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miro.plus high-speed drivers - Install Disk
for Windows NT (tm) Version 3.5 operating system
Version 3.00 18-Okt-95
miro Computer Products AG
Carl-Miele-Str. 4, D-38112 Braunschweig
P.O.Box 3452, D-38024 Braunschweig
Phone (+49) (0)531 / 2113-0
Fax (+49) (0)531 / 2113-99
Hotline (+49) (0)531 / 2113-666
Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
NOTE:
The drivers on the disk have been developed for the Windows NT
Workstation Version 3.5 (final release, build 807). Any installation
under a beta or so-called "release candidate" Windows NT version is
possible, but may not function properly.
1.) Disk contents
2.) Single-screen configuration
2.1.) Supported boards
2.2.) Hardware installation
2.3.) Driver installation
2.4.) miro Monitor Select - Control Panel extension
2.5.) Changing the resolutions
2.6.) miro Video Address - Control Panel extension
2.7.) Special tips for miroCRYSTAL 20SV/40SV/44SV twin and miroCRYSTAL 20SD twin
3.) miroTWINFACE dual-screen configuration
3.1.) Supported boards
3.1.1.) With miroTWINMODULE 10
3.1.2.) With miroTWINMODULE 20
3.1.3.) With miroTWINMODULE 40
3.2.) Hardware installation
3.3.) Driver installation
3.4.) miro Monitor Select - Control Panel extension
3.5.) Changing the resolutions
3.6.) miro Video Address - Control Panel extension
3.7.) Positioning windows
3.7.1.) through Windows NT 3.5
3.7.2.) miroTWINFACE control - Program for positioning windows
3.7.3.) miroTWINFACE control - Control Panel Extension
4.) Deleting drivers
5.) In case of problems
6.) Special hint
1.) Disk contents
- README.TXT : Instructions (this file)
- LIESMICH.TXT : Instructions German
- OEMSETUP.INF : Installation script for SETUP program
- MIRO. : File for disk identification
- CRYSTALS.SYS : Miniport-(kernel)-driver (for single-screen configuration)
- CRYSTAL2.SYS : Miniport-(kernel)-driver (for miroTWINFACE)
- CRYSTALS.DLL : Display-(Win32)-driver (for single-screen configuration)
- CRYSTAL2.DLL : Display-(Win32)-driver (for miroTWINFACE)
- CRYSTAL2.CPL : Control Panel extension (for miro Monitor Select and
miroTWINFACE control)
- MLINADDR.CPL : Control Panel extension (for miro Video Address)
- MTWINCON.EXE : miroTWINFACE control - program
- MTWINDLL.DLL : dynamic link library for miroTWINFACE control
- CARD****.INI : board spezific configuration files
- MONITOR.INI : configuration file
- TIMING.INI : configuration file
- MIROHW.INI : configuration file
- MIRONAME.INI : configuration file
2.) Single-screen configuration
2.1.) Supported boards
8 Bit (256 colors) / 15 Bit (32k colors) /
16 Bit (65k colors) / 32 Bit (16,7M colors) :
- miroCRYSTAL 40SV - miroCRYSTAL 20SV
- miroCRYSTAL 40SV ergo - miroCRYSTAL 20SV ergo
- miroCRYSTAL 40SV twin - miroCRYSTAL 20SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SD/2MB - miroCRYSTAL 44SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SD twin
8 Bit (256 colors) / 15 Bit (32k colors) / 16 Bit (65k colors) :
- miroCRYSTAL 20SD/1MB
2.2.) Hardware installation
Install your graphics board as described in the Hardware Manual
supplied with your board.
2.3.) Driver installation
It is required that you have installed Windows NT 3.5 with a
graphics driver for your VGA board.
a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
b) Start the "Display Tool" to select/change the video display.
c) In the "Display Settings" window click the "Change Display Type"
button.
d) In the "Display Type" window you get information on the current
display driver. Click the "Change" button.
e) The "Select Device" window offers an overview of all display
drivers supplied with Windows NT 3.5. Click the "Other" button.
f) In the "Install From Disk" window you are requested to insert
the installation disk "A:\". If necessary, overwrite the default
selection. Click "OK" to confirm.
g) The "Select Device" window appears again. At the end of the
display driver list there is also the driver for your miro
board. Select the "miroCRYSTAL (single screen)" driver for
all boards supported by this installation disk. Click the
"Install" button. Confirm the following warning.
h) If you had already installed the driver, you are asked whether
you want to install the old or the new driver. Start the
installation of a new driver by clicking the "New" button.
i) You are requested again to insert the installation disk
under A:\. If necessary, overwrite the default. To confirm the
installation, click the "Continue" button. When the message about
a successful installation appears confirm. Confirm the message
telling you that the driver is only available after restarting
the computer.
j) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
"Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display type" window.
