This file describes how to install software from an Embed Inc software
release directory.  All Embed Inc software release directories contain
the files INSTALL.EXE, RELEASE.INST, and README.TXT, in addition to
some other files and directories.

If you are installing Embed Inc software from a CD, then the release
directory is usually at the top level of the CD.  For example, if your
CD is drive D, then D:\ will usually be the software release
directory.  If you received the software as a zip file or
self-extracting zip file, then the software release directory is
wherever you unzipped the file to.


The system requirements are:

  Hardware: Standard IBM-compatible PC with Intel 386 or later
       processor, or equivalent.

  Operating system: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, or XP.


To install the software on Windows NT4, 2000, or XP:

  1)   Make sure you are logged into an account with administrator
       privileges.  If the installation fails with errors like "access
       denied", then you are not logged in with the necessary
       privileges.

  2)   Run INSTALL.EXE in the software release directory and follow the
       directions.

  3)   Once the installation is complete, the software release
       directory is no longer needed.  If you installed the software
       from a removable disk, you can now remove it.  If you created
       the release directory by unzipping a file, you can now delete
       the whole directory including the zipped file.


To install the software on Windows 95, 98, or ME:

  No automated installation procedure exists for these archaic
  operating systems.  The procedure below assumes you have moderate
  knowledge of using Windows.  There is no "installation for dummies"
  procedure.  If you consider yourself a "dummy", then this software
  isn't for you until you upgrade to one of the NT-based operating
  systems (you should anyway).

  To install the software, follow these steps:

  1)   Copy the EMBEDINC directory to your hard drive.  We normally put
       it at C:\EMBEDINC, but you can put it anywhere and name it
       anything you want.  However, everything inside the EMBEDINC
       directory must be copied exactly.  If you don't understand what
       it means to "copy a directory", stop now - this software isn't
       for you.

       From now on we will refer to the copy of the EMBEDINC directory
       on your hard drive as the "EMBEDINC directory".  You do not need
       the original software release directory anymore.

  2)   Set the environment variable EMBEDINC to the path of the
       EMBEDINC directory.  This can be done by adding the line

         set embedinc=c:\embedinc

       to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Of course the "c:\embedinc" is
       replaced by wherever you copied the EMBEDINC directory to in
       step 1.

  3)   Add the EMBEDINC\COM directory to the command search path.  This
       is best done by adding the line

         set path=%embedinc%\com;%path%

       at the bottom of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Note that this only
       works if this line appears after the line from step 2.

  4)   Reboot the machine.