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- #9 Imagine-128 Display Drivers for OS/2 Warp 3.0
- Version 2.11 (I2 Beta version)
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- 03/11/96
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- Installing the drivers
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-
- (1) For starters:
- Make sure OS/2 is configured for VGA.
- Make sure I128VID, I128WOS2 and I128.DSP reside on a floppy in drive A:
- Make sure the LABEL of the floppy is "I128 DRVS" (omit the quotes!).
-
- (2) Open a windowed OS/2 session.
-
- (3) Issue the command A:I128INST A: C:
-
- where A: is the drive holding the installation diskette
- and C: is your OS/2 boot partition.
-
- If your installation drive or boot partition is different,
- substitute the correct drive letter.
-
- DON'T FORGET THE COLON AFTER THE DRIVE LETTER.
-
- (4) OS/2 Display Install will be started automatically.
-
- Under OS/2 Warp 3.0 Display Install may report that your primary
- display is "Video Graphics Array (VGA)." Select "Primary Display"
- and press the "Continue" button.
-
- (5) Select the "32-bit #9 Imagine-128 Display Drivers" and complete
- the installation. You must scroll to the top of the "Primary Display
- Driver List" to find the entry for the I-128 drivers.
-
- (6) Remove the diskette frrom drive A:, shut down, reboot,
- and your display will be running at 640x480x256.
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- ADJUSTING THE REFRESH RATE OF YOUR DISPLAY
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- With release 2.11 of the I-128 OS/2 drivers, refresh-rate selection
- in OS/2 PM is controlled from the Number Nine I-128 object, which
- is accessible from your SYSTEM SETUP folder. Once you open the
- Number Nine I-128 object you can obtain instructions on selecting
- refresh rates by pressing the I-128 object's "Help" button.
-
- Refresh rates and resolution selection in full-screen Win-OS/2 are
- managed by the I-128 HawkEye utilities.
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- USING THE I-128 HIGH-RESOLUTION DRIVERS UNDER OS/2
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- (1) Rebooting your computer: If you find you must shut-down OS/2 and reboot
- your computer after running in high-resolution mode under OS/2, always
- perform a "cold" boot, not a "warm" boot.
-
- A "cold" boot is accomplished by pressing the RESET button on your
- computer, or by pressing the OFF button before you attempt to restart.
-
- A "warm" boot is accomplished by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del. Pressing
- Ctrl-Alt-Del while the I-128 is in high-resolution mode may not reset
- the graphics engine, and may leave the I-128 in high-resolution mode
- at shutdown.
-
- (2) Use Imagine 128 Series 2 Display Driver Disk 2,
- the WINOS display driver disk, for full-screen Win-OS/2.
- To perform the installation, start a full-screen
- Win-OS/2 session and run SETUP from the WINOS display driver disk.
-
- After installation, if you will be running seamless Win-OS/2, we recommend
- that you edit your WIN.INI file (in your \WINDOWS or your \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2
- directory) and change the entry that looks like this:
-
- load=C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\NUMBER9\HAWKEYE.EXE
-
- to this:
-
- load=
-
- Changing this line prevents HAWKEYE from starting automatically in a
- seamless Win-OS/2 session. OS/2 WILL NOT PERMIT HAWKEYE TO RUN IN A
- SEAMLESS SESSION. Attempting to start it in seamless Win-OS/2 produces
- an error message.
-
- You can start HawkEye in a full-screen Win-OS/2 session by double-clicking
- on the #9 HawkEye Control Panel.
-
- Likewise, in the same directory, you should edit your SYSTEM.INI file
- as follows:
-
- (a) Look at the top of the file for the [boot] section heading.
- Then, in the [boot] section, look for the line:
-
- fdisplay.drv=i128.drv
-
- If you find this line, change it to read:
-
- fdisplay.drv=i128wos2.drv
-
- (b) Look toward the bottom of the file for a section headed
- [Imagine-128]. If you find it, look for a line like this:
-
- CFG=D:NUMBER9
-
- If you find such a line (because you have OS/2 on a drive
- other than C:), change it this way:
-
- CFG=D:\NUMBER9
-
- We have added a backslash after the colon. If we don't do
- this, full-screen Win-OS/2 and Hawkeye will be unable to find
- the configuration file.
-
-
- (3) Running DOS graphics applications in a window: The Imagine-128 drivers
- support the running of EGA and VGA graphics-mode DOS applications in a
- window on the PM desktop. To employ this feature of the I-128 you must
- make sure that your DOS graphics application is set to operate in a
- standard EGA or VGA mode. The most advantageous mode supported is
- 640x480x16 colors.
-
- (4) A word of caution about 16.7-million-color modes: These drivers offer
- 16.7-million-color modes at resolutions up to 1024x768. We have tested
- the drivers at these modes and we believe they operate correctly.
-
- Keep in mind, however, that 16.7-million-color modes are new to OS/2 video
- drivers. To date, few application developers have had the opportunity to
- test their applications in these modes. You may therefore expect problems
- with some applications when run at 16.7 million colors.
-
- We have confirmed problems with Corel Draw version 2.5 for OS/2, and
- advise that you do not attempt to run this version of the program in a
- 16.7-million-color mode.
-
- We have also confirmed that OS/2 Warp's Software Motion Video feature
- does not work correctly with these drivers at 16.7-million colors.
- Correct operation in 16.7-million-color modes will require updates to
- IBM's Software Motion Video subsystem as well as to the I-128 drivers.
-
- We are working with application developers to identify and resolve
- problems connected with 16.7-million-color display modes.
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