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*********************************************************************** IMPORTANT INFORMATION for mach32 Users *********************************************************************** Release Notes May 26, 1995 *********************************************************************** READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT ! **************************** Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Adapter Installation 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 3.1 3.1 Multimedia Video Acceleration 4.0 Installation Notes for AutoDesk products 5.0 Installation Notes for OS/2 6.0 Installation Notes for WordPerfect 7.0 Installation Notes for Microsoft Word 8.0 Installation Notes for MicroStation 9.0 Driver Compatibility 10.0 Turbo Application Interface 11.0 VGA Feature Connector 12.0 Feature Changes 13.0 Reporting Problems **************************** 1.0 Introduction This file contains last-minute updates that are not found in the User's Guide or in any addendum accompanying the display adapter. Please read this file before proceeding with the installation. For information on running the INSTALL program please refer to the following sections in your User's Guide: "CONFIGURING YOUR CARD" "RUNNING THE INSTALL PROGRAM" GENERAL INFO for NEW INSTALLATIONS: - In order to match the card to your monitor and to your system configuration you must run "SET POWER UP CONFIGURATION" before installing any drivers - Please refer to "MAIN SELECTION MENU" in your User's Manual. - After running "SET POWER UP CONFIGURATION", run Install Device Drivers and EXIT back to DOS. GENERAL INFO FOR UPDATE INSTALLATIONS: If you are updating from a previous version of the mach32 Windows Driver we suggest that: A) You make a backup of you current WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI prior to installation B) You use the UNINSTALL WINDOWS DRIVER Option before installing the the new drivers. The UNINSTALL will remove any previous mach32 settings. UNINSTALL PROCESS: a) Run the "INSTALL" program by inserting Disk #1 of the supplied mach32 disks into the appropriate disk drive and run the INSTALL program. b) On the Main Menu Screen select the "INSTALL DEVICE DRIVER" and press ENTER. c) From the "Install Device Drivers" pop-up menu select "Microsoft Windows" d) After confirmation of directory and paths you will be presented with the "Windows Enhanced" pop-up menu. From this menu, select the appropriate "Uninstall" option and follow the directions on the Screen. **************************** 2.0 Adapter Installation Adapter installation, while greatly simplified through the mach32 INSTALL utility, requires a step by step methodical approach to ensure that the adapter does not conflict with other system resources and that it will provide optimal performance. The following technical information is a basic outline of the steps required to install a mach32 graphics adapter. 1) The mach32 requires port addresses 2E0-2EF and 3A0-3DF. It also uses C0000-C7FFF for VGA BIOS. Check the system hardware for internal modems, FAX cards or LAN cards which may be using addresses at COM4 (2E8) or addresses between the range of 2E0 to 2EF. Also ensure that LAN cards, scanner cards and other peripheral adapters are not using upper memory addresses between C000 and C7FF. If you have a system containing an on-board graphics controller, consult your owners manual on how to disable it. Check and record how much system memory is installed on the system motherboard. 2) Review your CONFIG.SYS file to determine if a Memory Manager device driver is being loaded. Memory Manager device drivers, such as EMM386, QEMM and 386MAX, may interfere with the installation software and should not be loaded until the mach32 graphics adapter has been completely installed 3) After powering down your system, remove your old graphics adapter (or disable the on-board graphics controller) and plug-in the mach32. Connect the monitor cable and mouse cable (if applicable) to the mach32 card and power-up the system. NOTE: Not all mach32 cards have built-in Mouse ports. If the system fails to produce text on the monitor, return to Step 1 and re-check the installed hardware for address conflicts. If no obvious conflicts are present, carefully remove all non- essential peripheral adapters (scanner, FAX/modem, audio, CD ROM cards, etc.) to determine the nature of the conflict. As a last resort, if possible, see if the card works in a different system. 4) Once the system has properly booted, place Disk #1 of the supplied mach32 disks into the appropriate disk drive and run the INSTALL program. The INSTALL program may report that it has found the graphics card to be in a "new or changed configuration". If this message appears, press any key to have the INSTALL program update the mach32 EEPROM. NOTE: The screen will flicker for a few seconds during a configuration change. If the INSTALL program returns to DOS and states that it could not find a mach32 based graphics card in the system, return to Step 3 to remove any memory manager device driver from your CONFIG.SYS file. **************************** 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 3.1 1) Run INSTALL from Disk #1 of the mach32 diskettes. 