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- November 7, 1994
-
- Vision864 Graphics Accelerator Driver for OS/2
-
- THIS GRAPHICS DEVICE DRIVER AND THE MAINTENANCE FIXES ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED
- WITH THE OS/2* PRODUCT. YOU MUST BE A CURRENT LICENSEE OF OS/2 IN ORDER TO
- USE THIS PRODUCT. THIS CODE IS NOT FINAL CODE AND IBM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
- ANY PROBLEMS THAT THE DEVICE DRIVER MAY CAUSE. IBM ALSO IN NOT RESPONSIBLE
- FOR ANY SERVICE ON THESE DEVICE DRIVERS.
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- -------------------------
-
- PRELIMINARY STEPS:
-
- 1. You must have OS/2 DOS Support installed in order to
- install this driver.
-
- 2. The OS/2 ATTRIB command is used during installation. If you
- elected not to install the OS/2 System Utility Programs or you
- have deleted the ATTRIB, command you must use Selective Install to
- restore the ATTRIB command before continuing.
-
- 3. If you previously installed SVGA support, return to VGA resolution
- using the new SETVGA procedure found at the end of this README
- before you install this driver.
-
- The "Preliminary Steps" prepare your computer for the S3_864* graphics
- accelerator driver. If in the future you wish to change your display,
- you will need to perform the "Preliminary Steps" again to "Configure
- the Display Profile". Next, you will need to issue the SVGA ON
- command at a DOS command prompt to recreate the SVGADATA.PMI file
- before you connect your new display to the computer.
- IMPORTANT: If you plan to install the OS/2 XGA* drivers, you will also
- need to remove the SET DMQSPATH statement from your CONFIG.SYS file
- prior to restarting the computer.
-
- INSTALLATION FROM DISKETTE
- --------------------------
-
- To install this Vision864* Device Driver from diskette:
-
- 1. Insert this diskette into drive A (or any other diskette drive).
-
- 2. Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 window session.
-
- 3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following command:
-
- A:SETUP A: C:
-
- where: A: is the diskette drive
- C: is the drive where OS/2 is installed
-
- This command will copy all necessary files to the OS/2 drive.
-
- Press Enter.
-
- 4. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive, perform a shutdown, and
- then restart the system.
-
- 5. Open the "OS/2 System" folder.
-
- 6. Open the "System Setup" folder.
-
-
- 7. Open the "Display Driver Install" object.
-
- When the Display Driver Install window appears, "S3_864 (32bit) (BBS)"
- should be the default choice. If it isn't, select it. Then select "OK".
-
- When the Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility window appears,
- the "Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type" choice is preselected.
- You can accept this choice or select "Install Using Display Adapter
- Utility Program" to choose a different refresh rate.
-
- NOTE: If you select the Install Using Display Adapter Utility
- Program choice, follow the instructions on your screen.
-
- 8. When the source directory pop-up window appears, insert the Vision864
- Device Driver diskette and select Install.
-
- DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the
- SVGADATA.PMI file on the drive where the OS2 directory is located.
- If the SVGADATA.PMI file has not been created, the adapter will not be
- supported.
-
- 9. When the installation is completed, do the following:
- a. Open "OS/2 System".
- b. Open "System Setup".
- c. Open the "System" object. The Screen page of the Settings
- notebook lists all the supported resolutions for your
- configuration.
- d. Select a resolution; then, close the notebook.
-
- 10. Perform a shutdown; then, restart the system.
-
- Note that during the installation of this driver, a DISPLAY.LOG file is
- created in the OS2\INSTALL directory. This file identifies the OS/2
- system files that were updated and indicates whether the installation was
- successful. The contents of this file might be useful if you need to report an
- installation problem to IBM.
-
-
-
- COMPATIBILITY
- ---------------------------------------
-
- This graphics accelerator driver is compatible with OS/2 2.1 AND 2.11. Do not
- use the driver on previous versions of OS/2 or OS/2 WARP v3.0.
-
-
-
- Trademarks
- ----------
- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this file, are trademarks or
- registered trademarks.
-
- OWNER TRADEMARK
- ---------------------------------------------
- IBM CORPORATION XGA, OS/2
- S3 CORPORATION S3_864, Vision864
-
-
- IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
- LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE
- INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO
- LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.
-
- THIS DRIVER IS COPYRIGHTED BY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. ALL
- APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS APPLY.
- (End of Document)