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Stealth 64 DRAM README.TXT
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Release Notes
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This is v1.22 of the Stealth 64 DRAM Windows v3.1 Driver disk.
Windows Installation Notes
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Use the INSTALL program to install the Windows 3.1 drivers from DOS
or from the Windows Program Manager.
* Suggestion: If you are upgrading from a previous version of the
Diamond InControl Tools, you should install from DOS, not from
within Windows. This will bypass errors regarding any files that
may be in use and cause the installation to fail.
* Suggestion: When running the Windows install use MS VGA
to eliminate any OEM files that could create a conflict.
* When running a windows install, 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 sub-directory.
Once the driver launches Windows, you will be placed in 640x480
256-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.
Trouble Shooting Suggestions
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* If you are experiencing random lock-ups in Windows you can add the
following line to the [DIAMOND] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This
type of lock-up may occur with applications that interrogate the
systems memory searching for virill.
LEAVEMMIODISABLED=1 -- This is set to 0 by default.
* If you are encountering some lock-ups during heavy DMA transfers or
your motherboard supports bus time-outs then you may try setting
the following option in the [DIAMOND] section of your SYSTEM.INI
BUSYCHECK=ON -- This is set to OFF by default.
* If you are using Lenny Music Tunes, Microsoft Art Gallery, Small
Blue Planet, Oceans Below, Vampire's Coffin, D-Day, all of the
Brightstart education CD's, and other similar applications, you
will want to add the following line to the [DIAMOND] section
of the SYSTEM.INI. This will correct the corrupted screens you
may experience during animation sequences.
DEVICEBITMAPS=1 -- This is set to 0 by default.
With the fix enabled you may possibly experience compatibility issues
with other programs; one confirmed problem is with Adobe Illustrator
v4.01.
* IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a problem with the way bitmaps are treated
by the application. This is not a deficiency in the
driver. We have provided a means to correct this
issue, until the software vendor rectifies the problem.
All Edutainment vendors have been made aware of the
problem and are currently taking steps to correct the
bitmap issue.
Windows 3.1
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The following Windows 3.1 drivers are included:
Resolution Colors Displayed
640x480 256 65,536 16,777,216*
800x600 256 65,536 16,777,216*
1024x768 256 65,536*
1152x864 256 65,536*
1280x1024 256*
*2 Megabytes of on-board memory required.
The following items require a SYSTEM.INI switch be changed:
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1024x768x8/16bpp, D-Day select Media Tour Menu and by
Theme | select Army topics and choose
"Artillery : Allied AntiTank Weapons" | No video displayed
(or fragmented video displayed)
All resolutions All Color depths, The Vampires's Coffin,
At the intro screen, the screen will fade in and
out very very slowly. PROJECTR caused a GPF in module
GDI.EXE @ 0001:0F6A
All resolutions, 8bpp, Lenny's Music Toons, Horizontal
line appears and picture is corrupt.
All resolutions, 8bpp, MS Art Gallery, picture appears
corrupt.
Known Restrictions:
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Desktop resolution switching while playing .AVI files will
cause the .AVI display to become distorted.
800x600x32bpp, Small Blue Planet, "Runtime
Error : Stack Overflow" when the
application is loaded. NOTE: This will occur with ALL
32bpp drivers.
Any mode, Shell to DOS | Run S64DMODE | CUSTOM | Select
1024x768x65k | Select a
refresh rate | Kicks out of Windows to DOS. Cold boot
required. However, choosing 1024x768x256 or
800x600x65k or 16M or 640x480x65k or 16M are OK.
All resolutions, 16/24bpp, Paintbrush, Print to HP
LaserJet 4 | Prints nothing.
Run Landmark Speed - it will drop you to a dos prompt.
This is a limitation of the application, if you
run a DX2/66 in non-turbo mode, the program will work
fine, in turbo mode the system hangs, this is a
issue with the application itself, not the driver.
Some monitors which do not support DPMS will start scrolling until
entering into Sleep mode.
Contacting DIAMOND
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Diamond can be reached through a number of ways:
Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
1130 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Voice (Main) : (408) 736-2000
Voice (TechSppt): (408) 736-2000 [M-F 6-7; Sat 8-4 Pacific]
[plus 24hr automated help]
FAX (Main) : (408) 730-5750
FAX (Support) : (408) 773-8000
BBS (to 2400) : (408) 730-1100
BBS (9600+) : (408) 524-9301
CompuServe : GO DMNDONLINE
America Online : Keyword: DIAMOND
All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their
respective owners.
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Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-94
(408) 736-2000 All Rights Reserved
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$Id: readme.tx@ 1.10 1994/05/19 18:33:30 FFAZZIO Exp FFAZZIO $
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