To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
k) After the restart the driver which has just been installed
is active with the lowest resolution (31 kHz VESA monitor:
640 x 480, 256 colours, 60 Hz). Go on with 2.4.) to select a
monitor and with 2.5.) to change the resolution.
If problems occur with the display driver when restarting
the system, you can reselect the VGA driver by using the
"Windows NT Version 3.5 [VGA mode]" option in the boot menu.
If this doesn`t solve the problem use the "last good menu"
option to reselect the old configuration.
If this does not help either, use the Windows-NT-setup-disk/-CD
and the "Emergency Repair Disk" to repair your system. The
"Emergency Repair Disk" should include a configuration with a
VGA driver "640x480, 16 colors" because your system runs properly
with this driver in any case. To repair your system select the
"Inspect configuration registry" and "SYSTEM (System Configuration)"
options only.
If your system uses another display driver, you need the installation
disk to enable the "miroCRYSTAL" driver again. You can, however, use
the driver already installed on your hard disk by clicking the
"Current" button (see h)).
2.4.) miro Monitor Select - Control Panel extension
a) Start the "Control Panel" program from the "main" group.
b) To select a monitor, start the "miro Monitor Select"-Tool.
c) The title is the name of your graphics board.
d) Select your monitor from the "Monitor" list. If your monitor
is not listed, select the monitor from the "Multi Frequency"
monitors with the frequency which comes close to the frequency
of your monitor.
e) After a short while you see the "Available Resolutions" list
which gives you an overview of all resolutions supported by
your monitor and the horizontal and vertical refresh rates.
Please make sure that you do not select a horizontal scan
frequency which is higher than the horizontal scan frequency
of your monitor.
f) To confirm your selection, click "OK".
g) In the "Monitor Settings Change" window you can restart your
computer immediately by pressing the "Restart Now" button.
You can also click the "Don't Restart Now" button to get back
to the "Control Panel" program. Restart the system using the
Program Manager.
h) After the restart the selected monitor is active. If the
resolutions and refresh rates differ from the settings of
the previous monitor, the system will notify you. Then, the
640 x 480 resolution with 256 colors and 31 kHz / 60 Hz is
enabled. To change the resolution, proceed with 2.5.).
i) Instad of proceeding as described under f), you can abort the
tool by pressing the "Cancel" button. In this case, the settings
you made will not be enabled.
PLEASE NOTE:
The "miro Monitor Select" icon is only available in the "Control Panel"
program, if a driver installed from this disk is currently active.
2.5.) Changing the resolutions
a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
b) Start the "Display Tool" to select/change the video display.
c) The "List All Modes" button lists the resolutions your
board and your monitor support and the number of colours
and frequencies. Double-click to select a resolution.
d) You can also use the "Desktop area" slider, the
"Color Palette" and the "Refresh Frequency" windows to
select a resolution. Keep in mind that the settings are
interdependent. If you select an invalid setting, the
other options change so that a valid setting is restored.
e) To check the selected resolution in a testscreen, click
the "Test" button and confirm.
- Is the selected resolution/frequency displayed on the monitor?
- Is the correct resolution specified?
- Are the arrows in the testscreen margins visible?
- Are the coloured and the hatched areas displayed correctly?
f) After five seconds the testscreen disappears and you see the
workspace again. If the resolution on the testscreen is OK,
confirm the "Testing Mode" window with "Yes".
g) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
"Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display type" window.
To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
h) After the restart the new resolution is active.
i) If you do not like the resolution, click "No" in the "Testing Mode"
window. After another message has appeared, you are back in the
"Display Settings" window. Select another resolution and continue
with e) or close the Display Tool by clicking the "Cancel" button.
The "Font Size" window allows you to select another font size
(see d)). If you have not installed the fonts of the selected
size, you are requested to insert the installation disk under
A:\. Overwrite the default with the drive letter of you CD drive
and enter the path \i386. Insert the Windows NT Version 3.5 CD
in your CD drive so that the required files can be copied to your
hard disk.
2.6.) miro Video Address (Control Panel extension)
To accelerate the image output even more, activate the linear
video addressing function. For this purpose an extension of the
Control Panel is installed during the installation. Open the
Control Panel Program and click the "miro Video Address" icon
to configure the linear video address,
PLEASE NOTE:
Keep in mind that problems may occur with motherboards which
do not decode the addresses completely and in case of address
conflicts with other memory-mapped expansion boards or with
the main memory. This option is not available for ISA boards.
