# | README file for | | ELSA WINDOWS 3.1X MULTIman Driver, Ver. 1.22 | for | | WINNER 2000PRO (VL/PCI) | WINNER 2000PRO/X | | in combination with one or more | | WINNER 2000PRO (VL/PCI) | WINNER 2000PRO/X | | or | | WINNER 2000PRO|PRO/X (PCI) | WINNER 2000PRO/X | | in combination with one | | WINNER 1000ISA | | | Copyright (c) 1994-96 ELSA GmbH, Aachen (Germany) | | Subsidary: | ELSA GmbH ELSA Inc. | Sonnenweg 11 2150 Trade Zone Blvd. | D-52070 Aachen Suite 101 | Germany San Jose, CA 95131 | USA | | Phone : +49-241-9177-0 Phone: +1-408-935-0350 | Support Fax: +49-241-9177-213 Phone: 1-800-272-ELSA | BBS (modem): +49-241-9177-981 Fax : +1-408-935-0370 | BBS (ISDN) : +49-241-9177-7800 BBS : +1-408-935-0380 | CompuServe : GO ELSA CIS : GO ELSA | WWW : http://www.elsa.de WWW : http://www.elsa.com | | 02/01/96, qn Contents 1. Overview 2. Disk Contents 3. Installation 4. Switching to "One-screen" Windows 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Overview This disk contains the drivers and tools for the Windows multi-screen dispatcher MULTIman and the ELSA WINNER Windows drivers required for this operating mode. These drivers allow the Windows desktop to be spread over two or more monitors on systems equipped with two or more ELSA graphics boards, providing the advantage of a considerably larger workspace. Please note that only special combinations of ELSA WINNER graphic boards are allowed. The MULTIman driver supports the following combinations of ELSA graphics boards: first board: WINNER 1000ISA [1|2] MB second board: WINNER 2000PRO | PRO/X [PCI] [2|4|8] MB or first board: WINNER 2000PRO | PRO/X [VL,PCI] [2,4,8] MB all other boards: WINNER 2000PRO | PRO/X [VL|PCI] [2|4|8] MB Combinations with VL and PCI boards are not supported. You can use only boards with the same VIDEO RAM. With the WINNER 1000ISA only WINNER 2000PRO|PRO/X-PCI boards can be used. The PRO and the PRO/X boards should not be used together, too. No additional VGA-graphics boards can be operated in the computer. Up to four boards are supported. With four boards there is the possibilty to choose a quadratic (2x2) monitor placement. The board with the smallest memory equipment determines the highest vertical or horizontal resolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Disk Contents DATE .DOC file identifying the disk, prod. date, etc. README .TXT file you currently read LIESMICH.TXT german version of this file MULTIMAN.DRV MULTIman driver file WINIC31. DLL Driver extension file WINNER08.DRV Windows driver for 256 colors WINNER16.DRV Windows driver for 65535 colors WINNER32.DRV Windows driver for 16 million colors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Installation Requirements: It is required that Windows runs on each of the boards (in one-screen mode) with the ELSA drivers version 3.31 or newer. The ELSA WINNER Windows drivers must already be installed before you install MULTIman. About 3 Mbytes of disk space must be available on the harddisk on which Windows is installed. The automatic installation and the following instruction assume that your secondary and all following boards are WINNER 2000PROs or WINNER 2000PRO/Xs. Installation Procedure from WINNERware CD: First start Windows in your normal configuration. This should be on the first board. Start the program "SETUP" from the WIN31 directory of your board. (e.g.: WINNER\2000PROX\WIN31\SETUP.EXE) First the program will ask you to install newer Windows drivers. You can do this. After that the SETUP program opens a new dialog box where you can choose to install MULTIman or the ELSA Utilities. Please choose the "MULTIman" installation now. The program will ask you to insert the ELSA disk "MULTIman". Now MULTIman will be installed on your harddisk. But it won't be configured. MULTIman configuration: Terminate the SETUP program and start the WINman utility from group "ELSAware". Please choose the resolution of the first Windows screen. Then you can click the button "Change MULTIman". In the following dialog box you can choose the number of your WINNER screens. After that please entry the virtual resolution for the first screen and the physical and virtual resolution for the other screens. At the end you have to entry a refresh rate for each screen. ATTENTION: Please pay attention to the specifications of your monitors, to avoid damages. You can find informations in the documetations of the monitors. Confirm the dialog box with "OK" and save the graphics mode. Please shut down all DOS-applcations, because a restart of Windows is necessary now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Switching to "One-screen" Windows The installation of MULTIman modifies your Windows display configuration in the SYSTEM.INI file. To switch back to the normal one-screen configuration, proceed as follows: Start the WINman utility from the group ELSAware again and choose the button "Change MULTIman". There you can switch to "One-screen" Windows. Save this grafikmode and after the next restart you are able to work with the "One-screen" mode again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Release Notes This section describes changes made to this disk compared with older versions. MULTIman ver 1.10: - Up to four boards supported. - Reverse monitor order for horizontal solutions. MULTIman ver 1.20: - New init code and windows drivers MULTIman ver 1.22 - Update for POWERdraft for AutoCAD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes none