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- Number Nine HawkEye for Windows
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- for the 9FX Reality Product Line
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- Version 1.03
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- This file contains complete Windows 95 installation instructions for the
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- 9FX Reality332
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- The entire contents of this file should be read because information
- in this file may not appear in printed documentation or on-line Help.
-
- In addition, the following text file is provided on the HawkEye for
- Windows 95 installation disk to supplement this READ_ME.TXT:
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- FILELIST.TXT
- A complete list and description of all the files on your
- Windows 95 Installation Disk.
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- CONTENTS
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- INSTALLING 9FX REALITY DRIVERS AND HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95
- BEFORE CALLING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
- CONTACTING NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
- SOFTWARE UPGRADES
- USING THE NUMBER NINE BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE (BBS)
- WORLD GROUP MANAGER (WGM)
- INTERNET
- COMPUSERVE
- VIDEO FOR WINDOWS
- TROUBLESHOOTING
- OTHER PROBLEMS
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- INSTALLING 9FX REALITY DRIVERS AND HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95
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- Installing the Drivers and HawkEye for the First time:
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- 1. Start Windows 95. When Windows 95 detects the new hardware
- and asks which drivers to use, choose the following and click OK:
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- "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer"
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- 2. Insert the Number Nine CD-ROM or diskette in the appropriate
- drive, then browse to the drive where it is located.
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- 3. If you're installing from CD-ROM, open the folder for Windows 95.
- (If installing from diskette, it is not necessary to change directories.)
-
- 4. Select the software driver for your graphics accelerator card,
- and choose OK.
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- 5. At the Install from Disk screen, choose OK.
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- 6. When prompted, restart your computer to change system settings.
- (If installing from diskettes, remove the diskette from the drive
- before you restart the computer.)
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- Your Number Nine Drivers are now installed. To install the HawkEye
- for Windows 95 Feature set, follow the instructions below:
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- Installing the HawkEye for Windows 95 Feature set or upgrading a previous
- version:
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- NOTE: Before installing the HawkEye for Windows 95 Feature set,
- please close all open application programs and disable any
- anti-virus software that is running on your computer until
- the HawkEye for Windows 95 installation is complete!!!
-
- Installing the 9FX Reality332 software is a one step procedure.
- Simply run the file 'Setup.exe' to install the both the Windows 95 drivers
- and the HawkEye 95 feature set.
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- PRELIMINARY: If you have downloaded the driver from our BBS, World Wide Web
- home page or FTP site, continue installation by following steps 2 or 3 below.
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- NOTE: Do NOT store these files in a
- DIRECTORY called C:\NUMBER9 as it will
- create a conflict with the configuration
- FILE of the same name!!!
-
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- SETUP.EXE will perform the HawkEye for Windows 95 installation
- for you.
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- Specify the path to the new driver using one of the examples below:
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- Example 1: From the Number Nine CD-ROM:
- - Insert the Number Nine CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Run SETUP from the \WIN95 subdirectory on your
- CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is
- drive D:, then you should type:
- D:\WIN95\SETUP.
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- Example 2: From diskette:
- - Insert the HawkEye for Windows 95 Diskette
- into your floppy drive.
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Type a:\setup (if a: is your floppy drive)
- - Press Enter
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- Example 3: From your hard drive or network drive:
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Type in the full path to the directory where
- you copied the 9FX Reality HawkEye for Windows
- 95 driver files, either on your local hard
- drive or on a network drive.
- - Run 'setup.exe'.
-
- Example 4: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers are:
- - From Windows 95:
- - Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- - Select Run...
- - Choose the "Browse..." button to find them.
- - Run 9FX Reality 'setup.exe'.
-
-
- When prompted, you must restart Windows 95 to complete the
- installation of your new HawkEye for Windows 95 features.
