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- RELEASE NOTES
- S3 OS/2 32 Bit Drivers
-
- Version: 2.57-01 or later
-
- 1. This is a release of the S3 OS/2 32-bit drivers that supports
- the 801/805/805i/928SD, 928 with BT DAC, 864/866/868,
- 732/764/765, and 964/968 products.
-
- 2. Product Description
-
- These drivers support OS/2 2.1, OS/2 2.11, and OS/2 WARP(3.0).
-
- There are 4 sets of driver diskettes. Each support certain
- chipset as follows:
-
- * 801/805, 805I with 8-bit/16-bit DAC, 928 with ATT DAC.
-
- * 928 chipset with Brooktree 9485 RAMDAC.
-
- * 864 chipset with AT&T 498, AT&T 499, and SDAC RAMDAC,
- Trio764/732, and 765 chipset.
-
- * 964/968 chipset with Brooktree 9485 RAMDAC, TI 3020/25
- RAMDAC, and IBM 525/524/514 RAMDAC.
-
-
- 3. The following resolutions are supported:
-
- |============================================================|
- | Mode | Resolution | Memory |805I(16)/| 801/805/| 964 |
- | | | Required|864/868/ | 805I(8)/| 968 |
- | | | |732/64/65| 928ATT | |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 101 | 640x480x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 103 | 800x600x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 105 | 1024x768x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 107 | 1280x1024x8 | 2M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 207 | 1152x864x8 | 2M* | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 120 | 1600x1200x8 | 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 111 | 640x480x16 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 114 | 800x600x16 | 2M* | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 116 | 1024x768x16 | 2M | Y | Y | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 11a | 1280x1024x16| 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 212 | 640x480x24 | 1M | N/S | 112 | N/S |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 112 | 640x480x32 | 2M | Y | N/S | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 115 | 800x600x32 | 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
- |------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
- | 118 | 1024x768x32 | 4M | Y | N/S | Y |
- |============================================================|
-
- Notes:
- * Y - Supported, N/S - Not Supported.
- * 1M only - 640x480x24 is supported for 1M memory configuration
- only, for 2M and above 32bpp will be supported.
- * 864 with 4M config does not support 1024x768x32 mode.
- * 732 can only suppport up to 2M configuration.
-
- * S3 BIOS supports 1152x864x8 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 2M of memory
- * S3 BIOS supports 1600x1200x8 with 2M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory.
- * S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver need 2M of memory.
- * S3 BIOS supports 1280x1024x16 with 3M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory.
- * S3 BIOS supports 800x600x32 with 2M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory
-
- The 32 bit per pixel driver may need a large swap space on the hard disk.
- The recommended swap space is 15 MBytes.
-
-
- Driver Limitations:
-
- 1. Software Motion Video may require an aperture address setting on local
- bus systems. If video playback is distorted or displays in the wrong
- location, add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file:
-
- SET VIDEO_APERTURE=XX
-
- where "XX" is the actual aperture address. Contact the system
- manufacturer for the address.
-
- 2. 928Bt, 964 & 968 with external H/W cursor do not support
- interlace mode.
-
- DOS Sessions and Applications
-
- 1. With the program VPIC6 under FS DOS, GIFs cannot be viewed in
- the 1280x1024 resolution.
-
- OS/2 Full Screen Sessions and Applications
-
- 1. Context switching from Win-OS/2 full screen to OS/2 full screen may
- produce a distorted text in OS/2 full screen --Vision964 ONLY.
-
-