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VESA VBE driver
for the Diamond Viper VLB
Version 1.2
Program and Documentation Copyright (c) 1993, Himalaya Software,
All Rights Reserved. VPRVESA is a trademark of Himalaya Software.
Other product and company names are trademarks of their respective
owners.
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................... 1
Installation ................................................... 1
Manual installation ......................................... 2
Command Line Options ........................................... 3
/? - Help ................................................... 3
/D - Diagnostics ............................................ 4
/Mx - User mode ............................................. 4
/U - Unloading .............................................. 5
80x25 ... 132x60 - Set alphanumeric mode .................... 5
The Optional SETMODE Utility ................................... 5
How To Contact Us? ............................................. 6
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ii (c) 1993 Himalaya Software
Introduction
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Introduction
Thanks for using VPRVESA, the newest VESA VBE (VESA for short)
driver for the Diamond Viper.
What are the benefits of this driver versus the Diamond VESA
driver?
* The driver will load itself into High Memory (the region
between 640KB and 1MB) if there is a memory manager (like
EMM386, QEMM-386, and 386MAX) loaded. It doesn't leave holes
in the base memory (below the 640K boundary). If you don't
have a memory manager loaded - God forbids you - it will act
as a normal TSR and takes up just under 3KB of memory.
* It supports both 15-bit and 16-bit HiColor modes, whereas
Diamond's VESA driver only supports 15-bit HiColor modes.
* 640x400x256 (VESA mode 100H) is supported. Games like
Links/386 Pro and The Seventh Guest work like a charm with
this video mode.
* Dual buffering for the 640x400x256 video mode. This means
that programs like Flight Simulator 5, which use dual
buffering for animation purposes, will work on your Diamond
Viper. The only drawback is that you will need 2MB of VRAM
installed. If you only have 1MB of VRAM, the games will
produce video output, but since the second frame buffer is
not available, the screen will flicker.
* Up to four user modes can be specified when loading VPRVESA.
User modes can be defined by the (optional) companion program
SETMODE. If you want a resolution of 1024x1024, just define
it with SETMODE and VPRVESA will support it.
* It complies to the VESA VBE 1.2 standard, which means a
program can set the DAC color resolution from 6 bits (256000
colors in the palette) to 8 bits (16 million colors in the
palette).
You see, this program has more functionality than the Diamond's
VESA driver, and it takes up less space in your precious DOS
memory!
Installation
Installing the VPRVESA program can be done either manually or by
using the INSTALL program, which is available to all registered
users.
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VPRVESA User's Manual 1
Manual Installation
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When running the INSTALL program from the diskette, it first
will search for the directory where the other Viper utilities
are stored in (usually C:\VIPER). If it can't find that
directory, it will ask the user where this directory is located.
Next, it will ask the user the name, serial number, and access
key printed on the registration card you have received once you
have registered. Case is not significant in the name, you can
use upper- and lowercase letters just as you want.
After this, it will copy the file from diskette to your fixed
disk. When this copy has been completed, it will ask you if the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file may be changed. If you say no, you must change
this file manually, see the next section. The original
AUTOEXEC.BAT file will be backup up with the name AUTOEXEC.BAK.
Now, the installation is finished and you can return to DOS. To
load the VPRVESA driver you must reboot your machine by using
Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Manual installation
If you have the ShareWare version of VPRVESA, you will have
to copy the files manually to the directory where the other
Viper utilities are located, usually C:\VIPER. You can do
this by typing the following line at the command prompt:
C> COPY A:*.* C:\VIPER
in which C:\VIPER is the directory in which you have copied
the files.
Also, you have to add the following lines to the end of your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET VIPERPATH=C:\VIPER
C:\VIPER\VPRVESA
in which C:\VIPER is the directory in which you have copied
the files. These lines set the VIPERPATH variable, which is
needed by all other Viper utilities and drivers, and load the
VESA driver. You must remove the following line from your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file if it is specified:
VPRMODE VESA
since you don't need Diamond's VESA driver anymore.
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2 (c) 1993 Himalaya Software
Command Line Options
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You may wish to add the C:\VIPER directory to your PATH, so
the VPR