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- BEFORE CALLING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- If you are experiencing a problem and wish to determine whether
- it is related to your Number Nine board, Windows 95 allows the
- user to incrementally decrease the video acceleration. In doing
- so you can determine whether or not it is the display driver
- that is causing the problem.
-
- To lower the acceleration:
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- Click on the Windows 95 'Start' button.
- Select 'Settings' and then 'Control Panel'.
- Double click on the 'System' icon.
- Click on the 'Performance' tab, then on the 'Graphics'
- button.
- Move the acceleration slider to 'None' then click on OK.
- Click on OK again.
- You will then be prompted to restart your computer.
- Click 'yes'.
-
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- NOTE!!: MOST HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95 FEATURES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
- WITH ACCELERATION SET TO NONE!!
-
- The functionality of HawkEye for Windows 95 is affected by the video
- accelerator slider position as follows:
-
- ---+ (Full) All accelerator functions - full HawkEye support
- --+- Most accelerator functions - full HawkEye support
- -+-- Basic accelerator functions - minimal HawkEye support
- +--- (None) No accelerator functions - minimal HawkEye support
-
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- If the problem still occurs in unaccelerated mode, then the problem
- is most likely being caused by Windows 95 or other hardware/software
- and not by the HawkEye for Windows 95 driver.
-
- If the problem does not occur, reset the video acceleration to full
- and restart Windows 95. If you call Number Nine Technical Support,
- please select Status from the HawkEye Control Panel as the
- information provided by this feature will be of great assistance.
-
- If a problem is application specific, please have vendor information
- and application version information readily available.
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- CONTACTING NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
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- Technical Support (USA)
- 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, EST/EDT, Mon.-Fri.
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- Phone: (617) 674-8595
- Please be prepared with as much information about your
- 9FX Reality and PC as possible.
-
- Fax: (617) 273-0899
- Please send fax inquiries to the attention of Technical
- Support.
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- Sales / Marketing (USA)
- 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM, EST/EDT, Mon.-Fri.
-
- Phone: (617) 674-0009
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- Fax: (617) 674-2919
- Please send fax inquiries to the attention of Sales.
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- Technical Support and Sales (Europe)
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- Phone: +49 89 614 491 0
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- Fax: +49 89 614 491 99
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- Technical Support and Sales (Spain)
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- Phone: +34 1 556 2158
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- Fax: +34 1 555 9654
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- Technical Support and Sales (United Kingdom and Ireland)
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- Phone: +44 1 256 381 194
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- Fax: +44 1 256 381 194
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- MAIL (USA)
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- NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
- 18 HARTWELL AVENUE
- LEXINGTON, MA 02173
- USA
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- MAIL (EUROPEAN OFFICE)
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- SOFTWARE UPGRADES
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-
- Even though you may have just received your Number Nine software,
- newer versions may be available. Free upgrades are provided to
- all Number Nine customers on the Number Nine Bulletin Board
- System (BBS), World Wide Web home page, or FTP site.
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- To see if you have the latest version, compare the version number
- of your software (on the label of the provided diskette or in
- Status in the HawkEye for Windows 95 Control Panel under Windows
- Disk Version) with the version number of the corresponding software
- on the BBS, WWW home page, or FTP site.
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- USING THE NUMBER NINE BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE (BBS)
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- (USA)
- Dial: (617) 862-7502
- Baud Rates: Up to 28,800 baud
- Compression: HST, v.32 and v.42 supported
- Modem Setup: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
- Required: PKUNZIP 2.04g to decompress files
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- (EUROPEAN OFFICE)
- Dial: + 49 89 614 491 66
- Baud Rates: Up to 14,400 baud
- Compression: HST, v.32 and v.42 supported
- Modem Setup: 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
- Required: PKUNZIP 2.04g to decompress files
-
- The BBS has a separate file area for each Number Nine product.
- The latest driver updates can be found in each product's file
- area, and files of general interest (shareware, etc.) can be
- found in the General library. An E-mail system is available
- for technical questions about Number Nine products or about
- the BBS in general. A complete listing of available files can
- be downloaded by invoking the "Download List of Files" command
- from any file library menu.
