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- Stealth 64 VRAM README.TXT
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- Release Notes
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- This is v1.20 of the Stealth 64 VRAM Windows v3.1 Driver disk.
-
- Changes in v1.20 from v1.10
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- * InControl Tools Control Panel V1.40
- * Revised Help File to reflect additional functions
- * Maximize applications to Viewport option added to Pop-Up Menu
- * Center Dialogs to Viewport option added to Pop-Up Menu
- * Fast Scrolling option now defaults to faster mode
- * Sync polarities in User Defined Monitor are retained
- * Corrected GPF when starting Broderbund's Grandma and Me
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- 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.
-
- * If you had screen savers loaded previously, and they seem not
- to load on startup any longer, see the message at the top
- regarding backing up important files and the limitation down
- below of LOAD= line being replaced and not appended. This is
- a limitation of the Windows 3.xx SETUP program. This does not
- occur with the Diamond install.
-
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- Trouble Shooting Suggestions
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-
- * If you are experiencing random lock-ups in Windows you can add the
- following line to the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This
- type of lock-up may occur with applications that interrogate the
- systems memory searching for virill.
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- 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 [STLTH64.DRV] section of your SYSTEM.INI
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- BUSYCHECK=ON -- This is set to OFF by default.
-
- * If you are using Lenny Music Tunes, Microsoft Art Gallery, Small
- Blue Planet, Ocean 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 [STLTH64.DRV] section
- of the SYSTEM.INI. This will correct the corrupted screens you
- may experience during animation sequences.
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- DEVICEBITMAPS=1 -- This is set to 0 by default.
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- 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.
-
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- Windows 3.1
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- The following Windows 3.1 drivers are included:
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- Resolution Colors Displayed
- 640x480 256 65,536 16,777,216
- 800x600 256 65,536 16,777,216
- 1024x768 256 65,536 16,777,216*
- 1152x864 256 65,536 16,777,216*
- 1280x1024 256 65,536*
- *4 Megabytes of on-board memory required.
-
-
- The following items require a SYSTEM.INI switch be changed:
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-
- 1024x768x8/16/32bpp, 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, 1024x768x32bpp, 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 S64MODE | CUSTOM | Select
- 1024x768x65k (or 16M) | 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.
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- Contacting DIAMOND
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- Diamond can be reached through a number of ways:
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- 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
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- 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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