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- Diamond Viper - Weitek Power Windows 95 Alpha Driver README.TXT
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- ** Important Notice **
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- Please note that you have been provided with an Alpha version of our
- Viper Windows 95 driver. By using this driver, you have accepted
- responsibility for any issues that may develop with your computer
- system once you have installed this driver.
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- Please note the known driver limitations in this document.
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- If you experience any problems or difficulties while using this driver,
- please complete the problem report (PDR.TXT) located on this disk. You
- may fax the problem report (Attention: Technical Support - Viper
- Windows 95 driver) to 408-325-7171, mail it to 2880 Junction Ave.,
- San Jose, CA 95134 or e-mail this document to any of Diamond's on-line
- services. Please do NOT call Diamond's Technical Support for
- difficulties you encounter. Technical Support does not offer direct
- support for this Alpha driver.
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- Release Notes
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- This is version 2.01A of the Windows 95 driver for the Viper series.
- This is an accelerated driver. This driver currently supports the
- following Diamond Viper display adapters:
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- Viper Pro PCI
- Viper SE PCI
- Viper VLB
-
- Note: This driver does not currently support the Viper Pro\SE VLB or
- the Viper PCI. Support for these cards will be added in a future
- release of the driver.
-
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- Windows 95 Installation Notes
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- Preparing for the installation:
- a. If you have downloaded the v2.01A drivers to your hard disk,
- perform the following:
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- i. Create a temporary directory to contain the downloaded file.
- ii. Execute the file to perform the file decompression.
- iii. Make note of the complete path to the expanded files.
-
- b. If you have the floppy disk version of the v2.01A drivers
- place the floppy disk in the drive now.
-
- 1. Click on the START button.
- 2. Select the SETTINGS option.
- 3. Choose the CONTROL PANEL.
- 4. Open up the DISPLAY icon.
- 5. Click on the SETTINGS tab.
- 6. Press the CHANGE DISPLAY TYPE button.
- 7. You should first select the Monitor Model to match your system.
- If this is already done skip to the next step.
- 8. Click on the CHANGE button in the Adapter Type window.
- 9. Press the HAVE DISK button.
- 10. Insert the diskette, or path to the directory that contains the
- Viper Windows 95 Drivers (e.g. the diskette in A: drive) and
- press <ENTER>.
- 11. Choose the VIPER and bus type that corresponds to your video
- card adapter (e.g. VLB or PCI) from the list and then click on
- OK.
- 12. The drivers will be installed and you will be returned to the
- main Settings window where you can select your preferred
- resolution and color depth.
- 13. After you have selected a mode you will be asked if the system
- can be restarted. Please restart the machine at this point.
- 14. The drivers are now installed.
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- Known Issues
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- Viper VLB: When starting Windows 95, a corrupted band is displayed.
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- Viper VLB 2MB & Viper SE 2MB with BrookTree 485 DAC: Windows displays
- black screen when using 800x600x32bpp.
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- Viper VLB 2MB & Viper SE 2MB with BrookTree 485 DAC: Random screen
- corruption in Adobe Illustrator 4.10.
-
- Viper VLB: When a driver option is selected under Weitek Power tab,
- the screen changes correctly, but when you select <CANCEL> the screen
- does not change back to the previous settings.
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- Viper VLB: Select Shutdown and restart. System hangs at the "Please
- Wait For System To Shut Down" screen.
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- Windows 95 VDD bug: On VLB and some early PCI systems the BIOS setup
- needs to have Shadow BIOS for the VGA Adapter region (C0000~C7FFF) set
- to Write Protect, if available. This problem is noticeable if you open
- a DOS session Full-Screen then press <ALT><ENTER> to return to Windows
- and again <ALT><ENTER> to return to DOS Full-Screen. If the system then
- locks-up or gives a blue screen fatal-error message this means that the
- card's VGA BIOS has been overwritten and you must either enable Shadow
- Write Protect, or altogether disable Video ROM-BIOS Shadowing. This
- problem is caused by the Windows95 VDD and cannot be corrected in
- future drivers.
-
- ALL PCI: Color palette shift in Mech Warrior 2 (Pentium Processor
- Edition) when game starts.
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- Known Limitations
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- Viper SE 2mb with BrookTree 485 DAC: No 24 bit color option. This is a
- limitation of the hardware.
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- Issues Addressed and Features Added
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-
- DirectDraw: The driver now provides hardware acceleration and support
- for Microsoft's Direct Draw API.
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- Acceleration: Screen to Screen BitBlt's, Memory to Screen, Solid
- Brushs, Patterned Brushes, Quads and TextBlts are now supported and
- accelerated wherever possible.
-
- WeitekCPLX: The control panel has been extended to work with the new
- Microsoft DisplayCard Driver interface method.
-
- DPMS: Was not asserting blanked video during shutdown (DPMS Level-3)
- and thereby not fully switching off the monitor.
-
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- Contacting DIAMOND
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-
- If any problems or difficulties are encountered while using this
- driver, please fill out a problem report (PDR.TXT) included with this
- product and forward it to Diamond Multimedia. You may send the problem
- report to us via any of the methods below.
-
- Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
- ATTN: Technical Support
- 2880 Junction Avenue
- San Jose, CA 95134-1922
- FAX : (408) 325-7171
- BBS (to 14400) : (408) 325-7080
- BBS (to 28800) : (408) 325-7175
- CompuServe : GO DIAMOND
- America Online : Keyword "DIAMOND"
- MSN : GOTO DIAMONDONLINE
- WWW : http://www.diamondmm.com
- FTP : ftp.diamondmm.com
- Internet E-Mail : techsupt@diamondmm.com
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- All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their
- respective owners.
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- Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-96
- (408) 325-7000 All Rights Reserved
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- $Id: readme.tx@ 1.46 1996/07/16 15:12:45 jasonm Exp $
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