-
- On the US BBS, RIP graphics are supported, and a RIP compatible
- terminal program is available in the General library
- (RIPTM154.ZIP).
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- Many files are self-extracting, but some files will require the
- latest version of PKUNZIP to decompress. PKUNZIP is available
- in the General library (filename PKZ204G.EXE), and can also be
- found on most on-line services such as CompuServe and America
- On-line.
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- WORLD GROUP MANAGER (WGM)
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- Number Nine's BBS now supports the Worldgroup Windows-based BBS client.
- Worldgroup Manager is a program which connects you to any on-line
- service running Worldgroup server software. You can download the
- client software from the General Library on our BBS.
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- INTERNET
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- Number Nine now has a FTP site. All current Number Nine
- Drivers are available to anyone with access to the Internet.
- Our FTP Address is: ftp.nine.com.
-
- Number Nine also has a World Wide Web server at: http://www.nine.com.
- Information about Number Nine products as well as our FTP site can now
- be accessed at our World Wide Web site.
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- COMPUSERVE
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- Number Nine also has a dedicated forum on CompuServe. This can be
- reached by typing GO NINE at the appropriate prompt. We are located
- in the Graphics C Vendor forum, under the name 'Number Nine'.
- Technical Support questions can be posted in this area and are
- addressed every day.
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- DIRECT DRAW, DCI AND VIDEO FOR WINDOWS
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- DCI support is now incorporated into 'Direct Draw' for Windows 95.
- Direct Draw requires files that are not included with the 9FX Realtiy
- product will be included with your Direct Draw Application.
- Installing your Direct Draw application or game will install these files.
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- The Video for Windows extensions are also no longer necessary in Windows 95.
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- TROUBLESHOOTING HAWKEYE FOR WINDOWS 95
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-
- Problem:
- 1) HawkEye for Windows 3.1 will not run on Windows 95.
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- 2) After installing Windows 95 over Windows 3.1 (and HawkEye for
- Windows 3.1), the Windows 3.1 HawkEye applets do not function
- properly.
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- Solution:
- HawkEye for Windows 3.1 is not intended to be run on Windows 95.
- You need to install HawkEye for Windows 95.
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- Problem:
- Number Nine Energy Saver feature is not available in the HawkEye for
- Windows 95 environment.
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- Solution:
- We have not yet implemented this feature in HawkEye for Windows 95.
- Windows95 includes an Energy Saver utility that can be accessed if
- the monitor you selected supports this fuctionality or you have picked
- the Plug and Play Monitor (VESA DDC) from the Standard Monitor Types
- under Diplay/Settings/Change Display Type/Change Monitor Type.
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- Problem:
- After shutting down HawkEye you cannot locate it to reopen it.
-
- Resolution:
- Double click on the Number Nine icon on the right side of the Windows 95
- task bar to reopen HawkEye or, if the icon is not available, click on Start,
- Programs, HawkEye for Windows, HawkEye Control Panel.
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- Problem:
- In Resolution Exchange, 32,768 colors is greyed out and cannot be selected.
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- Solution:
- This color depth is not available for this release
- of the HawkEye for Windows 95 driver.
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- Problem:
- In Status, the Current Monitor Resolution does not update when
- zooming.
-
- Resolution:
- The Current Monitor Resolution is not intended to reflect zoomed
- resolutions.
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- Problem:
- Sometimes when you change resolutions or color depths with
- Resolution Exchange you are asked to restart Windows 95.
-
- Solution:
- a) You will always be prompted to restart Windows 95 when you
- change color depths.
