Radius MultiView 24 Release 1.03
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Overview
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The Adapter Interface (AI) is a software interface to the MultiView 24's
8514/A hardware compatibility.  It is compatible with the Adapter
Interface provided by IBM when the 8514/A was originally introduced.  Many
applications use this software interface instead of writing directly to
the 8514/A registers.  This is because IBM did not originally publish the
8514/A register specification, and the AI was the only way that
applications could communicate with the 8514/A at the time.  Check the
manuals for applications you will be using to see if they require the AI.
If your application writes directly to the 8514/A registers, it is not
necessary to load the 8514 AI.

The AI is a terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) program.  When loaded, it
uses approximately 24k bytes of system RAM.  It should be noted that the
AI offers only 8514 compatibility, i.e., applications using it will run
only in 8-bit color (256 colors), not 24-bit (16.777 million colors).


Files Included
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    README.COM     Utility for viewing README.TXT.
    README.TXT     This file.
    MV24AI.EXE     Radius MultiView 24 Adapter Interface.
    STAN0715.FNT   7x15 font.
    STAN0814.FNT   8x14 font.
    STAN1220.FNT   12x20 font.


Note that some applications may expect to find the AI and its fonts in the
HDIPCDOS directory.  This is a carryover from the original IBM 8514/A AI,
which was installed into the HDIPCDOS directory by default.  The MultiView
24 AI and its fonts are installed into the same directory as the other
MultiView 24 utilities and drivers, C:\MV24 by default, so applications
that look for the HDIPCDOS directory will not find it.  If you get an
error message from an application stating that it cannot find the HDIPCDOS
directory, you will need to create the HDIPCDOS directory and copy the AI
and its fonts to this directory.  For example, to copy the fonts and the
AI from the MV24 directory, at the DOS prompt, type:

    C:
    CD \
    MD HDIPCDOS
    CD HDIPCDOS
    COPY C:\MV24\MV24AI.EXE
    COPY C:\MV24\STAN*.FNT

This example assumes that you have installed the utilities and drivers
into the C:\MV24 directory.  If you specified a different drive and/or
directory at installation time, substitute that drive and directory for
C:\MV24.

