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XGA Windows 3.1 Device Drivers
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
IBM XGA Device Driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1
-----------------------------------------------
This file contains installation instructions and other general information on
the XGA Windows 3.1 device driver.
IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
PS/2 and Personal System/2 are trademarks of IBM Corporation.
OS/2 is a trademark of IBM Corporation.
Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
CodeView is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Driver Installation Instructions (3.1)
--------------------------------------
This assumes Windows is already installed and that this is the first time
you are installing the driver. If you have already installed your driver
once and you wish to change the resolution of your display, please see the
section below entitled "Changing your XGA mode of operation".
1) Turn on the computer.
2) If you are running Windows, exit Windows. From a DOS prompt in the
directory you have chosen for Windows (for example \WINDOWS), type SETUP
and press Enter. Follow the instructions on the screen.
3) When you see the panel that describes your system configuration,
use the cursor keys to highlight the "Display" choice, and press Enter.
4) You will see a list of display adapters. Use the cursor keys to highlight
the "Other (Requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer)" choice and
press Enter.
5) When you are prompted to insert the display device driver diskette provided
by the hardware manufacturer, change the prompt area to A:\WINV31. Insert
the "IBM XGA Device Drivers Diskette" in drive A and press Enter.
6) You are directed to select the following:
IBM XGA V2.10
Press Enter to continue.
7) At the Windows Setup menu, Press Enter to continue.
8) Follow the instructions on the screen until XGA Windows Device Driver
installation is complete. If, while copying files, Windows Setup erases the
path (e.g., A:\WINV31), re-enter the path and press Enter.
Notes:
Resolution options are available once you start Windows. Select the "XGA
Setup" icon under the Windows Control Panel to configure your desired mode
of operation. Windows Setup should not be used for this purpose after the
initial installation.
Resolutions other than 640x480 and 1024x768, as well as the 64K color option,
are only available with the XGA-2 display adapter. It is recommended that,
if the 1024x768 Extra Large Fonts option is used, it is only used for 15 inch
or smaller displays.
LAN Driver Installation Instructions (3.1)
------------------------------------------
1. On the Network Server:
Create a \WINSHARE subdirectory - (ie: W:\WINSHARE)
2. On a Workstation:
Connect to the W:\WINSHARE subdirectory.
Install a copy of Windows using the SETUP /a option.
3. On the Network Server:
Install a network sharable version of Windows on the
workstation using the SETUP /n option. (ie: C:\WINDOWS)
4. On the Network Server:
A) Set the W:\WINSHARE directory attributes to Read/Only.
B) Set the W:\WINSHARE file attributes to Read/Write.
C) Expand all the files from the A:\WINV31 subdirectory on
the XGA Device Device Driver Installation diskette to
W:\WINSHARE. Windows 3.1 comes with the EXPAND.EXE utility.
D) Make sure the file attributes in \WINSHARE are R/W and the
Directory attributes are R/O. If the Directory R/O attribute
not exist (ie: PC LAN) then make the files R/O.
E) Rename the OEMSETUP.INF file to OEM0.INF in \WINSHARE.
If this file already exists then rename it to the next
incremental numeric value: OEMx.INF.
F) Copy all OEM?.INF files to the workstation C:\WINDOWS
subdirectory. Change the attribute on workstation
OEM?.INF files to R/W.
5. On a Workstation:
A) To update the workstaton system.ini for XGA202.DRV
execute the following command from C:\WINDOWS:
W:\WINSHARE\SETUP /n
B) Select Continue.
C) Select Display.
D) Select the desired XGA resolution.
E) The local SYSTEM.INI file has been updated to reflect
the XGA202.DRV in the selected resolution when Windows
is restarted.
6. Repeat steps 3, 4F, and 5 for each workstation.
Note: A fully qualified path is required for the shared windows
subdirectory (e.g. F:\WINSHARE). Using a mapped drive letter
will return the following error: "Could not find message file
XGAMSG.GML. Press any key to continue".
Changing Your XGA Mode of Operation
-----------------------------------
Once you have installed your XGA device driver, the Windows Control Panel will
allow you to change the XGA display setup within the Windows environment. For
this to work with an XGA-1, you must install the DMQS files.
1) While running Windows, double click on the Windows 3.1 Control Panel icon.
Now execute XGA Setup by double clicking on the XGA Setup icon.
2) If you have more than one XGA or the display listed is incorrect, click on
the Display... button to bring up the XGA Desktop Display Selection window.
Select from the display pulldown list your appropriate display or the
appropriate setting for your display. If you have multiple XGAs in your
system, then select the appropriate display connected to each XGA. Select
the slot with the XGA you want to use for the Windows desktop (primary
display). Slot 0 indicates an XGA on the system board. Press the OK button
to return to the XGA Setup window.
3) Select the desired resolution for Windows 3.1. You will be presented with
all the valid resolutions for your display type and XGA hardware.
Resolutions other than 640x480 and 1024x768 are available on XGA-2 Display
Adapter only. (Note: An incorrect display selection above can produce
resolutions which your display cannot physically support.)
