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║ ║
║ OS/2 2.1, 2.11, 3.0 Drivers v2.0 ║
║ ║
║ for ║
║ ║
║ SPEA V7-STORM PRO ║
║ ║
║ SPEA VideoSeven Release: 1194.2 ║
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A) Properties of the Drivers
B) Installing the OS/2 Drivers
C) Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
A) Properties of the Drivers
============================
The driver support the following resolutions:
256 Colors 64k Colors 16M Colors
640x480 x x x
800x600 x x x
1024x768 x x x
1280x1024 x x x
1600x1200 x x
B) Installing the OS/2 Drivers
==============================
The installation procedure assumes that the V7-STORM PRO is already
installed in your system.
Similarly, OS/2 2.1 must already be installed on your hard disk. The drivers
in this release are written to run only with OS/2 2.1x, and not with any
previous version of this operating system.
Finally, make sure that OS/2 is loaded with the standard VGA drivers and set
to use the standard VGA resolution (640x480). In other words, make sure that
you can bring up OS/2 in VGA mode using the V7-STORM PRO.
The OS/2 drivers installation program installs both the OS/2 drivers and the
Windows drivers to run Seamless or Full Screen Windows. Do not perform a
separate installation of the Windows drivers as described in the Windows
drivers release notes. To do so can cause problems; for example, Seamless
Windows support may no longer work, and the version of Full Screen Windows
drivers installed may not be compatible with Full Screen WIN-OS/2.
Driver installation is initiated by running the INSTALL.CMD batch file from
the distribution diskette. This batch file copies installation files to the
OS/2 installation directory and executes the OS/2 DSPINSTL program from the
hard drive.
To install the V7-STORM PRO OS/2 drivers on your system:
1. (Only when drivers are downloaded from mailbox)
Extract the files to an 1.44MB floppy and label this disk
"P91DRV 1".
2. Bring up OS/2 as you would normally (with the VGA driver installed).
3. Make sure you have closed any Windows Full Screen session and any
Seamless Windows session.
4. Insert the V7-STORM PRO OS/2 distribution diskette into either drive A:
or drive B:.
5. Select either an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen session from the
command prompts folder.
6. Select the diskette drive you are using by typing either A: or B: and
[Enter] .
7. To start the installation, type
install bootdrive:
where:
bootdrive is the disk drive designator for the drive on which OS/2 is
installed. For example, if OS/2 is installed on drive C:, then you would
enter the command:
install C:
8. In the Display Driver Install dialog box, select
Primary Display
and click on the OK button.
9. In the Display Adapter Type dialog box, select
Power 9100 Display Driver
and click on the OK button.
10. In the Source Directory dialog box, ensure that the drive indicated is
the drive the installation diskette is in. Change it if necessary. Click
on the Install button.
The installation utility copies files into the appropriate directories
and modifies the CONFIG.SYS, SYSTEM.INI, and OS2.INI files.
11. When the files have been copied, the Power 9100 Configuration Utility
dialog box will be displayed. You can then select the specific driver
configuration that you would like to run. Either:
a. Make selections in the Monitor, Color Depth, Resolution, Refresh
Rate and Resource Size list boxes; after specifying the desired
configuration, click on the Save button, or
b. Select the default (640x480 8 bits per pixel) by clicking on the
Cancel button.
The Power 9100 Configuration Utility saves the configuration information
in the OS2.INI file. It also creates a Weitek Display Driver Utilities
folder on the OS/2 desktop. This folder contains utilities for
configuring the Power 9100 OS/2 display driver as well as the Power 9100
Full Screen WIN-OS/2 display driver.
The Full Screen WIN-OS/2 drivers are installed using the default
configuration of 640x480 8-bits-per-pixel configuration. Upon
restarting OS/2 you may change this configuration by running the
Power 9100 Full Screen Windows display driver configuration utility
from the Weitek Display Driver Utilities folder.
12. The Display Driver Install dialog box informs you that changes have
been made to your system configuration and you must shut down your
system.
Click on the OK button.
13. Exit the OS/2 or Full Screen command prompt by typing:
exit [Enter]
14. Remove the distribution diskette from the diskette drive.
15. Shut down the system by selecting Shut Down from the OS/2 desktop menu.
16. Press Ctrl/Alt/Del.
17. Restart OS/2. The selected driver configuration is now installed and
running.
C) Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
=====================================
1. The distribution diskette includes a volume label, "P91DRV 1". The
drivers will not install correctly if the volume label is not present.
If you need to duplicate the distribution diskette, you must do so
based on the terms of the license agreement. The diskcopy command will
copy the volume label. To add the volume label to a diskette, use the
label command. For example:
label A:P91DRV 1
(Note that the volume label includes a space character.)
2. Support for the secondary video adapter is not currently available. If
the secondary adapter is selected, no files are copied and no
configuration files are modified.
3. If an MS Windows application does not work properly in OS/2, you may
need to re-install it under OS/2. Refer to your OS/2 documentation.
4. Note that when using a system with a previous version of OS/2 installed,
installing a new version (or re-installing the present version) can be
problematic. If you have difficulties installing OS/2, refer to the OS/2
manual Using the Operating System, Appendix B, Error Messages.
5. WEITEK's Full Screen WIN-OS/2 drivers require the use of 386 Enhanced
mode. Refer to section 2.3 of these release notes or to your OS/2
documentation to configure your system properly.
6. On certain boards, the palette in OS/2 full screen sessions may become
corrupt. Typing MODE CO80 at the command line prompt will correct the
problem.
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