2) Select Install Device Drivers from the Main Selection Menu. 3) From the Install Device Drivers menu select Microsoft Windows. 4) Select INSTALL Windows 3.1 driver: a) Select Display Drivers only - if you have NOT installed Windows based multimedia applications (e.g. Multimedia CD-ROMS, Video editing packages) b) Select Display Drivers + Video drivers - if you have installed Windows based multimedia applications (e.g. Multimedia CD-ROMS, Video editing packages) - Note: INSTALL will not successfully install the Video drivers unless it detects that Video for Windows has already been installed. 5) Follow the screen instructions to completion. 6) When INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed, exit the INSTALL program using the <escape> key. 7) Start Windows, use the mach FlexDesk Control Panel icon to configure Windows for the desired resolution and color depth. Note: If you wish to change the Windows' display driver, to a different driver (i.e. VGA or 8514a), do not use the Windows' Setup icon within Windows. To change the display, exit Windows and change directory to the Windows subdirectory. When at the Windows prompt type SETUP and select the desired display driver. For further information regarding the mach32 Windows functions please use MS Write to read the MACH32.WRI file. This Write file is copied to the Windows directory specified during install. 3.1 Multimedia Video Acceleration In order to take advantage of ATI's Multimedia Video Acceleration, you will require one of the following: - Microsoft Video for Windows 1.0 or 1.1 - Microsoft Video for Windows 1.1 run-time Follow the Installation Notes for Windows 3.1 and select Display Drivers + Video driver to enable Multimedia Video Acceleration. **************************** 4.0 Installation Notes for AutoDesk products Note: The following applications are supported: AutoCAD R10-386, R11, R12, R13; 3D Studio R1.0, R2.0, R3.0, R4.0 and AutoShade 386 with Renderman. The CAD drivers provided are developed by Panacea Inc. exclusively for use with ATI's family of mach32 accelerators. Do not attempt to use these drivers on non-mach32 based products. 1) Run INSTALL from Disk #1 of the mach32 diskettes. 2) Select Install Device Drivers from the Main Selection Menu. 3) From the Install Device Drivers menu select one of the following: AutoCAD AutoDesk 3D Studio AutoShade 4) Follow the screen instructions to completion. 5) When the INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed, hit <escape> to exit the INSTALL program. 6) All the AutoDesk products require environment variables to be loaded prior to starting the application. The INSTALL program creates batch files that contain all the necessary SET statements. These batch files will be located in the directory specified during the driver installation. The following are the default batch file names: AutoCAD R10, R11 ADIACAD.BAT AutoDesk 3D Studio R2 ADI3DS.BAT AutoShade with Renderman ADISHADE.BAT 7) After running the appropriate batch file, refer to your AutoDesk documentation for information on how to select and reconfigure the display driver. For further details, please see README.DLD after installing the drivers. **************************** 5.0 Installation Notes for OS/2 Note: Prior to driver installation ensure that the mach32 graphics board has been configured correctly: 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. Only those resolutions that you have configured will display correctly. 1. Check the Windows List (press CTRL-ESC) to see if you have any WIN-OS/2 or DOS sessions iconized. Close them all as the INSTALL may fail if a WIN-OS/2 session is running. Note: Do not task switch while running the INSTALL program. 2. 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 the 640x480 resolution to 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. 3. From the INSTALL Main Selection Menu, select 'Install Device Drivers' and pick 'IBM OS/2' 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. 4. Run DSPINSTL from within an OS/2 window. 5. When the 'Display Driver Install' panel appears, check 'Primary Display' and click OK to bring up a list of choices. You should see an option for ATI mach32. 6. Select 'ATI mach32 (Enhanced V2.6)' from the list and click OK. If the error message "The installed adapter does not support the selected display driver. Do you wish to continue?" appears, ignore it and click OK. 7. When the source directory panel appears, select 'Change' and enter x:\MACH_OS2 (where x: is your OS/2 boot drive) 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. 8. 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. d) Select the 'Screen' tab. e) Select the desired resolution and 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. For further details, please consult the README.CMD file located in the MACH_OS2 directory. To view the ATI README.CMD: a) Open a OS/2 session b) Change directory to \MACH_OS2 c) Type README **************************** 6.0 Installation Notes for WordPerfect WordPerfect drivers support 800x600 and 1024x768 resolutions in 16 colors, VGA mode for Print Preview. 