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Item 7462950 94/07/11 12:16
From: DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01# Internet Gateway
Subject: New Drivers Available on NeXTanswers (long)
Cc: news_from_next_ext@NeXT.COM
The following drivers are available today from NeXTanswers:
Adaptec 154x Driver: NeXTanswers # 1520/1521
The updated driver lets you use a hard disk larger than 1 gigabyte
as a startup disk, if your SCSI adapter features extended BIOS
translation (previously, this was only possible with the Adaptec
154xC adapter).The updated driver also improves support for the
Adaptec 154xC and 154xCF adapters, particularly in cases where
these adapters weren't always detected when starting up the
computer.
Cogent EISA Driver: NeXTanswers # 1564/1565
This driver supports two models of Cogent EISA network adapters:
The Cogent eMASTER+ EM932 EISA and the Cogent eMASTER+ EM935 EISA
XL.
HP Vectra XM XP LAN Driver: NeXTanswers # 1623/1624
This driver is designed to support the AMD Am79C960 on-board
16-bit Ethernet controller included with the HP Vectra XM and XP
series of computers. With this updated driver, you can connect
your computer to your network using AUI, BNC, or RJ-45 connectors.
In addition, hardware multicast support has been added.
HP XP Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1588/1589
This new graphics driver is designed to support the on-board
graphics controller of the Hewlett-Packard Vectra XP series
computer. The on-board graphics controller is based on the S3-928
chipset and can support 2MB or 4MB of VRAM. This driver supports
multiple configurations in both Hi-res and Lo-Res settings.
IBM Token Ring Driver: NeXTanswers # 1523/1524
With this updated driver, you can connect your computer to your
network using your IBM Token-Ring network adapter's UTP or STP
connector.
The IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter has been tested and works
with this driver. In addition, the following network adapters have
not been tested, but may work with this driver:
*IBM Token-Ring Network PC Adapter II
*IBM Token-Ring Network 16/4 ISA-16 Adapter
Number 9 GXE Driver: NeXTanswers # 1617/1618
The #9GXE display adapter device driver supports a variety of
VL-Bus display adapters from the Number Nine Computer Corp. See
the README file in NeXTanswers for models of adapters and display
modes supported by this driver.
QVision Driver: NeXTanswers # 1590/1591
The QVision device driver supports the new LocalBus QVision
Graphics Controllers included on the Compaq Deskpro XE Series. The
new XE Series support 1 megabyte or 2 megabyte size video frame
buffers. This driver is designed to continue to support the
existing QVision EISA adapters supported by the driver included
with NEXTSTEP 3.2 for Intel Processors.
TokenExpress Driver: NeXTanswers # 1613/1614
With this updated driver:
You can now use TokenExpress adapters that have an incorrect
hardware address checksum stored in their EEROM chips.
You can now use any of the six DMA channels supported by the
TokenExpress adapter: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, or 7.
You can now use TokenExpress adapters with sound cards, because
the updated driver requires only 272K low memory. In addition, you
can use the TokenExpress adapter with Sound Blaster and compatible
sound cards, though you need to change the TokenExpress adapter's
I/O port address from the default setting of 0xA20 to either
0xA24, 0xA50, or 0xA54.
Weitek P9000 Driver: NeXTanswers # 1557/1558
The Weitek Power 9000 display adapter device driver supports three
models of display adapters: The Diamond Viper VLB, the Diamond
Viper PCI, and the Genoa VideoBlitz 9200VL. See the README file in
NeXTanswers for the display modes supported by this driver.
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In addition to the drivers mentioned above, NeXTanswers also now
lists beta drivers.
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Please submit all bug reports using the BugNeXT application
found in /NextDeveloper/Demos. You will need to change the
e-mail address for BugNeXT in the Preferences panel to
driver_bugs@NeXT.COM.
The following beta drivers are available as of today from
NeXTanswers:
Diamond Stealth 64 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1586/1587
This new graphics driver supports the VL-Bus & PCI versions of the
Stealth 64 Graphics adapters from Diamond Computer Corp. These
adapters are based on the S3-964 Graphics controller chipset and
support 2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers
for the display modes supported by this driver.
DPT 2000 SCSI Driver: NeXTanswers # 1625/1626
The DPT 2000 Series SCSI adapter device driver supports the DPT
2021 ISA adapter as well as the DPT 2000 Series of
high-performance caching SCSI adapters, including the DPT 2012
EISA, 2022 EISA, and 2122 EISA adapters. This driver replaces the
DPT 2012-B EISA SCSI adapter driver on NEXTSTEP 3.2.
Note: This driver does not support the DPT 2011 ISA Adapter.
This updated driver fixes a number of problems associated with the
driver shipping with NEXTSTEP release 3.2, including unreliable
SCSI timeouts, adapter failure after SCSI resets during startup,
and lack of support for multiple EATA protocol SCSI adapters. The
updated driver also corrects a problem with Bernoulli and other
removable drivers where the cache of a disk's file system isn't
cleared when the disk is ejected and another inserted.
Number 9 GXE 64 Pro Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1584/1585
This new graphics driver supports the PCI version of the Number 9
GXE64Pro display adapters from Number Nine Corp. These adapters
are based on the S3-964 graphics controller chipset and support
2MB or 4 MB of VRAM. See the README file in NeXTanswers for the
display modes supported by this driver.
Note: This driver does not support the Number 9 GXE64 adapter
series which are based on the S3-864 chipset and use DRAM instead
of VRAM.
Tseng ET 4000W32 Display Driver: NeXTanswers # 1621/1622
This new graphics driver supports display adapters based on the
Tseng ET4000W32 graphics controller chipset, including the NEC
Image systems with on-board display adapters with 2MB DRAM and the
Lightspeed VL adapter by STB Systems with 2MB DRAM.
Caution: The ET4000W32i driver doesn't work with SoftPC
full-screen mode if there are only 1MB video DRAM on the NEC Image
systems.
Caution: 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced modes are not supported by
ET4000W32p chip on the NEC Image systems. 1024x768 16-bit
interlaced mode is supported.
Note: The Lightspeed VL card uses ET4000W32p chip, and thus also
supports 1024x768 16-bit non-interlaced mode.
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