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- RELEASE NOTES
- S3 Flat Memory Model Windows 3.1 Driver 2.1 Release Notes
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- Release Date: August 20, 1993
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- 1. The Flat Memory Model Driver offers the following features:
- A singular driver supporting multiple resolutions. Note that this Disk
- supports the 928 with the BrookTree '485 RAMDAC. In addition, the
- 801/805 640 x 480 x 24bpp driver does not have the Flat Model
- architecture. It is the same driver from past releases.
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- 2. The Flat Memory Model driver does not support Windows 3.1 Standard Mode.
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- 3. Driver limitations:
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- The S3FLAT.DRV, and S3FLATBT.DRV drivers will not run in Standard mode.
- Do not try to start Windows with the /s option.
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- CR.EXE must be ran before Windows is loaded, if running Windows in
- 1280x1024 16 color mode. The command line should be:
- <CR 52 3F>. CR.EXE is included on the drivers disk.
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- 4. Bug Fixes such as the following:
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- System hung when running AutoDesk Animator.
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- Windows 3.1 - System hung when pressing "Ctrl-Alt-Del".
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- Freelance Graphics - Pattern fills appeared as a blank color.
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- Freelance Graphics - Pattern filled colors were reversed when viewing
- through a screen show.
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- Freelance Graphics - In 4bpp modes, Pattern bitmaps were displayed
- incorrectly when viewing through a screen show.
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- WordPerfect - The system hung when opening a .wkb file.
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- PowerPoint - In the 4bpp modes, the pattern fills inside oval or circular
- shapes appeared distorted when viewing through a slide show.
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- In the Windows default color scheme, the colors were displayed as
- dithered colors instead of solid colors. This only occurred with the 4bpp
- modes.
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- 5. The following resolutions are supported:
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- Resolutions Supported - 928 with BrookTree '485 RAMDAC
- Pixel Memory Font
- Resolution Colors Required Type
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- 640x480 256 0.5MB Fixed
- 640x480 65536 1MB Fixed
- 640x480 16.7M **2MB Fixed
- 800x600 16 0.5MB Large/Small
- 800x600 256 0.5MB Large/Small
- 800x600 65536 **2MB Large/Small
- 800x600 16.7M **2MB Large/Small
- 1024x768 16 0.5MB Large/Small
- 1024x768 256 1MB Large/Small
- 1024x768 65536 4MB Large/Small
- 1024x768 16.7M 4MB Large/Small
- *1152x864 256 1MB Large/Small
- 1280x1024 16 1MB Large/Small
- 1280x1024 256 2MB Large/Small
- *1280x1024 65536 4MB Large/Small
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- *928 Rev E mode only
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- **The 928 Rev D chip requires 4MB of memory for these modes.
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