1) Make sure that WordPerfect has already been installed on your hard drive. 2) To complete the install successfully, you will require the following information: a) The full path name of the WordPerfect directory. 3) From the Install Device Drivers menu select WORDPERFECT. 4) Select WordPerfect and follow the screen instructions to completion. 5) When the INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed, exit the program. 6) Change directory to the WordPerfect subdirectory and run WordPerfect. 7) Select display driver in Setup option <shift><F1>. 8) Press <D> for Display. 9) Press <G> for Graphics Screen Type. 10) Select the desired resolution. **************************** 7.0 Installation Notes for Microsoft Word Microsoft Word drivers support 800x600 and 1024x768 resolutions in 16 colors, VGA mode for Print Preview. 1) Make sure that Word has already been installed on your hard drive. 2) To complete the install successfully, you will require the following information: a) The full path name of the Word for DOS directory. 3) From the Install Device Drivers menu select MICROSOFT WORD. 4) Select Microsoft Word from the menu and follow the screen instructions to completion. 5) When INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed, exit the program. 6) Change to your Word directory and start Word. 7) Word's print preview function will automatically use the highest resolution installed. Note: If the high resolution page preview mode is not available, (i.e. the mach32 has not been configured to support high resolutions) the VGA 640x480 16 color mode will be used. **************************** 8.0 Installation Notes for MicroStation 1) Make sure MicroStation has already been installed on your hard drive. 2) To complete the install successfully, you will require the following information: a) The full path name of the MicroStation directory. 3) From the Install Device Drivers menu select MicroStation. 4) When INSTALL has completed copying all necessary files, exit the program. 5) Reboot the system (if you allowed INSTALL to modify autoexec.bat). If you have created a batch file for the set environment, run the .BAT file. 6) Change directory to the MicroStation subdirectory and run USCONFIG.EXE. 7) Refer to the README.USD file for further information regarding how to use the enhanced features. This readme file is copied to the MicroStation DRIVERS subdirectory during the drivers install. **************************** 9.0 Driver Compatibility The mach32 accelerator supports more software drivers than any other graphics card. This flexibility means that the mach32 accelerator is compatible with virtually any software application right out-of-the-box. The supported drivers are: * mach32 * VGAWONDER+ * IBM VGA * VESA Super VGA These drivers differ by the degree of acceleration, resolution and colors supported. **************************** 10.0 Turbo Application Interface The mach32 Turbo Adapter Interface (Turbo AI) is a programming interface written exclusively for the mach32 accelerator chip. This AI provides access to the mach32 graphics controller by providing a "call interface" to programs performing display functions in the 8514/A-compatible part of the graphics card. This Turbo AI is 100% compatible with the IBM 8514/A adapter interface. The Turbo AI is only supported on 2MB Graphics Wonder product. Attempting to use the Turbo AI on a 1MB card may result in displays problems. Any application that needs an AI will ask for a TSR (Terminate-and-Stay- Resident) program called HDILOAD.EXE. This TSR is supplied on a diskette that comes with your mach32 accelerator. Install this TSR only if you use applications that specifically use an 8514/A adapter interface. There are two categories of software drivers that support the IBM 8514/A graphics adapter -- Direct-to-Registers and Adapter Interface. They are described as follows: Direct-to-Registers: The direct-to-registers driver writes directly to the registers of the graphics controller. Examples of such applications are MS Windows and IBM OS/2 Presentation. Adapter Interface Many applications access the 8514/A graphics controller using a software interface called the 8514 Adapter Interface (AI). Examples are Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, and Turbo Pascal. These and many other applications use the AI to eliminate the need for separate graphics drivers for different applications. Contact your application program vendor for information on AI support. Installing the Turbo AI: 1. Run the mach32 INSTALL program to bring up the Main Selection Menu. 2. Select Install Adapter Interface from the menu. 3. Although the AI files can be copied to any directory on the hard drive, certain applications require that the AI must be in a directory called \HDIPCDOS. We recommend that you accept \HDIPCDOS as prompted by the installation program. If this directory does not exist on the drive, one will be created. Press<Enter> to continue. 4. Accept the Source (drive and directory) as prompted, or type in the location where these files can be found. Insert the appropriate disk and press <Enter> to start copying. 