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- From: claire@dino (Claire Marie Costanza) at SMTPLINK-weitek
- Date: 6/18/93 04:00 PM
- Priority: Normal
- TO: crespo at pc_software
- TO: Dennis_Crespo at SMTPLINK-weitek
- Subject: OS/2 Release Notes ASCII file
- ------------------------------- Message Contents -------------------------------
- 1. Introduction
-
- These release notes show you how to install the Power 9000 drivers into a
- system
- running OS/2 2.1.
-
- This release consists of beta versions of WEITEK's OS/2 eight-bit drivers.
- The drivers allow a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixels.
-
- The driver software is distributed on one 3.5" diskette. Figure 1 lists the
- contents of the distribution diskette.
-
- File/Directory Name
-
- File Name
-
- Description
-
- README.1ST
-
-
-
- Readme file
-
- DSPINSTL.EXE
-
-
-
- Install program
-
- P9K_480.DSC
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 640x480 resolution
-
- P9K_480.DSP
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 640x480 resolution
-
- P9K_600.DSC
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 800x600 resolution
-
- P9K_600.DSP
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 800x600 resolution
-
- P9K_768.DSC
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 1024x768 resolution
-
- P9K_768.DSP
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 1024x768 resolution
-
- P9K_1024.DSC
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 1280x1024 resolution
-
- P9K_1024.DSP
-
-
-
- Used by install utility for 1280x1024 resolution
-
- POWER_9K <DIR>
-
- BVHP9000.DLL
-
- Basic video handler dynamic link library
-
-
-
- P9INIT.DLL
-
- Initialized code used by seamless Windows driver
-
-
-
- WTKOEM32.DLL
-
- OEM code for OS/2 PM driver
-
-
-
- P9000.SYS
-
- Physical device driver for Power 900
-
-
-
- VP9000.SYS
-
- Virtual video device driver for Power 9000
-
-
-
- VVGA.SYS
-
- Virtual video device driver for W5x86
-
-
-
- P9000.PMI
-
- Monitor timing profile
-
-
-
- SP9K_08.DRV
-
- Windows seamless driver used by PM driver
-
-
-
- IBMVGA32.DLL
-
- Used by PM drivers
-
- DRV_480 <DIR>
-
- IBMDEV32.DLL
-
- 640x480 driver
-
- DRV_600 <DIR>
-
- IBMDEV32.DLL
-
- 800x600 driver
-
- DRV_768 <DIR>
-
- IBMDEV32.DLL
-
- 1024x768 driver
-
- DRV_1024 <DIR>
-
- IBMDEV32.DLL
-
- 1280x1024 driver
-
-
- Figure 1. Distribution diskette contents
-
- 2. Installing the OS/2 Drivers
-
- This section shows you how to install the beta OS/2 drivers in your system.
- The drivers are capable of the video modes listed in figure 2. Note that you
- must have a board with 2 MB of VRAM if you wish to run the 1280x1024 driver.
-
- Resolution
-
- Colors
-
- VRAM
-
- Refresh Rate
-
- 640x480
-
- 256
-
- 1MB
-
- 72
-
- 800x600
-
- 256
-
- 1MB
-
- 60
-
- 1024x768
-
- 256
-
- 1MB
-
- 60
-
- 1280x1024
-
- 256
-
- 2MB
-
- 60
-
-
- Figure 2. OS/2 driver video modes
-
- The following procedure assumes that the Power 9000 board is already installed
- in your system. If it is not, install it now.
-
- Similarly, make sure that OS/2 2.1 is installed on your hard disk. The drivers
- in this release are written to run only with OS/2 2.1, and not with any
- previous
- version of this operating system.
-
- Finally, make sure that OS/2 is set to use standard VGA resolution (640x480).
- In other words, make sure that you can bring up OS/2 using the Power 9000 board.
-
- If the preceding conditions are correct, proceed with driver installation in
- the next section.
-
- 2.1. Preparing for Installation
-
- If you do not have a previous version of the WEITEK Power 9000 OS/2 2.1 drivers
- installed on your system, go to section 2.2.
-
- If you do have a previous version of the WEITEK Power 9000 OS/2 2.1 drivers
- installed on your system, you must manually remove those drivers before
- installing
- this release. To remove the Power 9000 OS/2 Release 1.00 Alpha (OS/2 2.1
- Drivers)
- use the following procedure:
-
- 1. If you saved your original OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file, delete the edited version
- of this file from the root directory and restore the original in the root
- directory.
- Go to step 9.
-
- If you did not save your original OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file, edit your OS/2
- CONFIG.SYS file by first changing to the root directory, that is, cd\ [Enter].
