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- IBM ThinkPad October 25, 1996
- Video Features Diskette I for OS/2 Version 1.10
- ===============================================
-
- What This Diskette Does
- -----------------------
- The Video Features Diskette I for OS/2 enables the drivers to:
- - Improve the drawing performance on the display.
- - Provide higher resolutions (up to 1024x768).
- - Provide various color depths (256, 64K, or 16M).
-
- The following models are supported:
- - ThinkPad 760C, 760CD, 760L, and 760LD
- - ThinkPad 760E and 760EL*
- - ThinkPad 365X and 365XD
-
- Notes:
- For 760E system users:
- If your display (LCD) is an SVGA (800x600), please install
- this diskette.
-
- *For 760EL system users:
- If your machine type is 9547-x4G 9547-x4K or 9547-x4T, please
- DO NOT install this diskette. Please install "Video Features
- Diskette II for OS/2" for your system. (VFTPKOS2)
-
-
- Released Versions
- -----------------
- Version 1.00 Initial release for ThinkPad 760C and 760CD
- Version 1.01 Support for new models and fixes for problems
- Version 1.02 Support for new models and fixes for problems
- Version 1.03 Fixes for problems
- Version 1.10 Support for new models and fixes for problems
-
-
- Summary of Changes
- ------------------
- Key: <n.nn> Diskette version (for example, 1.00 means Version 1.00)
- (New) New function or enhancement
- (Fix) Correction to existing function
-
- <1.00>
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760C and 760CD.
-
- <1.01>
- OS/2 version
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760L and 760LD.
- - (Fix) "VirtualScreen = Disable" now functions.
- - (Fix) Automatic color setting has been added for the LCD mode.
- If the user's setting cannot be set on the LCD, the display
- driver automatically sets the color depth.
- - (Fix) The OS/2 full screen now expands to 800x600 resolution.
- - (Fix) The screen no longer corrupts during the save-and-restore
- operation in a DOS full screen with a configuration of
- 800x600 resolution and 16 colors.
- - (Fix) The screen on the external monitor (CRT) now synchronizes with
- the LCD when the DOS window session changes to the 40-column
- full-screen mode.
-
- WIN-OS/2 version
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760L, 760LD, 365X, and 365XD.
- - (New) Support for the mouse trail in a WIN-OS/2 full screen.
- - (Fix) Color graduation no longer corrupts when the PowerPoint 4.0
- is used with 64K colors.
- - (Fix) The text input frame for PowerPoint 4.0 now disappears when
- the focus is changed to other windows, when 64K colors are .
- used.
- - (Fix) Samples of patterns are now displayed in the dialog box of the
- Format-Cells menu, when Excel 5.0 with 64K colors is used.
- - (Fix) Patterns can now be drawn in rectangles, when Ami Pro 3.1
- with 64K colors is used.
- - (Fix) Samples of patterns are now displayed in the Fill Pattern
- dialog box, when Ami Pro 3.1 with 64K colors is used in a
- WIN-OS2 seamless session.
- - (Fix) 1024x768 resolution with 256 colors is now displayed on the CRT
- when a ThinkPad computer with Pentium 120M Hz is used.
- - (Fix) A Windows general protection fault no longer occurs
- when a 16M-color bitmap is opened in Paintbrush, when 256
- colors are used.
-
- <1.02>
- OS/2 version
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760E, 760EL, 365X, and 365XD.
- - (New) Support for LAN installation (CID).
- - (Fix) The CRT no longer becomes a virtual screen when the
- Presentation Manager desktop switches from a full-screen
- session.
-
- WIN-OS/2 version
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760E and 760EL.
- - (Fix) The mouse pointer no longer corrupts during the return to
- a WIN-OS/2 full screen from the OS/2 desktop, when 16M colors
- are used.
-
- <1.03>
- OS/2 version
- - (Fix) (DSTN models only)
- 64K and 16M color modes can now be set on a CRT.
-
- WIN-OS/2 version
- - (Fix) A Windows general protection fault no longer occurs
- during printing with a 5586-H02 image printer driver.
- <1.10>
- OS/2 version
- - (New) Support for ThinkPad 760EL
- - (New) An error message is displayed during an attempt to install this
- driver on a model with another video chip.
-
- WIN-OS/2 version
- - (New) ThinkPad 760EL support.
- - (New) Reduced usage on the conventional memory.
- - (New) The default resolution is set to the LCD size or the maximum
- CRT resolution.
- - (Fix) The font is fixed when big fonts are displayed
- in Freelance 2.1's ScreenShow.
- - (Fix) A Windows general protection fault no longer occurs
- when a bitmap is opened using FoxPro.
- - (Fix) (DSTN models only)
- A blackout no longer occurs during the return to the desktop
- with 64K colors, when the display device was switched to
- LCD from CRT in a DOS full screen.
- - (Fix) A Windows general protection fault no longer occurs
- during printing with a Hewlett Packard DeskJet series printer.
- - (Fix) A blackout no longer occurs during the return to a
- WIN-OS/2 full screen, when the resolution was changed
- and the display device was switched to CRT from LCD
- in the OS/2 desktop.
- - (Fix) A Windows general protection fault no longer occurs
- when a PC/3270 for Windows Version 4.1 with 256 colors is used.
-
-
- Installation Guide
- ------------------
- 1. Turn on the computer and start OS/2.
- 2. Set the display device to LCD only.
- 3. Insert the ThinkPad Video Features Diskette I for OS/2 into
- the diskette drive.
- 4. Open an OS/2 window or a full-screen command prompt.
- 5. Type A: at the command prompt and press Enter.
- 6. Type INSTALL at the A:Æ> prompt and press Enter:
- A:Æ>INSTALL
- 7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
- 8. After the installation is complete, remove the diskette, shut down
- OS/2, and restart the computer.
-
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- Trademarks
- ----------
- IBM, OS/2, WIN-OS/2, ThinkPad, and Presentation Manager are trademarks
- of IBM Corporation.
- Ami Pro and Freelance are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation.
- DeskJet is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Corporation.
- FoxPro is a trademark of Fox Holdings, Incorporated.
- Paintbrush is a trademark of Z-Soft Corporation.
- Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
- PowerPoint, Excel, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
- Trident is a trademark of Trident Microsystems, Incorporated.
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