I am getting this error from DOS stating: CANNOT FIND THE SVADI SUPER VGA ADI 4.2 - by AutoDesk Display Driver...
I searched the web and was able to find SVADI 4.0 but it doesn't seem to work. Does anybody know where I can find SVADI 4.2 and how to use it? My understanding is this is just a way for AutoCAD to communicate with VESA in order to use your display adapter's features.
Hi, ADI stands for Autodesk Device Interface and was the external graphics driver for AutoSketch/-CAD on DOS.
I'm not sure if SVADI supports VESA VBE, though (it says Super VGA).
Maybe you can get it to work in DOSBox* or PCem/86Box ?
- They offer various SVGA graphics chips of old.
Such as Paradise VGA, ET3000, ET4000, OTI-067, etc.
(* Yes, yes, I know. DOSBox is for games only.
But it's also good for testing purposes. 😀 )
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
Pardon my stupidity but I don't really know how to "configure AutoCad" as you put it. I've been using a sort of image (not really an image but already installed) of ACAD12 so I just copy it to the computer and run ACAD.EXE. If I have to delete a config file and reconfigure, could you be more specific about which file to delete and then which file to run/modify? I can probably handle finding the autocad driver myself. I have a VGA Wonder and ATI is pretty easy to find drivers for.
Usually you don't need more then VGA driver. For basic stuff it's enough.
Well... it pretty much depends on your install. When you install it, it makes a batch file that sets some default directories and variables. It would explain your error as the driver can't be found.
To be honest, I read about this path business and did modify my autoexec.bat to point to an svadi driver that was a couple build numbers too old and ACAD still said it couldn't find it. I'm not sure if this is just a syntax issue or that ACAD is being picky about the exact file I link to. I did find what appear to be ATI drivers for my card which support autocad but I'm going to have to test it out to see if it works.
Superb! I followed kixs' advice about the cfg and now autocad works. It somehow "found" all the drivers I had on my machine and let me pick what I wanted.
The next problem was that none of the files it wanted to load during launch (like menus and stuff) were able to be located but that's just because it wasn't looking in the right place. I was lazy and just copied everything to the root directory and solved that problem.
1 problem left I can see. NO MOUSE. I'm not sure if this is supposed to initialize automatically err.... I know my mouse works in dos already but so far nothing in AutoCAD. How can I enable mouse control?
When in autocad, type: config <enter>, you will see current setup (here you can change video driver too). Press Enter once and then select (4) - configure digitizer and then (9) to select Microsoft Mouse. Configure mouse if you want. In the end press (0) and save.
When in autocad, type: config <enter>, you will see current setup (here you can change video driver too). Press Enter once and then select (4) - configure digitizer and then (9) to select Microsoft Mouse. Configure mouse if you want. In the end press (0) and save.
Hmm.. somethings is a little different. At the config menu I only have 7 options to choose from, not 9. Under the digitizer menu it only has ADI (Real Mode) or none and since I don't have option 9, I can't select Microsoft Mouse. Could it be under a different menu?
0 - Exit
1 - Show current config
2 - Allow detailed config
3 - Config video
4 - Config digitizer
5 - Config plotter
6 - Config system console
7 - Config operating parameters
If you delete acad.cfg (remove acad.cfg), AutoCAD will notify you about it beeing unconfigured.
After this, it will show you a list of video devices.
Followed by the digitizers..
And the plotters.
Last but not least, you're in the config menu.
From there, you can configure the devices you have choosen earlier.
I know our copy isn't the most recent, but it is AutoCAD, after all.
I hope it helps you a bit. 😀
"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel
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Ok. Just digged out our familiy's AutoCAD..
If you delete acad.cfg (remove acad.cfg), AutoCAD will notify you about it beeing unconfigured.
acad_000.gif
After this, it will show you a list of video devices.
acad_001.gif
Followed by the digitizers..
acad_002.gif
And the plotters.
acad_003.gif
Last but not least, you're in the config menu.
acad_005.gif
From there, you can configure the devices you have choosen earlier.
I know our copy isn't the most recent, but it is AutoCAD, after all.
I hope it helps you a bit. 😀
Sorry, I know why nothing was working. I didn't have the ACAD variables set in my autoexec so none of the drivers were being detected (I had only the default options available). Once I set the variable paths, all the options came up for digitizer and Microsoft worked. Thank you.