Use the "Linear Video Addressing enabled" and the
"Linear Video Addressing disabled" buttons to switch the
linear video addressing function on/off:
- "Linear Video Addressing enabled" switches this option on.
Then the video memory of the graphics board is unsegmented
and can be accessed by the display driver under the address
specified under "Physical address".
- "Linear Video Addressing disabled" switches this option off
(default setting).
The linear video address is specified under "Physical address".
This address can be overwritten with a hexadecimal value. Make
sure that the new address is aligned with 8 MB (example of
sequence of increasing addresses: 7400.000 - 7480.000 - 7500.0000).
(Default setting: fe00.0000)
Use the arrow buttons beside the display window to increase /
decrease the video address in 8 MB steps.
The "reset to defaults" enables the default settings.
Confirm your settings by clicking "OK" and close the
"configuration of linear video address". The settings take
effect after the computer has been restarted. If the address
you entered is not aligned correctly, you cannot close the
window using the "OK" button. Correct the setting or click
"Cancel" to abort.
If problems occur with the display driver when restarting
the computer, start the system with another driver as
described under 2.3) and switch the linear video
addressing function off.
PLEASE NOTE:
The "miro Video Address" icon is only available in the "Control Panel"
program, if a driver installed from this disk is currently active.
2.7.) Special tips for miroCRYSTAL 20SV/40SV/44SV twin and miroCRYSTAL 20SD twin
Please note: If DIP switch 2 is not set to "ON", to both
monitor outputs of the graphics board a monitor has to be
connected. For the graphics output the high-resolution
board/monitor is used. the boot messages and the fullscreen
VGA DOS box appears on the first monitor.
3.) miroTWINFACE dual-screen configuration
3.1.) Supported boards
3.1.1.) With miroTWINMODULE 10
8 Bit (256 colors) / 15 Bit (32k colors) / 16 Bit (65k colors) :
- miroCRYSTAL 40SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SD twin
3.1.2.) with miroTWINMODULE 20
8 Bit (256 colors) / 15 Bit (32k colors) /
16 Bit (65k colors) / 32 Bit (16,7M colors) :
- miroCRYSTAL 40SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SV twin
- miroCRYSTAL 20SD twin
3.1.3.) with miroTWINMODULE 40
- miroCRYSTAL 44SV twin (miroCRYSTAL 40SV twin + miroTWINMODULE 40)
3.2.) Hardware installation
Install your graphics board as described in the Hardware Manual
supplied with your board. To use miroTWINFACE with two monitors
having different technical data, connect the monitor with the
lower resolution to the daughterboard. Connect the second monitor
to the basic board. If you have two monitors with identical
technical data, you do not have to connect them as described
above. The monitor connected to the daughterboard displays the
boot messages and the fullscreen DOS prompt. Make sure that DIP
switch 2 is not set to ON.
It is assumed that the monitor connected to the daughterboard
is located on the right-hand side of your desktop and the
monitor connected to the basic board on the left-hand side.
This allocation can be redefined as described under 3.4.d).
We recommend this arrangement, however, for monitors with
different technical data, because then the icons for minimized
programs are always located at the bottom on the left-hand
side in the visible screen area.
3.3.) Driver installation
It is required that you have installed Windows NT 3.5 with
a graphics driver for your VGA board and that you installed
the miro driver for the single-screen solution.
a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
b) Start the "Display-Tool" to select/change the video display.
c) In the "Display Settings" window click the "Change Display Type"
button.
d) In the "Display Type" window you get information on the current
display driver. Click the "Change" button.
e) The "Select Device" window offers an overview of all display
drivers supplied with Windows NT 3.5. If you want to switch
between the single-screen and the miroTWINFACE configuration
later without having to insert the installation disk again,
disable the "Disable current driver". Click the "Other" button.
f) In the "Install From Disk" window you are requested
to insert the installation disk "A:\". If necessary,
overwrite the default selection. Click "OK" to confirm.
g) The "Select Device" window appears again. At the end of the
display driver list there is also the driver for your miro board.
Select the "miroCRYSTAL (miroTWINFACE)" driver for all boards
supported by this installation disk. Click the "Install" button.
Confirm the following warning.
h) If you had already installed the driver, you are asked whether
you want to install the old or the new driver. Confirm the
installation of a new driver by clicking the "New" button.
i) You are requested again to insert the installation disk
under A:\. If necessary, overwrite the default. To confirm the
installation, click the "Continue" button. When the message about
a successful installation appears confirm. Confirm the message
telling you that the driver is only available after restarting
the computer.
j) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
"Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display Type" window.
