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- WINDOWS 3.0 Display Driver Installation Version 2.02
- Release Notes
- May 22, 1991
-
- This document contains information related to Version 2.02 of the Windows
- Display Driver Installation. The information contained in this document is
- more up to date than the printed manuals. As a result, where information in
- the manuals conflicts with information in this document, this document
- should be assumed to contain the correct information.
-
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-
- NEW FEATURES
-
- A PC version of the Windows 3.0 Display Driver is available
- on 5.25", 1.2MB and 3.5", 720KB disks for PC (AT-bus) display subsystems.
- New features include:
-
- 1. Two new presentation size options that provide "LARGE" (192 "logical DPI")
- and "EXTRA LARGE" (240 "logical DPI") fonts for the Windows menu display
- (title bar, menu bar, program manager etc.). These two new presentation
- size options, along with the two introduced in earlier versions, bring
- the total number of choices to four. New larger fonts for DOS-emulation
- windows are also included with the LARGE and EXTRA LARGE presentation
- size options. For more information, please refer to the "Logical DPI"
- table in Section 2, Installing the Windows Display Driver, of this READ.ME.
-
- 2. The PC version provides support for the DP150 (PC2048A) and DP120
- (PC16xA) display subsystems. However, this release does not include
- support for the DP150N (PC20xA).
-
-
- NOTE: Since the larger fonts require a higher dots per square inch
- specification in the driver, commercial Windows software will not run
- properly in some cases. The following list contains the known anomalies
- for the new, larger font Display Driver:
-
- - Ventura DTP for Windows has irregular character display.
-
- WORKAROUND: Use commercially available fonts from
- Bitstream, Adobe or Z-Soft.
-
- - Powerpoint's installation program will produce a UAE
- (Unrecoverable Application Error) using the default mode.
-
- WORKAROUND: Install Powerpoint using Option mode.
- Powerpoint will now work normally under the
- Windows 3.0 Display Driver.
-
- ------------------------------------
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS IN THIS RELEASE OF WINDOWS 3.0 DISPLAY DRIVER
-
- This release of the Windows 3.0 Display Driver has the following
- known defects:
-
- 1. When using the 386MAX 5.0 application as the memory manager,
- Windows works correctly until you exit the program and then attempt to
- restart in the same session. At this point, Windows will not come up.
-
- 2. When using the Word 5.0 application in Windows 3.0, the system hangs
- up or displays the error message, "this system has violated the system
- integrity..." when the DOS Word 5.0 preview is run.
-
- 3. There is a space between the pop-up menu and the menu title itself
- under GROUP.
-
- 4. This release does not support DOS-emulation for the Microchannel
- Video Controllers (PS1600A-1-19 or PS0768A-g-15).
-
- 5. This release does not now, nor will it in the future, support very early
- revisions of the DualPage (PC1600A-g-19), where g =gray levels.
- Hardware upgrades are available through Technical Support.
-
-
- NOTE: For information on the availability of updated Windows 3.0 display
- drivers, check the Cornerstone BBS (408-425-8943) for new releases or
- call Cornerstone Technical Support (408-435-8900).
-
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-
- PROBLEM RESOLUTIONS
-
- Solutions have been provided in Release 2.02 for the following "bugs":
-
- 1. In one plane mode, the Coral Draw application toolbox divider is not
- visible. Using grayscale in the two and four plane modes, a trail is
- left on the screen when the coordinate line is moved.
-
- 2. The system displays an "Unrecoverable Application Error" message while
- running the Paint program if you choose "Monochrome or Color Image"
- under the Options selection "Image Attributes." When this happens, the
- mouse will only be able to move about one inch from any side of the
- screen. This bug only occurs while using the grayscale modes.
-
- 3. If you click the mouse on the Paint application and then choose Scissors,
- the system will display a "UAE" message. This problem only occurs in
- two and four plane mode.
-
- 4. When using the Toolbox Calculator in Windows 3.0, colors will appear
- incorrectly and the system may even hang up if the Print and Cancel
- selections are clicked on repeatedly.