5. The installation program attempts to modify your PATH statement to include the AI directory. It also attempts to add a line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that the AI is loaded automatically on every power-up. Press <Y> if you want the AI in the PATH and automatic loading. 6. When the AI installation is complete, press <Esc> to exit. Using the Turbo AI: If you prefer to load the Turbo AI manually, type: C:\HDIPCDOS\HDILOAD\<Enter> To unload the Turbo AI, type: C:\HDIPCDOS\HDILOAD\UNLOAD<Enter> Note - Application programs that use "AI" will display an error message if the AI is not present prior to starting the application. - The order of TSR program unloading (if you have more than one) from DOS memory is important. The last TSR loaded must be the first one you unload. Therefore, HDILOAD must be the last TSR loaded in order for you to unload it successfully. **************************** 11.0 VGA Feature Connector The VGA feature connector is provided on mach32 graphics accelerators for the purpose of passing display information to optional add-in products such as TV or video playback (overlay) boards. The VGA feature connector is limited to 640x480, 256 colors attempting a use a resolution or color depth above that may cause display problems If the mach32 is installed in a PCI slot, palette snooping must also be enabled. This will ensure that the color palette on both the graphics and overlay cards are properly initialized. Refer to your system documentation for instructions on how to do this (for many PCI motherboards, the system CMOS provides a user accessible switch to enable palette snooping). When operating in Windows with the mach32 drivers, the driver must be directed to load the VGA palette on the overlay card. This is accomplished by adding VGADAC=ON to the [DISPLAY] section of the SYSTEM.INI. **************************** 12.0 Features Changes - New VESA 75Hz Refresh Modes: ATI has adopted the 75Hz vertical refresh rate modes which have been recently standardized by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Where applicable, these new modes will replace the previous 76Hz modes at 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 and the 74Hz mode at 1280x1024. In addition, new 90Hz and 100Hz modes are now supported on 2MB VRAM mach32 graphics cards. To access these new modes, use the following procedure: To access any of these modes, use the following steps: 1. Run the "INSTALL" program by inserting Disk #1 of the supplied mach32 disks into the appropriate disk drive and run the INSTALL program. 2. From the Main Selection Menu, select Set Power-Up Configuration 3. Under the Set Power-Up Configuration menu, select Monitor Type 4. Under the Monitor Type menu, select either: VESA standard 75Hz High-Refresh 90Hz High-Refresh 100Hz Note: 90Hz and 100Hz selections apply only to current 2MB VRAM mach32 graphics cards. Refer to the attached Mode Tables for supported resolutions and color depths. 5. Save your monitor selection by pressing <F10> 6. From the Main Selection Menu, re-select Set Power-Up Configuration 7. Under the Set Power-Up Configuration menu, select Monitor Type 8. Under the Monitor Type menu, select the Custom... option 9. For each resolution, you must specify the vertical refresh rate. You will notice that the refresh rate which you have specified in step 4 will now be listed as an option, if it is available at that resolution. WARNING! If the box outline in the Adjustment Screen becomes scrambled, press < Esc > immediately to exit, then try a lower refresh rate. For further information on using the Custom option, refer to the Monitor and Video Modes chapter of your User's Guide. Note: Your existing refresh rates will remain unchanged (i.e. may continue to use 74 or 76Hz refresh) until you re-run INSTALL and select and save a new Monitor Type under Set Power-Up Configuration. - VDIF.EXE Utility: VDIF files are monitor definition files which conform to the VESA Display Information Format. They define parameters which provide optimal resolution and refresh rate for the specified monitor. If your monitor type is not already defined in the monitor list of the mach32 INSTALL program, having the VDIF file for your monitor will save you time. Please note that VDIF files are provided by your monitor manufacturer and they may not be available for all makes and models. VDIF.EXE is a mach32 software utility which takes a VDIF monitor definition file and converts it into an entry in the monitor list of the mach32 INSTALL program. For complete instructions on using VDIF.EXE, consult README.VDI in your mach32 Utilities subdirectory (default is C:\MACH32). - Memory Aperture: The Memory Aperture is not user configurable on ISA mach32 product. - Accelerated Video Playback: ATI Multimedia Video Acceleration now supports the accelerated playback of video clips based on the following compression schemes: Intel Indeo 2.1 Intel Indeo 3.1 Microsoft Video 1 Microsoft RLE Cinepak **************************** 13.0 Reporting Problems If you experience any difficulties, open the file REPORT.TXT and complete the Problem Report form. REPORT.TXT is located on disk1 of the driver diskettes.