To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
k) After the restart the driver which has just been installed is
active with the lowest resolution (for both screens: 31kHz VESA
monitor: 640 x 480, 256 colours, 60 Hz). Go on with 3.4.) to
select a monitor and with 3.5.) to change the resolution.
If problems occur with the display driver when restarting the
system, proceed as described under 2.3).
If your system uses another display driver, you need the
installation disk to enable the "miroCRYSTAL" driver again. You
can, however, use the driver already installed on your hard disk
by clicking the "Current" button (see h)).
3.4.) miro Monitor Select - Control Panel extension
a) Start the "Control Panel" program from the "main" group.
b) To select a monitor, start the "miro Monitor Select"-Tool.
c) The title consists of the name of your graphics board or your
miroTWINMODULE which is assigned to the left/right monitors.
d) If the boards are not assigned to the correct monitor, you
can change this setting using the "Boot messages on left
monitor" / "Boot messages on right monitor buttons. Select
the monitor on which the boot messages appeared. After
changing the setting, the titles are updated according to
3.4.c). Also, the resolution list may change according to
3.4.f).
e) Select your monitor from the "Monitor" list. If your monitor
is not listed, select the monitor from the "Multi Frequency"
monitors with the frequency which comes close to the frequency
of your monitor.
f) After a short while you see the "Available Resolutions" list
which gives you an overview of all resolutions supported by
your monitor and the horizontal and vertical refresh rates.
Please make sure that you do not select a horizontal scan
frequency which is higher than the horizontal scan frequency
of your monitor.
g) To avoid loading the miroTWINFACE driver, press the "disable
miroTWINFACE" button. If you disabled the "Disable current
driver" button, the driver running before (e.g. miroCRYSTAL
(single-screen) ) or the VGA driver is activated.
h) To confirm your selection, click "OK".
i) In the "Monitor Settings Change" window you can restart your
computer immediately by pressing the "Restart Now" button.
You can also click the "Don't Restart Now" button to get back
to the "Control Panel" program. Restart the system using the
Program Manager.
j) After the restart the selected monitors are active. If the
resolutions and refresh rates differ from the settings of
the previous monitor, the system will notify you. Then, the
640 x 480 resolution with 256 colors and 31 kHz / 60 Hz is
enabled for both screens. To change the resolution, proceed
with 3.5.).
k) Instad of proceeding as described under h), you can abort the
tool by pressing the "Cancel" button. In this case, the settings
you made will not be enabled.
PLEASE NOTE:
The "miro Monitor Select" icon is only available in the
"Control Panel" program, if a driver installed from this disk
is currently active. If you disabled the miroTWINFACE driver
under 3.4.g), the miroMONITOR-Select program for the single-screen
operation receives another button which activates miroTWINFACE.
For the single-screen and the dual-screen operation the monitors
have to be configured individually. There is no synchronisation
between both installations.
3.5.) Changing the resolutions
a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
b) Start the "Display Tool" to select/change the video display.
c) The "List All Modes" button lists the resolutions your
board supports and the number of colours and frequencies.
Double-click to select a resolution.
PLEASE NOTE:
For miroTWINFACE for Windows NT version 3.5 the horizontal
resolutions are added, the vertical resolution is the
maximum resolution of the basic board. If this resolution
is higher than the maximum vertical resolution of the
daughterboard, the remaining screen area is displayed
virtually, the workspace can be moved by moving the mouse
cursor toward the upper or the lower screen margin. The
selected frequency refers to the monitor connected to the
basic board. Detailed information for both monitors you will
receive from the "miro Monitor Select" program.
d) You can also use the "Desktop area" slider, the
"Color Palette" and the "Refresh Frequency" windows to
select a resolution. Keep in mind that the settings are
interdependent. If you select an invalid setting, the
other options change so that a valid setting is restored.
e) To check the selected resolution in a testscreen, click
the "Test" button and confirm.
- Is the selected resolution/frequency displayed on both
monitors?
- Is the specified resolution the resolution of the visible
screen area?
- Are the arrows in the margins of the testscreen visible?
(In the virtual mode the arrows are not visible on the
monitor connected to the daughterboard.)
- Are the coloured and the hatched areas displayed correctly?
f) After five seconds the testscreen disappears and you see the
workspace again. If the resolution on the testscreen is OK,
confirm the "Testing Mode" window with "Yes".
g) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
"Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display Type" window.
