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                Video Blaster MP400 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.   Acknowledgement to (c) Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.
          1994  for the test clip used in this package
     2.   Network driver hangs with Video Blaster MP400 card
          installed.
     3.   The default interrupt of card is changed to 10
     4.   The Pass Through Audio test has been removed from
          MP400TST.EXE
     5.   VideoCD not playing properly on certain systems with EMM386.

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1.   Acknowledgement to (c) Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994
for the test clip used in this package

The test clip used in this installation software is created by Roger
Goldingay and copyright in the said clip belongs to (c) Aris
Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994 and use of the clip is by their
kind courtesy.

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2. Network driver hangs with Video Blaster MP400 card installed

This is because the card is not properly initialised upon boot up.
This problem will only occur on certain systems.
Do not boot up the system with any network drivers. Install the Video
Blaster MP400 software.

You will have to run MP400INI before running the network driver
concerned.

You can also run MP400INI from your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, before running
the network driver concerned. But the MP400INI command must be placed
after the SET VIDEOBLST_MP400 statement.

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3.   The default interrupt of card is changed to 10

The default interrupt of the MP400 card is changed from 15 to 10. This
may not be reflected in your manual.

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4. The Pass Through Audio test has been removed from MP400TST.EXE

Due to the redundancy of the test which is similar in functionality to
the Audio Memory Decoding test, we have decided to remove the Pass
Through Audio test.

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5.   VideoCD not playing properly on certain systems with EMM386.

On certain systems using the EMM386.EXE utility supplied with DOS, playing
VideoCD titles (VideoCD 1.1, VideoCD 2.0, Karaoke CD, CDI) using the Windows
CTMPEG.EXE application will result in failure with an error message.

This may be due to the presence of the NOEMS switch in the EMM386 driver.
To get around the problem, edit the CONFIG.SYS and change the NOEMS keyword
on the EMM386 line to RAM.  For example:

   OLD:       Device=c:\dos\emm386.exe noems
   NEW:       Device=c:\dos\emm386.exe ram


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