-
- 5. In Solitaire, the cards leave trails when run in grayscale under Windows 3.0.
-
- 6. The Powerpoint slide sorter now works in both one and four plane modes
- under Windows 3.0.
-
- 7. The zoom-in color inverse has been fixed.
-
- 8. Optimal color matching from RGB values to the gray-scale levels are not
- used in 2 and 4 plane controllers. This problem is seen in two ways.
- First, programs explicitly specifying a gray RGB value may display an
- incorrect shade of gray. Second, programs that display one color on
- another (i.e. a program that displays red text on a green background)
- may display the same shade of gray for both colors.
-
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-
- SCREEN FONTS IN WINDOWS
-
- Windows 3.0 ships standard with Times Roman, Helvetica and Courier
- screen fonts in sizes 8,10,12,14,18 and 24. In addition, there are now
- four sizes of system fonts available for the Windows menu display
- (title bar, menu bar, program manager, etc.). If the user calls for
- screen fonts other than these sizes, applications will handle the
- request in one of the follows ways:
-
- 1. Generate the requested size from one of the standard sizes.
- This will produce jagged fonts.
-
- 2. Select the font closest to the requested size. This may
- cause it to appear that no change has been made.
-
- 3. Select a font of another type face.
-
- Because the screen font is managed by the application, it is difficult
- to predict how an unavailable screen font will be approximated.
- If screen fonts do not appear as requested, use the standard sizes
- or purchase any of the commercially available screen fonts such as
- Adobe Type Manager, Bitstream Facelift or Z-Soft SoftType to
- provide additional fonts.
-
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-
- APPLICATION BUGS WHICH IMPACT CORNERSTONE DISPLAYS
-
- When running the Ventura application, the system will display an
- "Unrecoverable Application Error" message when the 'Special Effects'
- menu is used.
-
- This problem may occur on all displays which exceed VGA resolution
- and are logged with Ventura as AR772 and AR791. Ventura should be
- contacted for patched software or a new release date.
-
- Note: The 'Divide by Zero' error that occured in earlier releases when
- an HP Laserjet printer was specified has been fixed.
-
-
- The "Help" menus in the Designer program do not display the underline
- correctly when using the medium or extra-large Display Drivers (the
- underline runs straight through the text).
-
- WORKAROUND: Use only the small (96 DPI) or large (192 DPI) Display
- Drivers.
-
-
- The Gupta-System displays an "Unrecoverable Application Error" message
- when asked to run Windows with CTI medium, large or extra-large Display
- Drivers.
-
- WORKAROUND: Use only the small (96 DPI) Display Driver.
-
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-
- IF YOU ARE UPDATING A SYSTEM THAT USES WINDOWS DISPLAY
- DRIVERS PRIOR TO VERSION 2.00, YOU WILL NEED TO MANUALLY UPDATE
- YOUR CONFIG.SYS FILE.
-
- The Configuration Manager is now named "VIDCONF". The VIDNSTAL program
- creates a line in CONFIG.SYS as follows:
-
- DEVICE = \dir\VIDCONF.DEV
-
- where 'dir' is the directory you specify during installation. If you
- already have a line in CONFIG.SYS as follows:
-
- DEVICE = \dir\xxCONFIG.DEV
-
- where 'xxCONFIG' is either DPCONFIG, XLCONFIG, PC12CONF, SPCONFIG,
- PS16CONF or PC10CONF, you must manually delete this DEVICE declaration.
-
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-
- INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 3.0 DISPLAY DRIVER
-
- Installing Windows
-
- You should refer to your Microsoft Windows installation documentation for
- complete Windows installation details and follow the four steps below which
- must be completed to correctly install your Windows Display Driver:
-
- 1. Install the Configuration Manager.
- -Two files are supplied with the Downloaded files
- VIDCONF.EXE
- VIDCONF.DEV
- -To install the Configuration Manager you must use a TEXT editor to
- change the CONFIG.SYS. The CONFIG.SYS should read:
- DEVICE = [D:\subdir\]VIDCONF.DEV
-
- D=drive letter where VIDCONF.EXE and VIDCONF.DEV are installed.