4) Select the desired number of colors for the Windows desktop. You will be
presented with all the valid number of colors for the selected resolution.
A grayed-out number of colors option means that this particular selection
is possible for the current display but a different (lower) resolution
must be selected first. The 64K color option is only available with an
XGA-2 Display Adapter.
5) Select the desired font size for the Windows desktop. The default is
small size font at resolutions of 800x600 and lower and large size font
at resolutions above 800x600.
6) If for some reason you want to change the frame rate (vertical refresh
rate), push the Advanced... button which appears on the righthand side of
the XGA Setup window. It is not recommended that you use this option
unless you have a specific requirement in mind. You will be presented with
all the valid frame rates depending upon the selected resolution. Selecting
a different frame rate could possibly change the number of colors. The
initial default frame rate is the highest refresh rate available for the
selected number of colors and resolution. A higher frame rate will result
in less display flicker.
7) Click the OK button to save any changes. If changes were made, then a prompt
will appear. Select Yes to restart Windows to have the XGA settings take
effect immediately or select No to have the XGA settings take effect the
next time you startup Windows 3.1.
Click the Cancel button to discard any changes made within XGA Setup.
Note: When changing displays, first follow the above steps, and then connect
a new display. If your Windows display comes up out of sync, first try
deleting the file XGASETUP.PRO in your XGA$DMQS directory. If you still have a
problem, run Windows setup.exe and select the IBM XGA V2.10. Then you
can follow the above steps to configure your display.
Setup Problem Guide
-------------------
1) While running Setup from within Windows, a General Protection Fault is
generated.
- Do not run Setup to select the IBM XGA driver after initial installation.
Use the XGA Setup choice under the Control Panel.
2) After running Setup, your XGA resolution is incorrect.
- Check that your Display and XGA subsystem are capable of the resolution
you have selected.
- Make sure to use the XGA Setup option under the Control Panel to
configure your XGA.
Problems beyond our control
---------------------------
1) Text truncated in (menu) text boxes
With the Extra Large system fonts in particular, but sometimes with the other
system fonts, applications have not built sufficient tolerance to handle
legitimate variations in system font size, and as a result some text
boxes contain truncated text. This is an application problem, not a
driver problem, as the application is responsible for querying the size
of the text, and generating a sufficiently large box to surround it.
Applications that have failed to build in a sufficient tolerance of device
driver system font size variations will exhibit this problem. However in
many cases, selection of a smaller driver system font may be a solution.
See "Device Driver Installation Choices" for a description of how the
various selections affect driver system font size.
2) CodeView under Windows corrupts the screen, eventually fails.
Points to Note
--------------
1) The XGA adapter card can not be used as a replacement for the 8514/A when
running CVW (CodeView for Windows) on a PS/2.
2) Switching to a full screen DOS session while printing from a Windows
application can cause information to be omitted from the printout. To
avoid this problem, wait for the dialog box informing you that the file
is being sent to the printer to be removed from the screen, before
switching to the DOS session. Alternatively, run your DOS session in a
window and the problem will not occur.
3) Screen print using the 'Print Screen' key is not possible.
4) A few applications can give different colors when run on the XGA as
compared to the VGA. This results from different palette formats.
Installing the XGA drivers for use over a Local Area Network
-----------------------------------------------------------
The process of installing the XGA Device Driver on a LAN Server is to
EXPAND the needed files from the OEM Display Driver Diskette and then
to manually update the SETUP.INF in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory.
This file is used by the Windows SETUP program to specify the Display Driver
that is to be made available to the LAN's user community.
This process is documented fully by Microsoft in the Microsoft Windows
Resource Kit.
The Diskette Files
------------------
The WINV31 directory contains the following files:
READ.ME - This READ.ME information file
XGA210.DRV - XGA Windows 3.1 Display Driver
XGAMSG.GML - Display driver message file
OEMSETUP.INF - Installation Control file
XGA.3GR - XGA Windows 3.1 386 Enhanced Mode Grabber
WIN.CNF, VGALOGO.RLE, VGALOGO.LGO - Files sometimes required by setup and used
to build WIN.COM .
VGACOLOR.2G_ - XGA Windows 3.1 286 Standard Mode Grabber
XGAVD210.386 - XGA Windows 3.1 Virtual Display Driver.
Control Panel files:
XGACONF.CPL - XGA configuration utility
XGACONF.HLP - Help file
Font Files :
8514FIX.FO_
8514OEM.FO_
8514SYS.FO_
8515FIX.FON
8515OEM.FON
8515SYS.FON
CGA40850.FO_
CGA40WOA.FO_
CGA80850.FO_
CGA80WOA.FO_
COURE.FO_
COURF.FO_
EGA40850.FO_
EGA40WOA.FO_
EGA80850.FO_
EGA80WOA.FO_
MODERN.FO_
ROMAN.FO_
SCRIPT.FO_
SERIFE.FO_
SERIFF.FO_
SSERIFE.FO_
SSERIFF.FO_
SYMBOLE.FO_
SYMBOLF.FO_
VGAFIX.FO_
VGAOEM.FO_
VGASYS.FO_