-
- b) When you change resolutions within a particular color depth,
- the change may be instantaneous or you may have to restart
- Windows 95. The following explains why:
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- To improve text legibility, Resolution Exchange defaults to
- a setting that automatically associates a 120 dpi system font
- size with all resolutions (800x600 through 1600x1200) and 96 dpi
- with 640x480. Changing from 96 dpi to 120 dpi (or vice versa)
- requires restarting Windows 95. Therefore, if you switch from
- 96 dpi system font size to a 120 dpi system font size, you will
- be prompted to restart Windows 95. However, if you switch between
- resolutions that both use the same system font size
- (e.g. from 1024x768 @120 dpi to 1152x864 @120 dpi) the new resolution
- will appear instantaneously without having to restart Windows 95.
-
- NOTE: You can enable instant resolution switching between all
- resolutions (at the same color depth) by always remaining at 96
- dpi (or 120 dpi). To do this, choose a Specific Font Size (96 or
- 120 dpi) under the 'Font size' section of the 'Settings' tab on
- the 'Display Properties' page.
-
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- Problem:
- While trying to run S3RESET (C:\windows>S3RESET) or while installing
- HawkEye for Windows 95 the following error message is displayed:
-
- "Unable to find Number Nine configuration file."
-
- Solution:
-
- You may have created a temporary DIRECTORY called Number9 in your
- ROOT directory (C:\Number9). Our configuration FILE is called Number9
- and is located in the ROOT directory (C:\Number9). Rename the Number9
- directory in the root directory to another name. It is necessary
- that the Number9 configuration file remains in the root directory
- or your boot drive.
-
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- Problem:
- Your monitor resolution is not the resolution you selected.
-
- Solution:
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- Resolution Exchange (in Number Nine HawkEye Control Panel or Windows 95/
- Control Panel/Display/Properties) must be used to change
- the resolution. This changes the resolution in the Number Nine
- configuration file, which determines what your monitor resolution will be.
-
- To use Resolution Exchange to change the resolution:
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- 1: Double Click on the small Number Nine icon located on the right side of the
- task bar.
-
- 2. Click on the Resolution Exchange tab in the Number Nine
- HawkEye Property Sheet or Windows 95 Control Panel/Display/Properties Page.
-
- 3. Click on a Colors option button.
-
- 4. Select a resolution.
- Be sure you select a resolution your monitor supports.
-
- 5. Click 'OK' or 'Apply'.
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- 6. Restart Windows if prompted to do so.
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- Problem:
- After changing to a new resolution, an open application's icon
- or window is no longer visible on the desktop. Windows Task
- Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) shows that the application is still open.
-
- Solution:
-
- 1) Hold down the Alt key and depress Tab until your application
- is selected. Release the Alt key to select the application.
-
- 2) Now depress the hot key you assigned to Place Windows. This
- will center the application in the monitor or virtual display
- (see Place Windows in the Number Nine HawkEye Control Panel for more info).
-
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- Problem:
- After changing to a virtual resolution, sizable windows may be too
- wide and/or too tall.
-
- Solution:
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- If you have not already done so, in the Number Nine HawkEye Control Panel
- use Hawk Keys to assign a hot key to Place Windows. For most windows,
- pressing the Place Windows hot key once or twice will re-size the
- active window to full screen or smaller.
-
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- OTHER PROBLEMS
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- Software sometimes does not perform consistently across all
- resolutions and color depths. If you experience a persistent
- problem for which you cannot determine a cause or solution, try
- switching to a different resolution with Resolution Exchange.
-
- If the problem is consistent across resolutions. Please
- consult application documentation. Most applications are
- distributed with a READ_ME file similar to this file.
- READ_ME files usually contain a wealth of information
- regarding potential video conflicts.
-
- If you have a problem that is not described in this file or is
- unresolved when you try the suggested solutions, please call
- Number Nine Technical Support. Technical support information is
- provided in the section CONTACTING NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY.
-
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- 04/23/96
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- (C) COPYRIGHT 1996, NUMBER NINE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- HawkEye is registered trademark of Number Nine Visual Technology Corp
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