$Id: README.TX@ 1.4 1994/02/19 01:45:05 oscar Exp $ ================================================================== Stealth 24 README.TXT ================================================================== This is v3.00 of the Stealth 24 Install / Windows Drivers disk. Please backup any system critical files before installation. Installation Notes ------------------ Use the INSTALL file to install the Windows 3.1 drivers from DOS or from the Windows Program Manager. * Suggestion: Use MS VGA when installing from Program Manager to eliminate any OEM files that could create a conflict. * If the install says "file exists, overwrite Y/N" for any of the .VBX files, OVERWRITE it. The files provided are newer than those provided with Visual BASIC 3.0 and other VB apps. Leaving old files will produce errors like "Enter an integer". * If the install says "file in use, abort/continue" and the file in question is a font (*.FON) file, continue the install. * If strange errors occur and text is missing from dialogs, check for .VBX files in your \WINDOWS directory. .VBX files should only reside in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. Once the driver launches Windows, you will be placed in 640x480 16-color mode and prompted to select your monitor type. Select the brand monitor you have, compatible type, or use the Custom Monitor Timings to create your own configuration and custom screen centering. * Icon fonts are controlled by InControl Tools. When changing modes back to VGA or a non-Diamond driver, these settings still remain. To change back to default icon font, search the WIN.INI file for the IconTypeFace, IconTypeStyle, and IconTypeSize lines. Place a semicolon (;) in front of these lines or remove the lines entirely. * Only resolutions that have been selected as supported in the Display module will be available in the Viewport choices. If your monitor can display a resolution provided by the card, go to Display and select a monitor that offers that mode and refresh, or select Custom Monitor Timings and Add the mode. * If Windows only displays a single alphabetic character for the icon font, select a different font from the list of InControl Tools. Windows may not support the font type/size requested in the resolution and resource size displayed. * If you had screen savers loaded previously, and they seem not to load on startup any longer, see the message at the top regarding backing up important files and the limitation down below of LOAD= line being replaced and not appended. This is a limitation of the Windows 3.xx SETUP program. Utilities --------- STLMODE should be installed for all first-time operations. This program controls the frequencies sent to the monitor for all non-Windows programs and will allow the high resolution and high color modes to syncronize correctly on your screen. STLMODE.EXE allows selection of text modes, video emulation modes, and monitor mode frequencies for all environments outside of DOS. Monitor timing information is saved to the EEPROM on the Stealth Pro and is automatically loaded on powerup or reset. Users with monitors not conforming to the industry preset monitors provided can select the CUSTOM MONITOR option which allows selection of frequencies, sync polarities, and screen centering for each video resolution and color depth. Please consult your monitor manual for the exact capabilities of your monitor before selecting monitor timing. We strongly urge that selection of monitor timings in CUSTOM be made for all resolutions and color depths. Windows 3.1 ----------- The following Windows 3.1 drivers are included: Resolution Colors Displayed 640x480 16 256 65,536 16,777,216 800x600 16 256 65,536 1024x768 16 256 1280x1024 16 Release Notes ------------- Known Limitations: ------------------ * 16/24-bit - Help hypertext is black, not green. This is a limitation of Windows 3.xx and will not be addressed. * Resolutions and color depths can not be selected from the DOS SETUP program. InControl Tools --------------- Features: --------- Virtual Desktop Custom cursor color and size Custom font size, style, and type Real-time pan and zoom VESA Display Power Management Signaling support Keyboard and mouse hotkeys Monitor timing and refresh selections in Windows Real-time screen centering Known Limitations (Diamond): ---------------------------- * Some hotkey combinations override application functions * Centering tools don't work on Nanao 550I (monitor limitation) Known Limitations (Windows): ---------------------------- * Font selections remaining after switching to VGA * Some applications appear elongated in virtual desktops * The LOAD= line in WIN.INI is replaced, not appended to the current LOAD= line, when using MS Setup to install the drivers Corrected Windows Bugs ---------------------- Fixed Since 2.00 Release ------------------------ Word for Windows 6.0, system locks up when the Tip of the Day is displayed. System locks up when printing to various printers. Mathcad 4.0 (and other applications using the Win32s libraries), generate random locks and reboots. Word for Windows 6.0, create a graph, exit the graph editor, double click on the graph to enter into edit mode, the tops of graph bars are the wrong colors. When printing text gets cut off (top or bottom part of the text). Fixed Since 3.00 Beta 2 Release ------------------------------- 1024x768x8bit, Kanji Word, the application will not launch. 800x600x8/16-bit, displays multiple images and dim color on a B1 ISA Stealth 24. 640x480x24-bit, Excel 5.0 print a document & the driver will GPF in STEALTHT.DRV @0001:D907. Word for Windows 6.0, 24-Bit the I-beam is transparent. Set your font size and font in InControl to 7pt Arial. The font displayed will be Times New Roman 1024768x8-bit, Word for Windows 6.0, Stealth 24 ISA Make 72 pt characters select and deselect them, vertical lines will appear. 640x480x24-bit, Open a DOS Prompt Full screen, the systems crashes to DOS without any errors or notifications (Stealth Pro drivers only). 16-bit modes, Video for Windows sample .AVI file looks like 4 colors displays. All printers, 8/16-bit, printing with a shaded object, output in incomplete. this can be reproducted 100% using WinFax Pro. PageMaker 5.0, no text appears when printing to HP500c using TrueType fonts. This only happen when "Dithering" is set to "standard." Visual Basic 3.0, All res., 16-bit, OPEN PROJECT, and select MOUSE.MAK, find DRAG.FRM from \samples\mouse and click on the play button. Click on OPTIONS and then select DRAG DROP, choosing any file will caused GPF at 0004:2640. Adobe Illustrator 4.0, All res., 4/8/16-bit, when saving in Adobe Illustrator 4 a file with a black & white preview option will cause a GPF at 0003:0320. THREED.VDX, Conflicts with some applications requiring version 3 of Threed.vdx Paintbrush, 24-bit, Using the brush choose any color, the color will be either pink or brownish when used. When first choosing the color, it will turn pink. If you click on the menu then click back to paint the color will be brownish. InControl Tools, All res., All colors, When changing the color for the mouse if you hit CANCEL after your change, the change will still take effect. Print Shop Deluxe, all 24-bit drivers, The color for the PAGE and BEHIND OBJECT are always in purple no matter what color is selected. Quattro Pro 5.0, all 8-bit drivers, go to the tutorial , Do the 1st lesson, Push the button. After 3rd page in the lesson right after "Load a sample lesson", the system will drop to DOS or lock up. AVI Player, 640x480x16-bit, The picture appears as shades of green with black areas. Also reproducable with Microsoft Encarta - play any movie. MS Publisher 2.0, 1024x768x8-bit, Create a greeting card or invitation this will cause GPF at 0003:159A. (WIZARDS) MS Publisher 2.0, 800x600x256(LF), Cannot type in the entry for name, job title, phone number, etc. when using PAGE WIZARD ASST. IN MAKING and select "Business Card & Paper." Multimedia Atlas, all resolutions, 4/8/16-bit, Open US Atlas and select any city, you will get a GPF in the driver. PrintShop Deluxe, all 8/16-bit, Create a Greeting Card, when you get to the layout portion, select | OBJECTS | ADD | TEXT, Type in a text field, Click OK, the text does not show up on Main screeen, but will print OK. Icon Editors, Pixels did not match the grid spaces. Contacting DIAMOND. ------------------- If you are reporting a bug on this release, please complete the included Problem Report Form (PDR.TXT) and send it to us. 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