonnenweg 11             LocalWeb   : +49-(0)241-938800
        | D-52070 Aachen             
        |
        | ELSA Inc.                Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 2231 Calle De Luna         
        | Santa Clara, CA 95054
        | USA
        |
        | ELSA Asia Inc.           Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5     
        | Nanking East Road
        | Taipei 105
        | Taiwan, R. O. C.
        |
        | 12/03/1998, GCopoix / AKiefer


        Table Of Contents

        1.      Overview
        2.      Disk/CD Contents
        3.      Usage Notes
        4.      Notes
        5.      Bugfixes & Changes


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1.      Overview

        BRDINFO.EXE is a utility to identify your ELSA graphics
        board(s).

        The following informations will be shown:
        - Name of your ELSA graphics board
        - BIOS version
        - Amount of VGA memory (if seperate VGA controller)
        - Amount of graphics memory (framebuffer and localbuffer 
          (if installed))
        - informations about the graphic controller


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2.      Disk/CD Contents

        The program disk/CD contains the following files:

        BRDINFO.EXE     the executable program
        DOS4GW.EXE      DOS extender used by BRDINFO.EXE
        README.TXT      this text file, including notes on the
                        current program release
        LIESMICH.TXT    German version of the text you are
                        currently reading
        4MB.BAT         Sample batch file to check if your graphics
                        board has at least 4MB framebuffer memory


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3.      Usage Notes

3.1     Standard informations about your ELSA graphics board

        If you start BRDINFO.EXE from DOS without any parameters
        you get the basic informations about your ELSA graphics
        board:

        BRDINFO.EXE

        If you e.g. have an ELSA VICTORY Erazor in your system, you
        will get the following output:

        Board #0: ELSA VICTORY Erazor PCI

                  BIOS Version  : 1.54.04
                  Memory        : 4 MB Framebuffer


        You get the name of your ELSA graphics board, the BIOS
        version and the amount of framebuffer memory.

3.2     Detailed informations about your ELSA graphics board

        If you want some more detailed Informations about your
        ELSA graphics board, just call BRDINFO.EXE with the
        parameter -detail :

        BRDINFO.EXE -detail

        The program BRDINFO.EXE shows some more informations:

        Board #0: ELSA VICTORY Erazor PCI

                  BIOS Version    : 1.54.04
                  Graphics-Memory : 4 MB Framebuffer
                  Controller      : NVIDIA RIVA128

        The more detailed informations are:
        - Informations about the graphic controllers
          (e.g. NVIDIA RIVA128)
        - Informations about the localbuffer memory
          (Localbuffer is memory the graphics controller uses for
          its own data, e.g. z-buffer data. The RIVA128 does not
          support localbuffer memory)

        If you e.g. have an ELSA GLoria-XXL in your system, you
        will get e.g. the following output:

        Board #1: ELSA GLoria-XXL AGP

                  BIOS Version    : 8.03.00
                  VGA-Memory      : 2 MB
                  Graphics-Memory : 16 MB Framebuffer
                                    16 MB Localbuffer
                  Controller      : GLINT Gamma
                                    GLINT MX


3.3     Command line parameters

        BRDINFO.EXE -help

        with this option you get a list of all supported command
        line options.

        BRDINFO.EXE -b 1

        If you have more than one ELSA graphics board in your
        system, you can access them by the option
        -b <board number>. Your boot board will always be board #0
        and will be accessed without the parameter -b.
        If you want to access non ELSA or non existing graphics
        boards, youll get an error ('Unsupported boardcode' or
        'no board to work with')

        BRDINFO.EXE -rc

        With this option BRDINFO.EXE returns the amount of
        framebuffer memory to the DOS ERRORLEVEL. If you e.g. have
        an ELSA graphics board with 4MB framebuffer memory and call
        BRDINFO.EXE -rc the program will set ERRORLEVEL to 4.
        You find a sample batchfile named 4MB.BAT in this directory
        which tests if your ELSA graphics board has at least
        4MB framebuffer memory.

        BRDINFO.EXE -quiet

        With this option all outputs will be supressed. This option
        is only useful together with the -rc option.


3.4     Errorlevel

        If you start BRDINFO.EXE with the -rc option the amount of
        graphics memory will be returned to DOS Errorlevel.
        If BRDINFO.EXE detects an error it will return an
        DOS Errorlevel >= 64.


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4.      Notes

4.1     Windows DOS-boxes, OS/2

        Please note that the program BRDINFO.EXE doesn't work in a
        Windows (NT) DOS-box or under OS/2.
        You have to boot a DOS system.


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5.      Bugfixes & Changes

5.1     added several new boards (ERAZOR II, Victory II, ...)
