This is release 1.1 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.  WHAT'S NEW
III. DOCUMENTATION CHANGES
IV.  KNOWN BUGS
V.   NOTES REGARDING THIS RELEASE
VI.  PACKING LIST
VII. 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 get
a chance to run.

II. WHAT'S NEW

Several substantive changes have been made to the product, so you should
uninstall the previous version and then reinstall this version. To uninstall
PC911, run UNINSTAL.EXE from the installation disk. Then follow the 
instructions in section I above to install the new version.

Here is a summary of what's new in this version:

1. PC911 now automatically backs up changes to WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI along
with AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. This way, your PC's configuration can be
restored with far greater ease and all these files will be in synch. You can,
however, chose to turn off this option - see the next point.

2. The User Preferences screen has been modified to allow you to specify
where Windows is installed and whether or not WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI
should be tracked by PC911 along with AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. If the
INI files change every time you boot up, and you are bothered by being 
prompted for a description each time, you may choose one of the following:
	
	a. Turn off "Prompt for Desc if configuration has changed" in
	   User Preferences. PC911 will backup all four files, but won't
	   prompt you for a description.
	
	b. Turn off the "Process  Windows File" option in User Preferences.
	   PC911 will then prompt for a description if AUTOEXEC.BAT or
	   CONFIG.SYS have changed, and will ignore changes in the INI files.
	   
	c. In addition to (b) above, define WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI as user   
	   files. PC911 will backup changes to these and any other user files
	   without prompting for a description.
	   
3. There is no USERFILE.DAT that is included with PC911 now. This file
specifies user files that should be automatically tracked by PC911 and used
to define C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI. Since these are automatically
backed up by PC911 along with AUTOEXEC.BAT, the USERFILE.DAT is empty when
shipped. You may define new user files by using the User Files button in
User Preferences.

4. An UNDO feature has been added. If PC911 detects a change in the Boot
record, Partition Table, or CMOS when you boot up with the Emergency Disk, 
you can use PC911 to restore the backup values that are on the Emergency
Disk. This should rectify any problem you might have had (which is why
the parameter should have been modified). However, should restoring a 
backup value ever cause problems, you can run the UNDO.EXE program that is
on the Emergency Disk. UNDO will then prompt for confirmation and will
restore the settings that existed before PC911 changed them.

5. Several minor bugs that were detected in the previous version have been
fixed. Some of the key ones were:
	- In some cases, PC911 hung while detecting the math co-processor.
	- In some cases a 486 CPU was misidentified as a Pentium.
	
Please contact CyberMedia at (310) 843-0121 if you have any problems.

III. 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.

2. The changes described in Section II above are not incorporated into the
documentation yet.

IV. KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

This section describes known bugs in the product as of this release.

Supported System Software 

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 
with 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.


Cards/devices

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 may 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. However, rebooting the PC restored the COMM port and
solved the problem. We have not been able to replicate 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.

6. We have received one report that when PC911 -m is run using a DOS Shell
from within Windows, the mouse may lock up under some conditions. We are
investigating this.

V. NOTES REGARDING THIS RELEASE

This section describes special notes on using PC911 and features we are
working on to include in future releases of PC911.

1. PC911 can be run has two main options: 
    a. Without any parameters, i.e., as PC911 
    b. With the parameter  -m, i.e., as PC911 -m (note the space after PC911).

To run "PC911" or "PC911 -m" from Windows, select Run from the File menu
in Program Manager and enter C:\911 or C:\911 -m. You can also set up a 
PIF file and an icon in Windows so that you just double-click on it to start
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
UNDO.EXE                Program to undo changes to critical parameters 

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!
