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-
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- for
- mach32 Users
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- OS/2 Ver 2.1 September 1, 1994
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-
- READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT !
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-
- Contents
-
- 1.0 Supported Resolutions:
- 2.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
- 2.1 Uninstalling the OS/2 drivers
- 3.0 Driver Corrections and Updates
- 4.0 Known Problems
- 5.0 Reporting Problems
-
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- 1.0 Supported Resolutions:
-
- 256 colors 65000 colors 16.7 million
- 8 bpp 16 bpp 24 bits per pixel
-
- 640 x 480 1/2MB 1/2MB 2MB
- 800 x 600 1/2MB 1/2MB 2MB
- 1024 x 768 1/2MB 2MB N/A
- 1280 x 1024 2MB N/A N/A
-
- 1/2MB - Supported on 1 or 2 Megabyte mach32 products
- 2MB - ONLY supported on 2 Megabyte mach32 products
- N/A - Not Supported
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-
- 2.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
-
-
- 1) Insert disk #1 and run INSTALL from within a full screen DOS session
- (under OS/2) and check the "Set Power-Up Configuration" to ensure that you
- have selected an appropriate monitor type:
-
- a) OS/2 requires that the 640x480 resolution be configured for the IBM
- default 60Hz vertical refresh rate.
- b) You must configure the card for all resolutions that your monitor
- can support in order to have them functioning correctly under OS/2.
-
- 2) Check The Minimized Window Viewer to see if you have any WIN-OS/2 or
- DOS sessions iconized. Close them all as the INSTALL may not work
- if a WIN-OS/2 session is running.
-
- Note: Do not task switch while running the INSTALL program.
-
- 3) From the INSTALL Main Selection Menu, select Install Device Drivers
- and pick Presentation Manager. Then follow the instructions given
- on the screen.
-
- Note: If PM Desktop does not reappear after exiting from the full screen
- DOS session, pressing <Enter> will bring you back to full screen.
- If this occurs, you must reboot to get back to the PM Desktop.
-
- 5) Run DSPINSTL from within an OS/2 window.
-
- 6) When the Display Driver Install panel appears, select Primary Display
- and click OK to bring up a list of choices. You should see an option for
- ATI mach32.
-
- 7) Select 'ATI Technologies mach32' from the list and click OK. If a
- error message pops-up, which says "The installed adapter does not support
- the selected display driver. Do you wish to continue?" ignore it and
- click OK.
-
- 8) When the source directory panel appears, select 'Change' and enter:
- C:\MACH_OS2 (replace c: with your boot drive letter if you don't use c)
- Click 'Set' and then 'Install'. After the files are copied, exit the OS/2
- window or full screen session. Shut down and restart your system.
-
- 9) The PM driver will first come up in 640x480, 256 colors mode. Use the
- following steps to change the screen resolutions or number of colors:
-
- a) Open 'OS/2 System' icon.
- b) Open 'System Setup' icon.
- c) Open 'System' icon.
- b) Select the 'Screen' tab.
- e) Select the desired resolution and number of colors from the list.
- f) Double click on the system menu icon or select close from the system
- menu to close the window.
- g) Shut down and restart your system.
-
-
- 2.1 Uninstalling the OS/2 drivers
-
- 1. Open an OS/2 window or OS/2 Full Screen icon and type:
- DSPINSTL <enter>.
-
- 2. Select Primary Display and click OK to bring up a list of choices. Select
- "Video Graphics Array (VGA) from the list.
-
- 3. When the source directory panel appears, insert the OS/2 /Display Driver
- diskette. Select the drive and path name where the VGA driver resides
- (typically A: or B:), choose Set and then choose Install.
-
- 4. After the install is complete, shut down and restart your system.
-
- Note: After completing step 4, OS/2 is using VGA for a display. If you
- wish to remove the mach32 files from you hard drive continue on.
-
- 5. Restart OS/2 and open a full screen DOS session.
-
- 6. Insert the Graphics Ultra Pro disk #1 in the appropriate drive. Change
- directories to the floppy drive and type: INSTALL <enter>.
-
- 7. Select Install Device Driver from the Main Selection Menu.
-
- 8. Select Presentation Manager from the list of applications.
-
- 9 Select UNINSTALL OS/2 Drivers, and follow the instructions on the
- screen.
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- 3.0 Driver Corrections and Updates
-
-
- 1. This driver now installs over the OS/2 2.11 service pack XR06200.
