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Troubleshooting Guide ....................Document D:  various CAD programs
                                                             Revision 02.97
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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: dual-screen configuration - secondary board 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
         
   Viper: error message "System Fault: Bad memory access. MDL     !.D9.D10  
   abort in panastn.mc at 303" during MicroStation start?          .D11      
    

Various CAD configurations
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Answers
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D1  All drivers for our V7 series 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  Make sure that, in a dual-screen installation, the environment variable 
    MSPEAPM refers to the first board with the VGA BIOS active. For PCI, 
    the board in the first PCI slot must be defined as "left" board.

D3  After a system reset call the file V7VMODE.

D4  This entry exists for historical reasons and can be ignored for 
    Diamond boards.

D5  GDCINI.DAT only exists for Graphiti boards. Diamond boards do not
    require GDCINI.DAT. The BigMicro driver searches for GDCINI.DAT
    by 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.

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

D8  Consult the manual or Bigmicro.doc file. 
   
D9  Insert the following in the first line of AUTOEXEC.BAT:
    SET VIPERPATH=C:\VIPER
    
D10 Run VPRMODE.EXE (version 2.04 or higher).

D11 Delete EMM386.EXE from CONFIG.SYS

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