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- OS/2 Warp PM Display Driver Installation
- Version 1.20
- Installation Guide
-
- Hercules Dynamite 128/Video
-
- December 19, 1996
-
-
- NOTE: This driver is for OS/2 WARP 3.0 and later!
- It will NOT work with earlier versions of OS/2!
-
-
- Table of Contents
- -----------------
-
- Introduction
- System Requirements
- Resolutions Supported
- Preliminary Steps
- If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
- Resetting to VGA mode
- Installing the Dynamite 128/Video PM Driver
- Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
- Regenerating the SVGADATA.PMI file
- How Do I Get Help?
- Trademarks
-
-
-
- Introduction
- ------------
-
- This guide contains all the information you need to install our OS/2
- drivers for the Hercules Dynamite 128/Video.
-
-
-
- System Requirements
- -------------------
- Before you install the Hercules Dynamite 128/Video Display Driver for
- OS/2, make sure that you have:
-
- 1. Installed OS/2 WARP Version 3.0 or later
- 2. 8_MB of system memory
- 3. 2_MB of hard disk space on your Boot Drive
-
-
-
- Resolutions Supported
- ---------------------
-
- 8-bit (256 colors): 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024
- 16-bit (65k colors): 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768
- 24-bit (16.7M colors): 640x480, 800x600
-
- Refresh rates up to 90Hz in 640x480 and 800x600; and 75Hz in
- 1024x768 and 1280x1024.
-
-
-
- Preliminary Step
- ----------------
-
-
- Change to the temporary directory where you expanded the DVOS2W10.EXE file and make the
- Hercules Dynamite 128/Video Display Driver for OS/2 install diskette
- by running:
-
- [x:path] LOADDSKF D128OS2W.DSK [y:]
-
- (where [x:path] is the drive and directory where the 128OS2W.DSK file
- is, and [y:] is the floppy drive that will contain the installation
- diskette.)
-
- Examples: C:\TEMP> LOADDSKF D128OS2W.DSK A:
- D:\DOWNLOAD> LOADDSKF D128OS2W.DSK B:
-
-
- If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
- ------------------------------------------
-
- You should reset to standard VGA mode in order to properly install
- this driver set. Please see the instructions below on how to do so.
-
-
-
- Resetting to VGA mode
- ---------------------
-
- Your system must be in "VGA" mode prior to installation.
-
- To restore to VGA mode:
-
- 1. Turn on the computer. If the computer is already on, press
- Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart it.
-
- 2. When the letters OS/2 and the small white box appears in the
- upper left-hand corner
- of your screen, press Alt+F1.
-
- 3. When the Recovery Choices screen appears,
- press V if you are installing on WARP 3.0
- press F3 if you are installing on WARP 4.0
-
-
-
- Installing the Dynamite 128/Video PM Driver
- -------------------------------------------
-
- When the desktop appears:
-
- 1. Open the 'OS/2 System' folder.
-
- 2. Open the 'Command Prompts' folder.
-
- 3. Open a 'OS/2 Full Screen' or 'OS/2 Window' session.
-
- 4. Insert the driver diskette into the 'A' drive.
-
- 5. Change to the 'A' drive.
-
- 6. Type "setup [source path:] [target drive:]"
-
- where "source path" is the location of the SETUP.CMD file and
- "target drive" is the driver letter of the drive that contains
- OS/2.
-
- Examples:
- "setup a: c:" (If OS/2 is installed on the "C" drive).
-
- "setup a: d:" (If OS/2 is installed on the "D" drive).
-
-
- 7. The setup program will copy a few files to your hard drive,
- display
- a message and ask you to reboot your machine.
-
- 8. Exit from the 'OS/2 Window' or 'OS/2 Full Screen' session.
-
- 9. Remove the diskette from the 'A' drive.
-
- 10. Close the 'Command Prompts' folder.
-
- 11. Close the 'OS/2 System' folder.
-
- 12. Perform a 'Shut down' of your machine.
-
-
- After the reboot:
-
- 1. Click the right mouse button on the desktop to display the
- desktop menu.
-
- 2. Click on 'System setup' to open the 'System Setup' folder.
-
- 3. Double click on 'Display Driver Install' icon to begin the
- second phase of the display driver installation. (You may have
- to scroll the folder to locate the icon.)
-
- 4. Choose 'Primary Display' from the 'Display Driver Install'
- screen and click OK.
-
- 5. Select 'Tseng Laboratories ET6000' from the list of supported
- adapters and click OK.
-
- 6. At the Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility screen select
-
- * Install Using Display Adaptor Utility Program
-
- 7. Click OK
-
- 8. At the 'Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility Location' screen
- backspace over the "A:\" and type:
-
- [drive:]\os2\svga.exe on monitor
-
- Where [drive:] is the drive that contains OS/2
-
- Examples:
- "c:\os2\svga.exe on monitor"
- (If OS/2 is installed on the "C" drive).
-
- "d:\os2\svga.exe on monitor"
- (If OS/2 is installed on the "D" drive).
-
- 9. Click OK. At this point your screen will go blank as an optimum
- hardware configuration is determined.
-
- 10. At the 'SVGA Modes and Refresh rates supported' screen type
- "AUTO" and press ENTER. Your screen will again go blank for up
- to 30 seconds.
-
- 11. At the 'Source Directory' screen, Insert the driver diskette
- into the "A" drive.
-
- 12. Click 'Install'.
-
- 13. At the 'Display Driver Install' screen Click OK
-
- 14. Close the 'System Setup' folder.
-
- 15. Remove the driver disk.
-
- 16. Shut down and reboot your system.
-
-
- Changing Screen Resolutions and Refresh Rates
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- 1. Click the right mouse button on the desktop to display the
- desktop menu.
-
- 2. Click on 'System setup' to open the 'System Setup' folder.
-
- 3. Double click on 'System' icon.
-
- 4. Choose the 'Screen resolution' and 'Screen Refresh rate' you
- desire.
-
- 5. Reboot the machine to initiate the new settings.
-
-
- Regenerating the SVGADATA.PMI File
- ----------------------------------
-
- If you encounter problems during installation, you may have to
- regenerate your SVGADATA.PMI file after the install is complete.
- To do this, either boot to real DOS or start a DOS full-screen session.
- Go to the OS2 directory of your OS/2 boot partition and type:
-
- "SVGA ON DOS"
-
- The screen will go black for several seconds while the utility gathers
- information about the modes support by your adapter. After it is done,
- you DOS session will reappear. At this point, rename the file
- SVGADATA.DOS to SVGADATA.PMI and reboot you machine.
-
-
-
- How Do I Get Help?
- ------------------
-
- Please see our Installation Guide for complete instructions for
- contacting us. We'll be happy to help you with any questions
- or difficulties you may have.
-
- The URL for Dynamite 128/Video software updates for all operating environments is:
-
- http://www.hercules.com/support/drivers/dynamite/dyn128/
-
- If you have an Internet e-mail address, be sure to join the mailing
- list to keep up on the latest news. Complete instructions for
- subscribing to this service are in our Installation Guide as well as
- the README.TXT file on the Installation Diskette.
-
-
-
- Trademarks
- ----------
-
- Hercules, Dynamite, Dynamite 128/Video are trademarks of Hercules
- Computer Technology, Inc.
-
- ET6000 is a trademark of Tseng Labs Inc. in the United States and/or
- other countries.
-
- The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation
- in the United States and/or other countries:
-
- IBM
- OS/2
- WARP
- MERLIN
-
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