-
-
- 2. Full screen drivers will now work on systems with a disabled memory
- aperture, by enabling the virtual aperture (VAD).
-
- To enable/disable the memory aperture, insert disk #1 and run INSTALL from
- within a full screen DOS session (under OS/2) and select the "Set Power-Up
- Configuration". Select the "Memory Aperture from the "Set Power-Up
- Configuration" menu.
-
- "Memory Aperture" will not appear in the "Set Power-Up Configuration" menu
- if you are using an ISA or PCI mach32 card. ISA cards do not support the
- memory aperture (i.e. memory aperture is disabled). PCI cards
- automatically configure the memory aperture. (i.e. memory aperture is
- enabled).
-
- To enable the virtual aperture, ensure that the memory aperture is disabled
- and then make the following change to the WIN.INI file under the [Mach]
- section:
-
- VAD=on
-
- To disable the virtual aperture, ensure that the memory aperture is enabled
- and then make the following change to the WIN.INI file under the [Mach]
- section:
-
- VAD=off
-
- 3. If you use the mach32 with the virtual aperture enabled, and also use
- the OS/2 debug kernel, you must copy the file VMACH32D.SYS from the
- mach_OS2 directory to your \OS2\MDOS directory. In addition, the line
- in config.sys that reads:
-
- DEVICE=\OS2\MDOS\VMACH32.SYS
-
- must be changed to:
-
- DEVICE=\OS2\MDOS\VMACH32D.SYS
-
- This should only affect device driver developers, or other developers
- who use the OS/2 kernel level debugger.
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- 4.0 Known Problems
-
- - Corrupt Icons:
-
- Task switching between full screen DOS applications and the PM Desktop
- may result in corrupt icons.
-
- Icons created for 265 color displays may not display correctly at higher
- color depths (i.e. 65,000, 16.7 Million)
-
- - Corrupt DOS screens:
-
- Task switching between a full screen DOS graphics display and the PM
- Desktop, may cause the DOS session to become corrupt. To correct the
- problem, refresh the DOS screen.
-
- - Multiple Mouse cursors
- This problem only appears to occur at 800x600 24 bpp, when the graphics
- card is configured for high refresh rates. If this problem occurs, use
- the ATI Install, Custom Monitor Setup to select a lower refresh rate.
-
- - Draw for OS/2 (Ver. 3.0):
-
- Using the mach32 16.7 million color display drivers may result in
- Draw 3.0 displaying only in monochrome. This problem will occur
- at 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions.
-
- - Designer for OS/2 (Ver 3.1), SlideShow:
-
- Using any mach32 16.7 million color display driver may result in garbage
- characters being displayed in the SlideShow option of Designer 3.1.
-
- - Designer for OS/2 (Ver 3.1), Bitmap:
-
- Try to draw a box and fill it with bitmap. The display may become corrupt
- with the bitmap window displayed correctly, but all boxes are white or
- dark color.
-
- - Corrupted characters and icon in MS-WORD (Ver 2.0C):
-
- Task switching between the PM desktop and MS WORD, running full screen,
- may cause corrupted characters and drawing icons are generated. This
- problem may occur at any resolution or color depth.
-
- - EISA mach32 and Full Screen Win OS/2
- At 1024x768, 8 bpp running a Full Screen Win OS/2 session may generate
- a black screen. This problem does not appear to occur with other bus
- types.
-
- - AVI Playback:
-
- Do not move the playback window, while an AVI is running. Moving the
- window, may result in an internal processing error.
-
-
- - 8514/a display:
-
- In order to sucessfully install the 8514a driver over the ATI driver
- make a copy of the DISPLAY DRIVER 2 (DISP 2) diskette, that comes with
- OS/2 2.11 and copy the file PSBGA32B.DSP to it. This will update the
- 8514/a display driver selection, for use with the DPSINSTL command.
-
- - Windows Sessions:
-
- If Windows applications do not run correctly, check the CONFIG.SYS file
- to ensure that the device reference to VVGA.SYS preceeds the device
- reference to VMACH32.SYS:
-
- DEVICE=<drive>:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS
- DEVICE=<drive>:\OS2\MDOS\VMACH32.SYS
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- 5.0 Reporting Problems
-
- If you experience any difficulties, open the file REPORT.TXT and complete
- the Problem Report form.
-