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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR OS/2 2.1 DRIVERS FOR:
- SpeedStar VGA, Super VGA, and Hi-Color
- SpeedStar 24
- SpeedStar 24X
- SpeedStar Pro ISA and VLB
-
- 1. Boot DOS and run your mode-setting utility. For the SpeedStar VGA,
- Super VGA, Hi-Color, and 24, the mode setting utility is VMODE. For
- the SpeedStar 24X the mode setting utility is 24XMODE. For the
- SpeedStar Pro, the mode setting utility is PROMODE. Using the mode-
- setting utility, configure your monitor for use with the Diamond card.
- If you have any questions about the mode-setting, please consult the
- manual for your Diamond card. DO NOT RUN THE MODE SETTING UTILITY
- FROM A DOS SESSION UNDER OS/2!
-
- 2. Boot OS/2. Open up an OS/2 windowed or full-screen command prompt.
- From the command prompt, type DSPINSTL, the press Enter.
-
- 3. Put the IBM Display Driver Disk 1 into drive A. The first screen will
- allow you to select Primary Display or Secondary Display. Click on
- Primary Display, then click on OK.
-
- 4. The next screen will allow you to select the chip type for your video
- card. It should automatically select the correct chip, but here are
- the correct selections anyway:
-
- SpeedStar VGA, Super VGA, Hi-Color, and SpeedStar 24: ET4000
- SpeedStar 24X: Western Digital WD90C30
- SpeedStar Pro: Cirrus Logic
-
- Click on the correct chip type, then click on OK.
-
- 5. The next screen will give you two options, Install Using Defaults For
- Monitor and Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program. If you
- have a SpeedStar Pro ISA, click on Install Using Defaults For Monitor,
- then click on OK and go to step 7. If you have any other card, click
- on Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program, then click on OK.
-
- 6. A standard OS/2 file open window will appear. The file you are looking
- for is the mode-setting utility. Normally, these are found in the
- following locations:
-
- SpeedStar VGA, Super VGA, Hi-color: C:\STAR\UTIL\VMODE.COM
- SpeedStar 24: C:\SS24\UTIL\VMODE.COM
- SpeedStar 24X: C:\24XMODE.COM
- SpeedStar Pro VLB: C:\SSPRO\UTIL\PROMODE.COM
-
- Once you have the file located, click on OK. This will return you to
- the screen with the locate button. It should now show you the full
- path to the mode-setting utility, as listed above. Click at the end
- of the line, then put a space, followed by the word MONITOR, so that
- it looks like the following:
-
- SpeedStar VGA, Super VGA, Hi-color: C:\STAR\UTIL\VMODE.COM MONITOR
- SpeedStar 24: C:\SS24\UTIL\VMODE.COM MONITOR
- SpeedStar 24X: C:\24XMODE.COM MONITOR
- SpeedStar Pro VLB: C:\SSPRO\UTIL\PROMODE.COM MONITOR
-
- 7. The screen will flash several times as it cycles through some mode
- changes. A screen will then come up with a choice of resolutions.
- Pick one of the resolutions that your card supports, then click OK.
-
- 8. You should now have a box prompting you for a drive. The disk is
- already in the drive, so click Install. The necessary files will be
- copied over and the necessary configuration files modified. It will
- prompt you for the second disk. When it does, put the Display Driver
- Disk 2 into your A drive, then click OK.
-
- 9. Once the drivers have been copied over, exit from the OS/2 windowed
- or full screen command prompt, then shut down OS/2 and reboot. Your
- system should now come up in the resolution you chose in step 7.
-
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