This is release 1.0 of PC911 from CyberMedia.  This file contains any
last minute updates to the documentation which accompanies the product.
In addition it also documents any known bugs in the product at the time
it was shipped.  

The main sections in this document are:

I.   INSTALLATION
II.  DOCUMENTATION CHANGES
III. SPECIAL NOTES REGARDING THIS RELEASE
V.   PACKING LIST
VI.  CONTACTING CYBERMEDIA


I. INSTALLATION

To install the product run the program PC911.EXE program from the floppy disk.
That is, at the DOS prompt: 
    1. Insert the disk in drive A or B.
    2. Change to the appropriate drive --       C:\> cd A:
    3. Run PC911                                A:\> PC911
    
Before beginning the installation, format a disk in drive A and keep this
handy. PC911 will require this to the create Emergency Disk for your PC.

If you start Windows or a menu program from AUTOEXEC.BAT, then you should 
move the line invoking PC911 to before starting Windows or the menu program.
Otherwise PC911 will run when you exit Windows or the menu program. Should
you turn off the PC from Windows or the menu program, PC911 will never run
at boot time.

If you cancel the installation midway because you do not have a formatted
diskette ready, then please run UNINSTAL before reinstalling PC911. 

The installation process is very simple. PC911 will prompt you in plain
language for information it needs. When you are done with the installation
please test the Emergency Disk by rebooting with it to make sure it does
work.  If you have any problems installing PC911, please contact CyberMedia
Technical Support at (310) 843-0121.


II. DOCUMENTATION CHANGES

This section describes areas where the PC911 Users Guide is not consistent
with the user interface for PC911.


1. 911.BAT file
The documentation does not describe a batch file, C:\911.BAT, that PC911
creates.

We don't modify the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, so to
run PC911, you must either change to the installation drive and directory
(e.g., I:\PC911), and run it from there or modify the PATH statement. PC911
is always installed on the uncompressed boot drive, which may not be C if you
run disk compression software.

We've created a batch file, C:\911.BAT that you may find useful. With this, 
you can start PC911 from any drive or directory (if C:\ is in your PATH). To
do so, simply type in "911" or "911 -m" at any DOS prompt. If C:\ is not in
the PATH, then run C:\911 or C:\911 -m.


IV. NOTES REGARDING THIS RELEASE

This section describes special notes regarding this version of PC911.

System Software Issues

1. PC911 has not been tested with DR-DOS 6.0. We have received a report that
PC911 did not install successfully on a PC with DR-DOS 6.0. PC911 does not
damage or corrupt data on your PC in any way, so it is entirely safe even 
if you try to install it on DR-DOS 6.0.

2. PC911 has been tested with all versions of Double Space, Drive Space and
Stacker disk compression software and it automatically backs up and restores
the files needed for these. This release may not back up the drivers and
programs associated with other disk compression software, such as AddStor.
Please let us know if you are using other disk compression software and we
will try to include support for these in the next release.

3. On some laptops, PC911's System Information screen reports the CPU type 
as a Pentium, even though a 486 is actually present.

4. PC911 is designed to detect changes in CMOS settings and report changes in
these. On some PCs running AMI BIOS, the CMOS settings change
depending on whether the PC is booted up from the hard disk or the floppy
disk. PC911 may, therefore, report a change in CMOS when it is booted up
with the Emergency Disk. Just select <Ignore> and proceed.



Card detection

In general, automatic card detection is a tricky process. While we have taken
precautions to avoid problems and have tested the features throughly, you
should be aware that PC911 cannot detect every type of card and that you may
encounter some issues.

1. In some cases, PC911 may hang while detecting cards. It keeps an internal 
log of the type of card being detected and knows whether the operation was
successful or not. If PC911 locks up, just reboot the PC. PC911 knows
which routine caused the problem and will suggest that this be bypassed in 
the future.

2. The Cards/Devices option in PC911 does not detect all available cards and
devices. You can add information about these using the buttons provided (New
card, Edit, etc.). In particular, PC911 does not detect printers and some
high speed modems (e.g., Telebit T3000).

3. In some cases, PC911 may incorrectly report the presence of a card which
is not installed in the PC.  For instance, in some rare cases, it may
indicate that it has found a Sound card when none is installed. If this
happens, and you know you don't have that type of card installed, then select
the <Options> buttons on the Cards screen and turn off detection for that
type of card.

Whenever PC911 does detect a card and the card is indeed present, the detected
settings will be accurate.

4. We received one report that running the Card Detection routine disabled 
a COMM port. Rebooting the PC should restore the COMM port and solve the
problem. 

5. We are continually expanding the list of cards that PC911 can detect.  If
you are using a popular card that you would like PC911 to support, just drop
us a note or call us about it. We will try and include support for it in the
next release of PC911.



PACKING LIST

The package that the product came in should contain the following items:

  1 User manual entitled "PC911 Users Guide".
  1 Quick Start Guide
  1 User Registration Card.
  1 Envelope containing one 3.5" disk (labeled  "PC911 Installation Disk.")
   
The envelope containing the disks should have a license agreement printed on
the outside.  Please read this agreement and make sure you agree with it
before opening the envelope. 


FILES ON THE FLOPPY DISKS

The following files should be present on the installation disk:

PC911.EXE               PC911 executable. Run this to install PC911.
PC911.MSG               Data file required by PC911
PC911.CFG               Data file required by PC911
PC911CFG.ORG                    Data file required by PC911
PC911ST.EXE             Installation file required by PC911
UNINSTAL.EXE            Program to uninstall PC911
USERFILE.DAT            Specifies user files to be backed up

README.TXT              This file
QUIKSTRT.TXT            Instruction manual (Quick Start Guide) 
EXPLAIN.TXT             An explanation of PC911's features


VI. CONTACTING CYBERMEDIA

For technical support, please call (310) 843-0121. 

We hope you like this product. Do let us know!
