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GDS7543 English Windows 3.1x Driver 2.10
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Resolutions & Colors support
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640x480x256
640x480x64k
640x480x16M
800x600x256
800x600x64k
1024x768x256
1024x768x64k (2 Meg video memory only)
1280x768x256 (2 Meg video memory only)
New features from 2.00 to 2.10
==============================
-Use only one intallation disk for both English and foreign languages support.
-Winmode help feature has been improved to be text sensitive.
How to install 7543 Windows 3.1 Driver
======================================
Prior to installing these drivers, Make sure that Windows is using
the VGA driver that was included with Windows. If Windows is using any other
driver, reconfigure Windows using Setup from DOS or from within Windows.
1. Insert the 7543 Windows 3.1x Driver Installation diskette into A: or B:.
2. Run INSTALL.EXE on the diskette from Windows File Manager.
3. Follow instructions on screen to complete the installation process.
4. A WinMode program will pop up to ask user to select options. Select
any desired choice to fit your preference.
OS/2 2.1x Warning
=================
If you are installing these windows drivers into WIN-OS/2 2.1x, at the end
of this installation, a WinMode utility program will pop up to allow you to
choose different colors and resolutions. MAKE SURE you select the
"OS/2-Windows" option in the Operating System group.
Testing Anomalies
=================
The following items were discovered during testing against the test plan
documented in the release notes:
-In 16 million colors, open a DOS full screen, set to standard modes
0 and 1 and then press Alt-Enter, and Enter again, the display is corrupted.
-With 800x600 DSTN panel, set to some standard video (ie. 0H,1H) in DOS full
screen, Alt-Enter few times to toggle between PM and DOS full screen
sometimes show few lines of big characters on screen or blank display.
-With mouse trail on, puttng mouse on top of any video clip being played
shows small square box following mouse cursor. PDR#3207
-Change resolution-on-the-fly (ROF) caused a GPF in PCTOOLS for Windows
2.0. - PDR 2564
-The screen pans beyond the edge of Windows PM w/ DSTN VGA panel after a
few Alt-Enter in a DOS session. - PDR 1470
-Horizontal lines flash across the panel when switching between windowed
DOS session and DOS full screen. - PDR 2436
-In TV display mode only, application name title is not shown while pressing
Alt-Tab in DOS full screen. - PDR 2788
-DCI provider causes noise on CRT at high res. in some display mode when
move to certain position on screen. Still investigating the HW. - PDR 2318
-In 16M colors mode, open a windowed DOS session then warm boot machine
would corrupt screen but pressing Esc recover the screen image.
-Windows 3.1x Install script for foreign languages still shows "Select a
Group Window" in English toward the end of the install process.
-If user choose "Skip" for icon setup toward the end of the install process
in any foreign languages Windows 3.1 version, a message in English would
pop up.
Problem fixed
==============
-Font cache size arrows not fully repainted in Winmode.
-Using hot-key or Winmode to switch display sometimes causes foreign
language Windows 3.1x to generate GPF or hang system.
-After Windows 3.1 installation, a line entry that contains the path where
Winmode.exe is installed is omitted in Winmode.ini. This causes the
Autoexec.bat file not being updated if user chooses new monitor refresh
rate.
-Winmode changes refresh rate and reports the changes but the old refresh
rate still remains.
-Took out OS/2 2.1x warning message at the end of Windows 3.1 install so
that English warning message doesn't show up in non-English Windows version.
-From windowed DOS in 16M color mode, setmode 13 and hit enter to open
to DOS full sceen corrupts screen.
-In WinMode main Help screen, there should not be a 16 colors option.
-With Panning/scrolling on in SimulSCAN, open DOS full screen and then
switch to LCD followed by typing exit in DOS session, CRT display comes
back. on- PDR 2595
-In 64k colors and mouse trail is on, open Paintbrush and click on color
palette results in eratic mouse movement. PDR#3200
-In MS DCT test, Disptest test causes display to stretch out of screen in
video mode 0,1,2,3 after Alt-Enter few times. - PDR 2792
-With both PaintBrush and PM maximized and mouse trail enabled, Alt-Tab few
times cause jumpy mouse movement. - PDR 2840
-With mouse trail enabled, clicking on the title bar of the floating color
palette, the area around the cursor does not fill the color in Micrografx
Designer 4.0. PDR#2827
-Running Wintune 2.0 in 64k and 16M colors creates some vertical lines.
-Run Lotus Notes' Organizer in 64k colors shows a vertical line.
-Run Novell Netware setup during auto install, the text screen is out of
sync in some notebook systems.
-In some notebook systems, using 640x480x256 mode with panning/scrolling on,
enter standby and then resume, the display only shows a cursor against a
black screen.
-In some notebook systems, using 640x480x256, 800x600x256, 1024x768x256
with panning enabled, switching display via hot-key causes panel screen
blank out.
-In some notebook systems with APM implementation and a CRT plugged in, do a
suspend while in CRT only mode, then unplug the CRT and do a resume, LCD
panel is not turned on.
-Resume from suspend in some notebook systems causes the screen to blink
twice.
-In some notebook systems with APM implementation, open a DOS full screen
and then do a suspend followed by resume causes the system to exit Windows
to go to DOS directly.
-While playing a video clip in position 0,1 (vertical column) in rev.BF,
the film clip is distorted.
-With Compcore SoftPEG playing a MPEG file in rev.BF, Ctrl-2 to zoom it to
2x video window and then double-click the title bar of the video window
to maximize it. As a result the video shifts to right with garbage on
the left side.
Windows 3.1 driver limitation
=============================
-Japanese and some Asian Windows 3.1x do not support change-res-on-fly.
Changing a new resolution in Winmode will trigger Windows reboot.
-Execute Change-res-on-fly and part of a dialogue box remains after importing
Microsoft Windows Metafile (*.WMF) in Adobe Illustrator 4.0. This is a
problem with application not knowing new res. has taken effect. PDR#2796
-Use Winmode to switch from low res. to high res with a file open in Adobe
Illustrator 4.0, dragging the scroll bar outwards will leave image of
the scroll bar. This is a problem with application not knowing new res.
has taken effect. PDR#2821, PDR#2822
-Changing display mode or changing resolution-on-the-fly (ROF) sometimes
results in an icon missing or distorted image on screen when AfterDark is
loaded in the background. This is due to AfterDark application not
compatible with some features in the driver.
-Image is incompletely redrawn after switching from low resolution to high
resolution and GPF warning usually occur in Adobe Illustrator 4.0. - PDR 2822
-After resolution-change-on-the-fly (ROF), user can not write letters in CIC
Handwriter for Windows.
-A GPF is generated when running Mediamatic Player in SimulSCAN with DSTN
SVGA panel. This is a Mediamatic application issue. - PDR 1767
-Mediamatic MPEG Arcade Player shows color drop-off in video clip. This is
a Mediamatic application issue. - PDR 2609
-Large font remains after switching back from TV to any non-TV display mode.
This is by design because Windows characters look better in large font in
TV and WinMode currently has no way to save the font size before the TV
switch. The users just have to be made aware that they need to change back
to small font if that is what they desire after switching back from TV mode.
This can be accomplished by selecting the small font radio button before
pressing OK from the main WinMode dialog- PDR 2732