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- MS Windows 3.1 TRIDENT TGUI9660XGi Drivers
- ==========================================
- (UX6.0 8/94)
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- This diskette contains the following high-resolution drivers for Windows 3.1:
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- TRIW1K.DR_ 1024x768-16C Large Font
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- XGIULV.DR_ XGi Linear Addressing Multi-resolution (640x480, 800x600,
- 1024x768, 1280x1024) Multi-color (256, 65K and 16.8M) Virtual
- Screen
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- All XGI*.DR_ drivers run with the Trident TGUI9660XGi chip only.
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- NOTE: If you select a driver that requires more video memory than is
- available in the video subsystem, Windows will not operate
- correctly. Run Windows SETUP and select a driver with the
- appropriate video subsystem memory requirement.
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- A. Using Windows Utility TINSTALL
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- INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
- =======================
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- The Graphic Installation Interface lets you easily install the Trident
- Windows drivers and the Trident Power Management program from within Windows
- by following these steps:
-
-
- 1. Ensure that MS Windows 3.1 is up and running properly, using the standard
- VGA driver.
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- 2. Select the MAIN group in Program Manager.
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- 3. Click on FILE or press ALT + F.
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- 4. Press R to get to the command line.
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- 5. Type in A:TINSTALL and then press ENTER.
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- 6. A menu will appear, presenting a choice of Express or Custom Installation.
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- Express Installation is quick and decision free. Display drivers will be
- copied into the TRIDENT.DGI directory and Utility files will be copied into
- the TRIDENT.UTL directory. Once all files are copied, a program group
- called DISPLAY DRIVER AND UTILITIES will be created.
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- Custom Installation allows control over where files are stored and where
- icons are created. When running Custom Installation, the first dialog box
- that comes up shows the default directory to which the display drivers
- will be copied to. This directory name can be changed by clicking on the
- default name, deleting it and then typing in the desired directory. The
- dialogue box also displays the available space on the Hard Disk as well as
- the size of the total copy of files.
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- Once the desired directory name is selected, the installation procedure is
- continued by clicking on box labeled CONTINUE, or by pressing ENTER. The
- second dialog box displays a summary of where files are stored. Upon
- selecting CONTINUE, the program will proceed to copy the drivers and
- utilities files. When all files are copied, the program will present a
- choice of program groups where the icons will be created. Selection can be
- made from pre-existing groups (e.g. main, applications, accessories etc.),
- or the option is there to create a new group name.
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- 7. When all necessary files are copied and a group name is selected, the Tinstall program will create three icons :
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- a. Screen Control (Used to configure display drivers)
- b. UNinstall (Used to delete the installed TRIDENT drivers)
- c. DPMS (Used for power management configurations)
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-
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- a. SCREEN CONTROL
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- The screen control program supports the following options :
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- i) Select a Display Driver.
- ii) Select resolution and number of colors.
- iii) Select refresh rate.
- iv) Enable and customize virtual screen (advanced).
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- To select a Display Driver, run the Screen Control program by double-clicking
- on the Screen Control icon with the mouse, or high light the icon and press
- ENTER. A window called Display Driver Setup will appear on the screen. This
- screen displays a list of available Display Drivers, the directory in which
- they are installed, date and time of last installation, and if in current use
- or not. Select the desired Display Driver and then click on SELECT. This will
- open the next screen on the Display Driver Setup, which is used to configure
- the Windows display for resolution, refresh rate, the number of colors and
- font size. Selection of these parameters are made by clicking on the
- respective values. To implement the selection, click on OK.
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- The advanced features provide functions to customize the virtual screen:
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- 1. Virtual Screen on/off
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- This function turns on/off the virtual screen. When the Virtual Screen
- is turned on, ( denoted by an X next to "Turn on") a Virtual Screen Map
- appears on the designated area. This map shows the actual Displayable
- Area (designated by the real colored area), the possible area(i.e. area
- that can be accessed by Virtual screen, designated by the yellow area)
- and the invalid area (inaccessible, designated by red). The virtual
- screen size/shape can be selected by dragging the perimeters of the
- Displayable area. Once the desired size/shape is selected, the
- "Alignment Virtual Size" function is used to align/maximize the
- selection. Hot keys can be set up to turn on/off the Virtual Screen by
- clicking on the selection bar next to the function.
