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MGA Millennium DOS CAD Drivers and Utilities, v1.06
April 1, 1996
This release contains the MGA DOS CAD Drivers and Utilities for the
MGA Millennium graphic controllers.
The following products are included:
Utilities and Setup program
AutoCAD DynaView Driver for Releases 11, 12, 13 and 3D Studio
MicroStation 5.0 Driver
Windows 3.1 drivers and other Windows utilities are available through the MGA
PowerDesk disks.
Windows NT and OS/2 PM drivers are available separately.
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*** Release Notes ***
Setup and Utilities:
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- Setup program v1.06
Running the SETUP program to select a monitor is highly recommended,
particularly if your monitor does not support all the resolutions that
the board supports.
Note that if you select a monitor through the Windows Monitor Program
included with PowerDesk, the selection is also valid for CAD DOS drivers,
so the DOS Setup program does not need to be used.
- VBESETUP.EXE and VBETSR.COM Utilities (NEW as of v1.04)
The VBETSR.COM/VBESETUP.EXE utilities allow the VESA VBE modes supported
by our video bios to use the same video parameters as used by our drivers.
For additional information refer to the README.SET file in the SETUP
directory.
- FNT8X14.COM
The 8x14 font has been removed from the video bios as of revision 838-3.
This was done, as per VESA recommendations, in order to make room for
VESA Bios features such as VBE2.0 and VBE/DDC.
Should the removal of this font cause problems with any application
you are running, it can be installed by running the FNT8X14.COM TSR
program. To do this, simply type c:\mga\setup\fnt8x14.
AutoCAD Driver v1.06:
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- AutoCAD R13 Support
AutoCAD R13 is supported. Dynaview/3D also works with R13 with
the exception that it cannot render 3D solids.
- DynaView/3D
DynaView/3D is supported on the MGA Millennium family.
Keep in mind that 3D solids in R13 are not supported by Dynaview/3D.
- 3D Studio
3D Studio 3 and 4 are supported.
- AutoCAD for Windows:
The AutoCAD for Windows driver is available on the PowerDesk disks. It
accelerates AutoCAD for Windows Rel 12 and 13 by directly utilizing
the MGA hardware, and comes with a Bird's Eye / Spy Glass viewer callable
from the Autodesk DSVIEWER command.
- DynaView/3D for Windows:
This application (like AutoCAD for Windows) is available on the PowerDesk
disks. It allows real-time manipulation of 3D models created under
AutoCAD for Windows. Note that if the current windows mode,as selected via
the MGA control panel, is not a 3D mode then DynaView/3D will be limited
to wireframe.
MicroStation Driver v1.06:
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- MicroStation 5.0 Only
MicroStation driver supplied supports MicroStation 5.0 only.
- Feature Highlights
Hardware assisted 3D rendering
Window management (backing store)
Dynamic Link Module (DLM)
Easy to use configuration screen
- Multiple Configurations
The driver also supports single screen (with or without swap screen), dual
screen and Windows Connection (single or dual screen).
Note that if you use the MicroStation Windows Connection with a dual-MGA
configuration, the Windows Connection driver MUST run on the MGA board
which has its VGA enabled.
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