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- *** Installation of Enhanced Video and MPEG for OS/2 Warp on Thinkpad 760CD ***
-
- Revised 09/25/96
- by Jim Wilkerson
-
- This procedure is for installing the Enhanced Video features for OS/2 Warp on
- the IBM Thinkpad 760CD machines only. It will work for OS/2 Warp for Windows
- (red label), OS/2 Warp with WINOS2 (blue label), and OS/2 Warp Connect (both
- versions).
-
- The files listed in this procedure are available from the IBM PC Company BBS at
- phone: (919) 517-0001, anonymous ftp: ftp.pcco.ibm.com, and World Wide Web
- site: http://www.pcco.ibm.com.
-
- *** NOTE ***
-
- The actual file descriptions listed here may vary from the descriptions a
- posted on the BBS, the ftp site, and the WEB. The file name, size, and d
- should be exact.
-
-
- *** Preliminary Setup ***
-
- The Thinkpad should be placed on AC power prior to beginning the installation.
- Failure to do so can cause various inconsistencies in the installation which
- will prevent the system from functioning normally.
-
- The Thinkpad must be removed from any dock stations for installation.
-
- The Thinkpad must have functional OS/2 Multimedia, Mwave, and Trident video
- support installed prior to installing the Enhanced Video support.
-
- Obtain the following files from IBM, run each from a temporary directory, and
- follow the instructions for creating the respective disks as shown.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- É File Name ÉFile SizeÉFile Date É Description É
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ÉVETPFOS2.EXEÉ 221419 É 08/28/96 ÉEnhanced Video for OS/2 Warp - TP 760CD É
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ÉMPTPFOS2.EXEÉ 1422912 É 07/22/96 ÉMPEG Video Disk for OS/2 Warp - TP 760CD É
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- *** Installation ***
-
- Using the Multimedia Application Install object from the Multimedia folder,
- insert the Enhanced Video for OS/2 diskette and select 'Thinkpad 760CD Overlay
- Video Acceleration' (this is the only choice). Click OK and proceed with the
- installation. After the installation completes, shutdown and re-boot the
- system. Verify that the following lines were installed in CONFIG.SYS:
-
- DEVICE=x:\MMOS2\VIDVAS.SYS
- DEVICE=x:\MMOS2\V73APM2.SYS
-
- where x is the drive in which OS/2 Warp is installed.
-
- Using the Multimedia Application Install object from the Multimedia folder,
- insert the MPEG Update for OS/2 Warp diskette and select both 'OS/2 MPEG
- Subsystem Fixes' and 'Thinkpad 760CD MPEG Device Driver'. Click OK and proceed
- with the installation. After the installation completes, shutdown and re-boot
- the system. Verify that the following lines were installed in CONFIG.SYS:
-
- DEVICE=x:\MMOS2\IBMMPEG.SYS
- DEVICE=x:\MMOS2\VCSHDD.SYS
-
- where x is the drive in which OS/2 Warp is installed. The order of these two
- lines may be reversed, this is okay. Verify that the following objects were
- added to the Multimedia folder:
-
- AVI File Utility
- Digital Video 2
- Digital Video 3
- Video CDI Player
- Video IN Recorder
-
-
-
- *** Post Installation Considerations ***
-
- Installation of the Enhanced Video features for the Thinkpad 760CD leaves only
- 1 interrupt available to the system, INT 11. Because of this:
-
- 1. Only 1 PCMCIA device can be used in the Thinkpad itself (no dock).
- 2. If using a dock station, only the SCSI controller OR the PCMCIA
- controller can be used.
- 3. Network connectivity can not be used with the dock station.
-
- These limitations can be circumvented somewhat by various hardware
- configurations (Mwave device, COM ports, etc.), but some funtionality will have
- to be sacrificed in order to achieve specific configurations.
-
-