-
-
- 2. Type E CONFIG.SYS [Enter]
-
- 3. Find the following lines and delete them:
-
- DEVICE=C:\P9000\VVGA.SYS
- DEVICE=C:\P9000\VP9000.SYS
-
- 4. Edit the line
-
- SET VIO_P9000=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHP9000)
-
- to read
-
- SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
-
- 5. Edit the line
-
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_P9000
-
- to read
-
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
-
-
- 6. Delete the line
-
- DEVICE=C:\P9000\P9000.SYS
-
- before the line
-
- DEVICE=C:\0S2\PMDD.SYS
-
- 7. Find the LIBPATH statements in the file. The two lines in your CONFIG.SYS
- file should look something like:
-
- LIBPATH=.;C:\P9000;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS
- REM LIBPATH=.;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS
-
- Delete the line that refers to P9000. Delete REM from the beginning of the
- remaining LIBPATH statement to enable the reference to the standard VGA driver.
-
- 8. Save the file.
-
- 9. Find the subdirectory which you created to contain the WEITEK Power 9000
- Alpha drivers. (The recommended name was P9000.)
-
- 10. Delete the P9000 directory.
-
- 11. Reboot your system.
-
- 2.2. Initial Driver Installation
-
- Before you begin the initial driver installation, copy the following files
- to a backup directory or diskette. These files will be replaced and modified
- during the installation:
-
- \OS2\DLL\IBMDEV32.DLL
-
- \OS2\DLL\IBMVGA32.DLL
-
- \CONFIG.SYS
-
- \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI
- (if you have WinOS2 support enabled)
-
- To install the Power 9000 PM and WinOS2 seamless drivers on your system:
-
- 1. Bring up OS/2 as you would normally.
-
- 2. Insert the Power 9000 OS/2 distribution diskette into either drive A: or
- drive B:.
-
- 3. Select either an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen session from the command
- prompts folder.
-
- 4. Select the diskette drive you are using by typing either A: or B: and
- [Enter].
-
- 5. To start the installation, type
-
- dspinstl [Enter]
-
- 6. When the Help Not Available dialog box is displayed, either click on the
- OK button or key [Enter].
-
- 7. In the Display Driver Install dialog box, select
-
- Primary Display
-
- and click on the OK button.
-
- 8. In the Primary Display Adapter Type dialog box, choose the desired
- resolution
- and click on the OK button. (Note that you must have 2MB memory to use the
- 1280x1024 resolution.)
-
- 9. In the Source Directory dialog box, ensure that the drive indicated is
- the drive the installation diskette is in. Change it if necessary. Click on
- the Install button.
-
- The installation utility copies files into the appropriate directories and
- modifies the CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- 10. When the files have been copied and modified, the Display Driver Install
- dialog box is displayed. Click on the Cancel button.
-
- 11. The Display Driver Install dialog box informs you that changes have been
- made to your system configuration and you must shut down your system. Click
- on the OK button.
-
- 12. Exit the OS/2 or full screen command prompt by typing:
-
- exit [Enter]
-
- 13. Remove the distribution diskette from the disk drive.
-
- 14. Shut down the system by selecting Shut Down Now from the command prompts
- folder. Press [Enter].
-
- 15. Press Ctrl/Alt/Delete.
-
- 16. Restart OS/2. The selected resolution is now installed and running.
-
- 2.3. Changing from one Power 9000 Driver Resolution to Another
-
- To change from one Power 9000 driver resolution to another, follow steps 2
- through 16 of the initial driver installation in section 2.2 above.
-
- 3. Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
-
- This is a beta release and has not gone through rigorous testing. There may
- be other problems and limitations in the drivers that are not yet documented.
-
- 3.1. General Notes
-
- This Power 9000 software release does not use WinOS2 full screen Power 9000
- Windows drivers. The existing WinOS2 VGA full screen windows drivers are used.
- To use WinOS2 full screen Power 9000 drivers, install them from the Power 9000
- Windows Installation diskette.
-
- Support for the secondary video adapter is not currently available. If the
- secondary adapter is selected, no files are copied and no configuration files
- are modified.
-
- If your system hangs after installation, ensure that the statement
- DEVICE=\OS2\P9000.SYS
- is placed before any network driver statements in the CONFIG.SYS file. This
- statement must also be placed before the PMDD.SYS device driver in the
- CONFIG.SYS
- file. A simple way to do this is to make this statement the first line in the
- CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- For detailed instructions on returning your system to its original state, refer
- to the README.1ST file on the distribution diskette.
-
- 3.2. Eight-Bit Windows Driver
-
- 1. The DTT test suite provided by IBM evaluates the various characteristics
- of OS/2 display drivers. At this release, the WEITEK drivers are not
- functioning
- properly in all tests. If you are concerned that the WEITEK driver may be
- causing
- a problem in your display, run OS/2 with the standard VGA driver to verify
- that the problem is with our driver and not OS/2.
-
- 2. Setting extended VGA modes from either a fullscreen or windowed DOS prompt
- may result in artifacts on the screen.
-
- 3. Using the clipboard to cut and paste between OS/2 and WIN OS/2 sessions
- can cause the system to hang.
-
- 4. 1280x1024 resolution does not work on a 1MB board.
-
- 5. When using Harvard Graphics for Windows in 1280x1024 mode, the font sizes
- are not correct.
-
- 6. When using Freelance Graphics for Windows in all resolutions, there is
- a general protection fault.
-
- 7. When using Word for Windows, if you select a large font size (such as 128),
- the text may change color.
-