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Windows 3.1 Palette Test
0.10.010
Stuart Wyatt
Chrisalan Designs, Inc.
815 Lambert St.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Voice (509) 663-7770
FAX (509) 662-5948
CIS 73770,735
All source and executable files related to Windows Palette Test from
Chrisalan Designs, Inc. are to be used for the sole purpose of diagnostics
of S3 86C911 based video cards. This product is for internal diagnostic use
only and may not be modified, distributed, or used for any other purpose
without the prior written permission of Chrisalan Designs, Inc.
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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This program only works with 256 color drivers, and has been tested on
S3, Video 7, Genoa, and ATi boards. If you are testing an S3 86C911 based
card, set the resolution and vertical rate to the highest possible,
1024 x 768 72Hz. If you are going to have problems, this will make them
show up more quickly.
EXERCISING THE PALETTE
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To exercise the palette, the problem can be set in an automatic cycling mode
by selecting Cycle Slow, Medium, or Fast. This will start rotating through
the colors and palette sizes currently selected. Be sure to select at least
Random, or Gray and Color for the colors in order to force palette changes.
TRAPPING PALETTE CORRUPTION
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To trap palette corruptions, select Driver from the Trap menu, then make
sure AutoFix on the Trap menu is not checked. This will make the program
monitor system palette changes and check to see if they were programmed
properly. If not, it will place a report in the clipboard and indicate
that it has done so. To save the report, run notepad and select Edit,
Paste, then select File, Save As. The trap may occur in several seconds
or several hours. Please upload trap reports to Chrisalan Designs at
CIS:73770,735.
GENERATING A TRAP TEST REPORT
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To generate a test report, select Driver from the Trap menu, and then Test
from the Trap menu. You must be in Still mode for the choice to be available.
AUTOFIXING PALETTE CORRUPTION
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To skip the Trap report and just correct the palette, Check off AutoFix on
the Trap menu, and Select Driver on the Trap menu. This will reprogram the
palette when it becomes corrupt, and will count the number of times this has
been done in the Title bar. A small flicker on the screen may be seen just
before the palette is corrected. This is the corrupt palette.
KNOWN PROBLEMS
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Ocassionally in Cycle Fast mode, the program will appear unresponsive. This
occurs because the program is trying to go as fast as possible. If this
happens, you can Ctrl-Alt-Del to kill the program. Be sure to first try using the
menu to put it in still mode, Ctrl-M to slow down to medium speed, or
click on the window to put it in still mode.
When a screen saver is active (full screen), PALS is not informed of palette
changes and, therefore, does not correct or trap them. However, if the
screen saver triggers a palette corruption and you exit the screen saver, PALS
will then see the corruption.