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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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- Windows 95 mach64 Enhanced Display Driver
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- Windows 95 mach64 Enhanced Display Driver December 11, 1995
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- READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT !
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- Contents
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- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Adapter Installation
- 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 95 mach64 Enhanced Display Driver
- 4.0 Enhanced Display Driver Feature Set
- 5.0 Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver problems
- 6.0 Windows 95 property page problems
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- 1.0 Introduction
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- This file contains last-minute updates that are not found in the User's
- Guide or in any addendum accompanying the display adapter. Please read
- this file before proceeding with the installation.
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- 2.0 Adapter Installation
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- Refer to the User's Guide for information on adapter installation.
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- 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver
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- The Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is a Windows 95 mini driver.
- It is installed and configured using the standard Windows 95 configuration
- utilities.
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- Note: Windows 95 will require a re-start to implement certain display
- settings
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- 1) Start Windows 95.
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- 2) Insert the disk labeled Windows 95 into a floppy drive.
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- 3) Click on the Start button. Click on the Run menu item.
- Type A:\WIN95\SETUP.EXE in the text entry area. Press OK.
- <where A: is the floppy drive containing the ATI Windows 95 disk>
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- 4) Follow the instructions displayed in the help.
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- 4.0 Enhanced Display Driver Feature Set
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- - This release includes DirectDraw support as well as updated ATI MCI and
- ATI DCI drivers
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- - MPEG playback support and ATI MPEG Video Player to view MPEG-1 videos
- at 1x, 2x and full-screen on the desktop PC.
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- - A Settings Page that allows for customization of desktop settings
- such as virtual desktop size, display resolution and color depth,
- ability to user-customize pre-set display preferences.
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- - A Panning Page that allows the user to set up hotkeys to control panning
- of the desktop within a virtual desktop.
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- - A Screen Adjust Page for adjusting the size and position of screen
- images along with manipulation of the display's refresh rate.
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- - A Color Correction Page to allow the user to correct for color tone
- differences between real color values and the way the monitor displays
- them. Control includes color spline, gamma correction and the ability
- for user-customized preset preferences. Color Correction is fully
- supported on GRAPHICS PRO TURBOs and WINTURBOs with high-end DACs.
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- - Setup Wizards, on-line documentation and context-sensitive help using
- the Windows 95 Help Wizards.
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- - Monitor Adjustment: Position and size adjustment of the Windows 95
- desktop on the display monitor, refresh rate selection, ability to
- use timing information specific to the monitor selected by the user
- (provides greater enhancement and clearer viewing) and the ability
- to select specific display refresh rates.
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- - Low Level Hardware Configuration: Ability to select the power-up
- video mode of the graphics adapter (the mode that the adapter will be
- set to after the computer is powered-up or reset). Color and Monochrome
- modes are supported.
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- 5.0 Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver problems
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- - The Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is capable of using
- monitor timing data contained within Windows 95. This data is selected
- by configuring a monitor type at Windows 95 installation time or via
- the "Settings" page of the display properties sheet. If you change the
- selected monitor type via the "Settings" page of the display properties
- sheet the new timing data may not take effect until after restarting
- Windows 95. A solution to this problem is to always restart Windows 95
- after changing the monitor type.
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- - The Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is capable of using monitor
- timing data contained within Windows 95. This data is selected by
- configuring a monitor type at Windows 95 installation time or via the
- "Settings" page of the display properties sheet. The Windows 95 mach64
- enhanced display driver may incorrectly interpret Windows 95 monitor
- timing data for some older monitors which require interlaced modes.
- This may cause some options to be disabled. A solution to this problem
- is to select one of the "(Standard monitor types)" available via the
- settings page of the display properties sheet.
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- - In Windows 95, display drivers can be installed via the "Add New
- Hardware" wizard ( although the procedure detailed in section 3.0 is
- recommended ). When the Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is
- installed via the "Add New Hardware" wizard the "Settings" page does
- not get installed into the mach64 display adapter property sheet.
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- - If you install a DirectDraw game onto your system that has the Enhanced
- Utilities installed, you may loose the features of ATI's drivers (due
- to an old version of the DirectDraw drivers being installed from the
- games CD.) In order to regain the enhanced ATI display features, a 2.08
- or higher display drivers must be reloaded.
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- 6.0 Windows 95 property page problems
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- - While adjusting monitor settings in the Adjustment page of the Display
- Properties sheet, your monitor could become unreadable. If this occurs,
- press the ESC key to return to your previous monitor settings.
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