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                 Video Blaster FS200 LATEST INFORMATION
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This  file  contains information not available during the printing  of
the  manual.  Please read all the sections before you proceed with any
installation procedure.


This file contains the following sections:

     1.   Software Installation
     2.   Changes to FS200ENV.EXE.
     3.   Chromakey test with FS200TST.
     4.   Setting up for different DOS modes with FS200SET.


1.   SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

     The   installation   program,  INSTALL.EXE   will   modify   your
     AUTOEXEC.BAT  file.  If you have Microsoft Windows 3.1  installed
     in  your  system, you can optionally select to modify WIN.INI  to
     include  the  command to setup the drivers and  applications  for
     Video  Blaster  FS200 the next time you start up  Windows.   Your
     original files will be renamed with a .B~K extension.
     
     The procedure for installation is as follows.
     
     a.   Run  the  program INSTALL.EXE from DOS prompt.  This program
          can be found on Disk #1.
     
     b.   Select  "Begin Installation" and follow the instructions  on
          the screen.
     
     c.   Quit    the   installation   program   when   it   completes
          successfully.
     
     d.   REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM.
     
     e.   You  may proceed to test your Video Blaster FS200 card  with
          the program FS200TST.EXE located in the \VBFS200 directory.
     
          If  you allowed the installation program to add a command to
          your  WIN.INI, the program WINSETUP.EXE will be run the next
          time  you  start up Windows.  Optionally you may follow  the
          following steps to run WINSETUP.EXE.
          
          i.   Start Microsoft Windows 3.1.
          
          ii.  From the FILE menu in Program Manager, choose RUN.
          
          iii. Type  "C:\VBFS200\WINSETUP"  and press  ENTER, assuming
               that you  installed  Video Blaster FS200  software onto
               drive C.
          
          iv.  Follow  the instructions on the screen to complete  the
               installation.
          

2.   CHANGES TO FS200ENV.
     
     FS200ENV  has  been enhanced to make it more responsive  to  your
     system.   The  following are changes to FS200ENV  which  are  not
     reflected in the manual:
     
     a)   When  you  select  another  port  address  for  use  by  the
          Video  Blaster FS200, you can choose to view the jumpers  to
          set for that port address.  (The manual also has a table  of
          the jumper settings.)
     
     b)   When  you choose a frame buffer address, FS200ENV will check
          that  the  region is OK for use by the Video Blaster  FS200.
          It will then warn you if:
          
          i)   there   are   any   RAM  conflicts  (possibly   another
               peripheral device); or
          ii)  the  memory  region is already in use by  an  expanded-
               memory manager (e.g. EMM386 or QEMM386).
          
          Note, however, that this check may cause your system to hang
          if  there should be conflict with some device or your memory
          manager.
          
     c)   If    you   use   the   expanded-memory   region   for   the
          Video Blaster FS200, FS200ENV will automatically attempt  to
          update your SYSTEM.INI to add a "EMMExclude=" statement into
          it.  This statement will inform Windows that the memory will
          be used by the Video Blaster FS200.
     
          FS200ENV will prompt you for the path where Windows  may  be
          found  before processing the SYSTEM.INI file.  The  original
          SYSTEM.INI will be renamed to SYSTEM.B~K.
     
     
3.   CHROMAKEY TEST WITH FS200TST.

     The  user  manual  has  inadvertently left out  a  more  detailed
     description on what to expect when running the Chroma Keying test
     in FS200TST.
     
     When  running the test, you will see several horizontal bands  of
     colors  which  are drawn into the frame buffer.  The chromakeying
     test  will  be selecting one of those bands to key  to.   If  the
     keying  is successful, you will see the white words "Chroma  Key"
     on a blue background in place of the color band.


4.   SETTING UP FOR DIFFERENT DOS MODES WITH FS200SET.

     By default, FS200SET sets up the video alignment for the standard
     VGA  640x480x16 colors mode.  It can also be run to  set  up  the
     alignment for a few other common VGA modes.  These modes are:
     
     a)   Text mode (80x25 columns)
     b)   640x480x256 colors
     c)   800x600x16 colors
     d)   800x600x256 colors
     
     To  set  up  the  video  alignment in one of  these  modes,  type
     FS200SET  <parameter>   at  the command line,  where  <parameter>
     should be one of the following:
     
     /T   for 80x25 columns text mode
     /G0  for 640x480x16 colors (the default mode)
     /G1  640x480x256 colors
     /G2  800x600x16 colors
     /G3  800x600x256 colors
     
     For example, to set up for 800x600x256 colors, type the following
     at the DOS command line:
     
          FS200SET /G3
     
     Note that the same set of alignment values are used under DOS and
     Windows,  so  if  you have set up the video alignment  using  the
     Video Blaster FS200 Setup Windows program, you need not set it up
     again under DOS.

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