To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
h) After the restart the new resolution is active.
i) If you do not like the resolution, click "No" in the "Testing Mode"
window. After another message has appeared, you are back to the
"Display Settings" window. Select another resolution and continue
with e) or close the Display-Tool by clicking the "Cancel" button.
The "Font Size" window allows you to select another font size
(see d)). If you have not installed the fonts of the selected
size, you are requested to insert the installation disk under
A:\. Overwrite the default with the drive letter of you CD drive
and enter the path \i386. Insert the Windows NT Version 3.5 CD
in your CD drive so that the required files can be copied to your
hard disk.
3.6.) miro Video Address - Control Panel extension
To accelerate the image output even more, activate the
linear video addressing function. Proceed as is described
under 2.5) for the single-screen mode. If you installed
the driver for the single-screen mode in addition to the
driver for the miroTWINFACE mode, the settings are saved
for both drivers.
3.7.) Positioning windows
3.7.1.) through Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT I3.5 has the capability to align windows.
When clicking the Maximize button the window is maximized to
a size which is determined by the virtual resolution of the
smaller monitor which is connected to the base board. Maximized
and normally sized windows can be moved independently of each
other, the system always remembers their last position. Dialog
boxes appear on one of both monitors.
By default, this option is switched off. It can be switched on
as described under 3.7.3.).
NOTE:
In case of incompatibilities with apllications you use, you
cannot use this option.
3.7.2.) miroTWINFACE control - Program for positioning windows
Along with the miroTWINFACE drivers, a program for controlling
the window positions is copied to your hard disk. This program
extends the possibilities for positioning windows the driver
offers. When this program is active, dialog boxes, which
otherwise appear on both screens. appear on the screen where
the mouse cursor is located. When clicking on the Maximize
button, the window is maximized on the screen, where the
mouse cursor is currently located.
Add the "MTWINCON.EXE" program which is located in the
"WINNT35\SYSTEM32" directory using the Drag and Drop function
of the File Manager to one of your program groups. If you
include the program in the Autostart group, the program is
active immediately after you have logged in. After the program
has been started, it is available as an icon on your desktop.
For information on how to configure miroTWINFACE control, refer
to 3.7.3.). To close the program, select the "Close" command
in its system menu or log out.
NOTE:
Not all windows can be controlled by miroTWINFACE control. This
phenomenon is inherent in the system and must not be regarded
as a failure. In case of incompatibilities with apllications
you use, you cannot use miroTWINFACE control.
3.7.3.) miroTWINFACE control - Control Panel Extension
This extension is copied together with the "miro Monitor
Select" extension. Open the Control Panel Program and click the
"miroTWINFACE control" icon to configure miroTWINFACE control.
To configure the positioning of maximized windows, select the
"MAXIMIZE alignment" button (default = off).
To configure the positioning of the dialog boxes, click on the
"Dialog alignment" button (default = off).
The "Alignment by System" button lets you switch on the Windows
NT 3.5 alignment function (default = off).
To confirm, click "OK" and close the "configuration of
miroTWINFACE control". Now, the selected settings are saved and
will be used by every application which will be started. To abort
the configuration, click on "Cancel".
If you changed the "Alignment by System" option, you can restart
the system by pressing the "Restart Now" button in the "Alignment
Settings Change". You can also go back to the "Control Panel"
program by pressing the "Don┤t restart now" button. Restart the
system using the Program Manager.
NOTE:
You can also use both options: the Windows NT 3.5 and the
miroTWINFACE control alignment. In case of incompatibilities
with other applications, one or both options cannot be used
available.
4.) Deleting drivers
Delete drivers you do not need anymore by enabling
another driver using the Display Tool of the Control
Panel program and by restarting the sytem afterwards.
Then, use the File Manager to delete the display driver
(extension .DLL) under \WINNT35\SYSTEM32 and the
miniport driver (extension .SYS) and the configuration
files (extension .INI) under \WINNT35\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.
5.) In case of problems
In case of problems with the VGA DOS box in the
fullscreen mode ask your dealer or miro for an update
of the BIOS-ROM. In some cases an unsynchronized image
may stabilize by switching between the window and the
fullscreen mode of the VGA DOS box.
The VGA DOS boxs only supports the resolutions
available for a 'standard VGA', e.g. display modes of
up to 320x200 pixels with 256 colors or 640x480 pixels
with 16 colors. If a DOS application tries to use a
higher resolution, the VGA DOS box, or, in the worst
case, the hole system might crash.
6.) Special hint
Please do not try to install drivers or system-relevant
tools which are suited for Microsoft Windows 3.x or
Microsoft Windows 95. Windows NT 3.5 does not support
these drivers or tools. In the worst case, this may
cause a system crash.
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