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  1.         Tseng ET4000 - Windows 3.0 Display Drivers
  2.  
  3. INSTRUCTIONS - FIRST TIME WINDOWS 3.0 INSTALLATION
  4.  
  5. Follow the instructions contained in the WIN30DRV.DOC file to install the
  6. Tseng ET4000 display drivers.
  7.  
  8.  
  9. INSTRUCTIONS - WINDOWS 3.0 ALREADY INSTALLED
  10.  
  11. To use the Tseng ET4000 Windows 3.0 drivers you need to copy the following
  12. files into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory.
  13.  
  14.                 VGA443.DRV
  15.                 VGA448.DRV
  16.                 VGA463.DRV      USES 8514 FONTS
  17.                 VGA463S.DRV     USES VGA FONTS
  18.                 VGA464.DRV    USES 8514 FONTS
  19.                 VGA464S.DRV    USES VGA FONTS
  20.                 VGA468.DRV    USES 8514 FONTS
  21.                 VGA468S.DRV     USES VGA FONTS
  22.                 VGA474.DRV
  23.                 VGA478.DRV
  24.                 VGA414.DRV
  25.                 VGAMONOX.GR2
  26.                 VGACOLRX.GR2
  27.                 VDDTLI4.386
  28.                 SETUP.INF
  29.  
  30.  
  31. If you have ALREADY installed Windows 3.0, you can copy the above list of
  32. files into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. After you copy the files, change
  33. the display configuration from within Windows itself to one of the extended
  34. drivers. See the Windows documentation for further information.
  35.  
  36. When you run the Windows Setup to change to a different driver Windows may
  37. prompt you for some of the Windows Installation diskettes. The drivers use 
  38. display fonts which are contained on the standard Windows 3.0 distribution
  39. diskettes.
  40.  
  41.  
  42. The enclosed drivers are generic and should work with most ET4000 based boards.
  43. The drivers have various display memory requirements and of course your display
  44. monitor must be able to support the resolution you select.
  45.  
  46. The drivers support the following:
  47.  Resolution    Mode     Minimum display     Driver name         Windows Font
  48.                 (HEX)   memory required
  49.  
  50.  640x480x2    11h          256kb        VGAMONO.DRV  **     VGA
  51.  640x480x16    12h          256kb          VGA.DRV      **     VGA
  52.  800x600x16    29h         256kb          VGA464.DRV          8514
  53.  800x600x16    29h         256kb          VGA464S.DRV         VGA
  54. 1024x768x16    37h         512kb          VGA474.DRV          8514
  55. 1280x1024x16    3Dh         1 meg          VGA414.DRV          8514
  56.  640x480x256    2Eh         512kb          VGA448.DRV          VGA
  57.  640x480x32k    2Eh xx         1 meg          VGA443.DRV          VGA
  58.  800x600x256    30h         512kb          VGA468.DRV          8514
  59.  800x600x256    30h         512kb          VGA468S.DRV         VGA
  60.  800x600x32k    30h xx         1 meg          VGA463.DRV          8514
  61.  800x600x32k    30h xx         1 meg          VGA463S.DRV         VGA
  62. 1024x768x256    38h         1 meg          VGA478.DRV          8514
  63.  
  64. ** uses Windows 3.0 supplied VGA driver
  65. xx requires a ET4000 BIOS which supports the Sierra HICOLOR mode
  66.  
  67.                                 IMPORTANT
  68. It is important that the drivers be installed properly, replacement
  69. grabbers (GR2 extension) and Virtual-Display-Device handler (386 extension) are
  70. included to properly support the extended feature set of the ET4000 VGA chip.
  71.