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- 2. Freeze Screen
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- The Freeze Screen option is used to disable the panning feature, thus
- giving the illusion of a frozen screen, but keeping other virtual screen
- functions available. Hot key functions are available for this feature.
-
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- 3. Linear Frame Buffer Address
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- The Linear Addressing driver will automatically detect the system's
- memory size and set the frame buffer to an unused area above the system
- memory. The Linear Frame Buffer Address setting is useful for avoiding
- conflicts with other Windows applications which may use the same linear
- frame buffer address as the Display Driver. Addresses between 18 and 63
- Mbytes can be selected. If there is no conflict, the default setting is
- highly recommended.
-
-
- 4. Border Space
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- The Border Space option is used to set up a border (thickness measured
- in pixels) within the Displayable Area, which is used as a marker for
- panning the screen. i.e. when the cursor hits against this border,
- screen pannning occurs.
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- 5. Pan Set Hot Key
- Hot keys can be set up to pan the virtual screen left, right, up and
- down. The feature has to be enabled first by clicking on the ENABLE box,
- before hot keys can be selected.
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-
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- b. UNinstall
- ============
-
- The UNinstall program enables the user to delete specific drivers or an entire
- driver set. To run the UNinstall program, simply double click on the icon or
- high light the icon and press ENTER. The first screen will show a list of the
- available display driver sets. To delete the entire set, click on the driver
- set so that it is hi-lighted, then click on the delete button.
- To delete a specific driver within a set, select the set, then click on ENTER.
- A dialogue box showing a list of the drivers will then open on the screen.
- Select the driver to be deleted by clicking on it, and then click on the
- DELETE box to remove it.
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- c. DPMS
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-
- The POWER MANAGEMENT program, in the DISPLAY DRIVER & UTILITIES program group,
- is designed for energy-saving monitors that conform to the VESA Display Power
- Management Signaling (DPMS) standard.
-
- THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR MONITORS THAT DO NOT SUPPORT
- THE VESA DPMS STANDARD.
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- The program offers three power-down modes:
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- 1. Stand by (minimum power savings)
- 2. Suspend (substantial power savings)
- 3. Off state (maximum power savings)
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- The program monitors for mouse and/or keyboard activity. When it does not
- detect any activity for a specified delay period, the program signals the
- monitor to enter the selected power-down modes.
-
- The Display Power Management program offers several option to customize the
- DPMS operation :
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- 1. DELAY TIME
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- The delay time to enter each mode can be set by entering the value (in
- minutes ) in the Delay Time parameters.
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- 2. ACTIVITY SELECT
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- The Activity Select option is used to select what activity the program
- searches for in order to restore the grounded signals. i.e. if both mouse
- and keyboard is selected, then activity of any of theses interfaces will
- re-establish the grounded signal.
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- 3. PASSWORD OPTION
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- The Password Option sets up a password to be get back onto the screen.
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- 4. CLOCK
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- Turning on the clock enables the digital count down display. If the Alarm
- option is enabled, then the last 5 seconds of countdown to Stand by mode
- is synchronized with beeps.
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- 5. STARTUP ON/OFF
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- This option installs the Display Power Management program onto the
- Windows Startup file, so that DPMS is active upon entering Windows.
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- 6. SAVE
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- This feature is used to save all the current settings.
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- B. Selecting a Driver Through Windows SETUP
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-
- If you don't want the DISPLAY DRIVER AND UTILITY program group installed
- in your Windows Program Manager, you can select a high-resolution driver
- with through the MS Windows SETUP :
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- 1. Ensure that MS Windows 3.1 is running properly.
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- 2. Exit Windows, and at the C prompt, change directory to WINDOWS by typing
- in CD \WINDOWS
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- 3. At the DOS prompt, type SETUP.
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- 4. Use the arrow key to high light the DISPLAY field and then press ENTER.
- A list of display drivers will appear on the screen. Use the arrow keys
- to scroll down to the last option titled "Other (Requires disk provided by
- a hardware manufacturer) and press ENTER.
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- 5. Insert the Trident Display Driver diskette in the drive, and press ENTER,
- ensuring that the correct drive is specified on the screen.
-
- 6. A list of the Trident drivers will be displayed on the screen. Scroll down
- the list and select a driver, then press ENTER. Follow the instructions on
- the screen, and the display driver will be installed.
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