- -You must reboot the computer before the Configuration manager is
- completly installed.
-
-
- 2. Run SETUP from the Microsoft Windows Directory
-
-
- Issue the following commands to run Microsoft SETUP:
-
- CD \WINDOWS (or your Windows directory)
- SETUP
-
- The first screen displayed allows the modification of System Information.
- To correctly set up your display, you must do the following:
-
- A. Select DISPLAY. Scroll down and choose 'Other'.
-
- B. Enter the path name to the drive and directory you have copied the
- Windows 3.0 display driver.
-
- C. Select one of the following choices:
-
- Windows Display Driver - Small
-
- D. Specify again the floppy drive which contains the Windows
- Display Driver disk.
-
- E. Complete Windows SETUP.
-
- 3. Reboot your PC
-
- Rebooting your system installs the Configuration Manager into memory.
-
- The Configuration Manager is REQUIRED for your high resolution Display
- Driver(s) to execute properly.
-
- 4. Run Windows
-
- Startup Windows. The desktop will fill the screen and Windows will be
- functional for installing and/or running Windows applications.
-
- NOTE: If you have any difficulties with this installation of the
- Windows Display Driver, run Windows SETUP and choose the
- Hercules Display Driver to ensure that you have correctly
- completed the installation. If you have the same or similar
- problems installing Windows for Hercules, contact Microsoft
- for installation support.
- If you continue to have difficulties, before running Windows SETUP,
- check for the files listed below in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory
- and delete them. Once completing Windows SETUP some of these files
- will appear in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. The reason for this step
- is once the Windows 3.0 display drivers are installed for one DPI then
- installed for another, there may be some conflicts. If you have a version
- 2.0 or later version of VIDNSTAL you can install the WINDOWS DISPLAY DRIVER
- and the program will do this for you.
-
- SMALL.386 CTI40WOA.FON
- SMALL.GR2 CTI80WOA.FON
- SMALL.GR3 HELVE.FON
- MEDIUM.DRV SYMBOLE.FON
- MEDIUM.386 TMSRE.FON
- MEDIUM.GR2 COURE.FON
- MEDIUM.GR3 HELVF.FON
- LARGE.386 TMSRF.FON
- LARGE.GR3 VGAFIX.FON
- EXLAR.DRV VGASYS.FON
- EXLAR.386 VGAOEM.FON
- EXLAR.GR2 FNTVISYS.FON
- EXLAR.GR3 FONTVI.FON
- SPAGE.386 F1624.FON
- SPAGE.GR2 F1624U.FON
- SPAGE.GR3 F2030.FON
- DPAGE.386 CTI.GR2
- DPAGE.GR2 CTI.LGO
- DPAGE.GR3 HERCLOGO.RLE
-
- If you would prefer one of the alternate Display Driver Sizes, run Windows
- SETUP again and select your alternate choice. Complete SETUP and run
- Windows.
-
- Doing a Windows Display Driver Update
-
-
- NOTE: Performance is a critical issue for Windows. For information
- on optimizing performance, see Appendix D - Memory
- Management in the Microsoft Windows 3.0 User Manual.
-
- ==========================================================================
- = Small Medium Large Extra Large =
- = =
- = SinglePage XL 96 120 192 240 =
- = =
- = All DualPages 120 120 192 240 =
- ==========================================================================
- Table 4-1 Logical DPIs provided with Display Driver Size Selection
-
- Installing DOS Display Drivers
-
- In addition to the Windows Display Driver, the following drivers are also
- supplied for DOS-based applications:
-
- - Ventura Publisher
- - WordPerfect
- - Microsoft Word
- - AutoCAD
- - Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony
- - Windows/286
-
- These Display Drivers are found on the DOS Display Driver Disk supplied
- with your Display System. Installation instructions are provided in
- Chapter 6 of the Installation Guide.
-