Hello! You have found the latest (public) version 3.3.6 of XFree86/OS2.

This file is the condensed information for people who don't read docs
(however, in this case it is strongly recommended to read everything which
is here in ASCII format, including in particular the FAQ, just to avoid
spiteful comments from me about RTFM ;-) ).

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This version is a FULL RELEASE of XFree86/OS2. In contrast to BETA
version, this version has NO TIMEOUT, so you may safely use it in
production environments. Full source code is available
from ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.6

XFree86-3.3.6 is the official release with several fixes to the
servers that were found after release of 3.3.5. There 
are multiple new cards supported, please refer to the official RELEASE
NOTES document.
The relevant distribution files have been updated. Usually, you'll only
need a new server binary to upgrade from 3.3.3 to 3.3.6.

The documentation still refers in many places to 3.3.5 or older. 
Unless otherwise stated, the statement then also applies to 3.3.6.

Compared to the last public release 3.3.5, XFree86/OS2-3.3.6 has 
again several hundred fixes and improvements, including newly supported 
hardware (featuring now also support for several AGP cards, Rendition Verite,
Cyrix, SiS, and NeoMagic) and improved support for video cards already 
supported in earlier releases. The XFree86 developers have worked hard 
to produce a high-quality product.

This means even if XFree86/OS2-3.3.5 worked for you, there might be good
reasons to upgrade to the latest version.

XFree86-3.3.6 is supposed to fix a severe bug of 3.3.5 (the BIOS bug), so if
your server worked with 3.3.3.1, but no longer with 3.3.5, then get the
3.3.6 server.

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This part is a condensed version of the file README.OS2 to be found 
somewhere else.

The purpose of this file is to give you a SHOPPING LIST of things you
should obtain. The whole distribution in this directory is about 50 MB 
archived, but you by far won't need everything. The following list describes 
what the files contain and what you must have (marked REQUIRED) and what you 
might get as well (marked OPTIONAL). Save net bandwidth and your money and do 
not overload the FTP servers with things you hardly ever need - don't do an
uncritical MGET.

Roadmap to further help
-----------------------

All the files below are in the archive Xbase.zip which you should
unpack in the toplevel directory of a reasonably large disk drive.

- Read the /XFree86/LATEST.OS2 file for the really latest additions and 
  corrections. While the other docs might be a few days old; this file 
  is really the last file packed into the distribution.
- Read the /XFree86/README.UPDATE file which tells you important things
  if you want to upgrade from an earlier version.
- Read the /XFree86/README.OS2 file for an installation guide.
- Read the /XFree86/README file for a list of changes and
  improvements in this version and a list of supported hardware.
- Read the /XFree86/SuperProbe.doc file for the manual page of
  Superprobe (formatted).
- Read the /XFree86/X11OS2FAQ.HTML file which contains the list of 
  "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ). Note this is the resource to
  consult first after README.OS2 for any troubleshooting.

- You might be interested in the RELNOTES file, which is the more generalized
  text of README.OS2, however, the installation procedure and some filename
  or program names may not apply to XFree86/OS2.
- You might be interested in the X11R6.3.RELNOTES file, which describes the
  recent changes and additions of X11R6.3 which was already the base
  version of X11 in XFree86-3.2A.

Note for users of a previous version: 
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XFree86-3.3.6 is in some aspects, similarly to XFree86-3.2A, incompatible to
the last public version 3.2, which is basically caused by X11R6.3. If you
had 3.3.1 or 3.3.2 running before, the following does not hold (see 
README.UPDATE for more details).

I don't recommend that you copy 3.3.6 files over a 3.2 installation. Please
save your relevant files from the old tree, remove it, and install 3.3.6
from scratch, otherwise you are going to enter a swampy area, and I won't 
give any guarantees. If you have XFree86-3.2A or later, the incompatible 
changes have already been done, so it is possible to unpack 3.3.6 over a 3.2A
installation (be careful that this might still overwrite certain config
files). In this case, though, please remove the XConfig file and
re-run the xf86config program for your hardware. Some items may have been
changed.

How to install:
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Before ANYTHING ELSE, get the following files:

	Xbase.zip	(REQUIRED)
	EMXRT.ZIP	(REQUIRED, this contains emx09c patch level 4 or later,
			           not needed if you already have it installed)

The Xbase file contains a test program for your video card. If this
fails or reports a non-supported video card *which is VGA compatible*, it is 
usually only possible to run the VGA16 X server with a lousy 640x480x16
resolution, which might not be what you really want. In some cases, the
SuperProbe program might erroneously detect a wrong video card. *In this
case*, please read the accompanying file \XFree86\lib\X11\doc\README if
your hardware is supported despite of the possible misdetection. If this
file does not mention it (or specifically says it is unsupported), game is
over for you.

If the test was okay *or you really know what you are doing* (most people
don't), select among the following archives:

        XDOC.ZIP	(REQUIRED)
           READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.

        XBIN.ZIP	(REQUIRED)
           all of the executable X client applications and shared libs

        XFNTS.ZIP	(REQUIRED)
           the misc and 75dpi fonts

You must choose at least ONE of the following to match your hardware:
Note every server comes in two flavors: the full-featured server containing
PEX, XI, XIE support, and a smaller server without these special support.
You probably want to have a small server.
The full-featured servers are called 'X*.ZIP', the small servers are
'S*.ZIP'.

        X8514.ZIP, S8514.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards

        XAGX.ZIP, SAGX.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for AGX boards

        XI128.ZIP, SI128.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards

        XGLNT.ZIP, SGLNT.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for Permedia2/GLINT/3DLabs boards

        XMA32.ZIP, SMA32.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards

        XMA64.ZIP, SMA64.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards

        XMA8.ZIP, SMA8.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards

        XMONO.ZIP, SMONO.ZIP	(*)
           the Monochrome X Server

        XP9K.ZIP, SP9K.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for P9000 based boards

        XS3.ZIP, SS3.ZIP		(*)
           the X server for S3 based boards (except S3-ViRGE)

        XS3V.ZIP, SS3V.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for S3-ViRGE based boards

        XSVGA.ZIP, SSVGA.ZIP	(*)
           the 8-bit pseudo-color X server for Super VGA cards

        XVG16.ZIP, SVG16.ZIP	(*)
           the 4-bit pseudo-color X server for VGA & SVGA cards.

        XW32.ZIP, SW32.ZIP	(*)
           the X server for et4000w32 based boards

The following optional packages are there:

        XMAN.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients

        XF100.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           100dpi fonts

        XFSCL.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           Speedo and Type1 fonts

        XFNON.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           Japanese, Chinese and other fonts

        XFCYR.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           Cyrillic fonts

        XPROG.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           the X11 header files and programmer's utilities for compiling
           other X applications

        XPEX.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           PEX fonts and libraries required for PEX applications

        XSLIB.ZIP	(OPTIONAL)
           Static X11 libraries for special standalone X applications that
	   should not use the XFree86 DLLs, useful only together with
	   XPROG.ZIP

Read the README.OS2 file which comes with the base package how to install
the stuff.
