SCREEN MACHINE II C-API
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Release 2.0 (Beta) for Linux (Kernel Version 1.2.12)
19. February 1996
Added support for almost all consumer ///FAST boards


URGENT REQUEST !!!
******************
Our strict time frame only allows to fix bugs, which are reported
till February 20th. After that we can't promise a certain time
schedule on which we might be able to post fixes.

Means:  TEST IT TODAY


Supported Boards
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ScreenMachineII Version 1.X (Not tested but should work, if not
  use release 1.3)	
ScreenMachineII Version 2.X (Tested)
MovieMachine (Not tested, but should work, no saving and displaying
  of images)
MovieMachinePRO (Not tested, but should work, no saving and displaying
  of images)
FPS60 (Does not work yet, will be fixed for final release)
MovieMachineII (Does not work yet, will be fixed for final release) 


Planned Features
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Beta - None (Except support for ScreenMachineII Version 2.X)
Final - Video out capabilities of MovieMachinePRO and MovieMachine II.

We have no plans to support the JPEG or MPEG options yet. If there is enough 
demand, we might do it. 

ELF version of driver.


Release 1.3 for Linux (Kernel Version 1.2.12) - 24. November 1995
New module with version information. The module now loads in 1.x.x kernels.


Release 1.2 for Linux (Kernel Version 1.1.62) - 1. August 1995
Added tuner support.

Release 1.1 for Linux (Kernel Version 1.1.62) - 10. Oktober 1994
- Fixed bug in read image that causes a 64 byte offset
- Fixed problems with some systems I/O port access. 


CONTENTS
This package contains a C-API for the FAST Screen Machine II live video overlay boards.

  ../afc_tables/    tables for tv-tuner option
  ../bin/           compiled example and tiff lib
  ../doc/           online documentation
  ../Driver/        the Screen Machine II driver
  ../Examples/      source example
  ../include/       .h files
  ../lib/           library
  README
  RELEASE_NOTES

INSTALLATION
We assume that you got a floppy disk or the files from ftp decompressed.

Floppy Disk/ftp archive (may be you have to become root)
 - mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0H1440 /mnt
   Now you will find a /mnt directory with the above described structure.
 - Copy the contents of the floppy/ftp archive into the appropriate
   directories on your system.
 - Load the driver:                  insmod Driver/smii_module
   Hint: You can add this line to your rc.local script 
 - To remove driver:                 rmmod smii_module
 - To check if driver is present:    lsmod
 - Make a device entry 				 mknod /dev/smii c 40 0
 - or use the configure utility to rebuild the driver
   Note: You have to use the same major number as used in the module.
         (Take a look in Space.c)
 - use ranlib on the library
 - Test it with smp

If you need to change the major number refer to the REDAME in
the Driver directory. If you need the driver for a different
kernel version than 1.1.62 refer to the README in the Driver
directory.


NOTE:  This is a free version of the commercial Screen Machine II API.
       But that does not mean that we post the source:  NO SOURCE !!!

       We also can't replay on each single e-mail, please post to the
	   Linux news groups. May be we will post an answer there, but we
	   won't give specific support for the free release.


LICENSE
Please refer to the supplied documents for copyright and license agreement.

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