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- README.TXT - Documentation Supplement
- October 06, 1995 - Release 4.00
-
- Hercules Dynamite Card(tm)
- Hercules Dynamite VL(tm)
- Hercules Dynamite Pro ISA(tm)
- Hercules Dynamite Pro VL(tm)
-
- Installation Diskette
- Windows Display Driver Diskette
-
- For Windows 3.x and Windows 95
-
-
-
- Thank you for purchasing a Hercules Dynamite product. This
- file contains changes or additions to the printed Installation
- Guide.
-
-
- CONTENTS:
- ---------
- What's New in this Release
- Windows 3.x vs. Windows 95 Installation
- Hercules Phone, Fax and BBS Access Numbers
- Internet Support, FTP Sites and our WWW Page
- Warranty Registration
- Using Power Playback Utilities
- Using the VESA BIOS Extension Display Modes
- SPEEDY: Windows Performance Benchmark Test
- Windows -- Known Limitations
- DOS Games -- Flickering Display
- AutoCAD ADI Driver
- Documentation Errata
- Hercules Dynamite Series Software Revision History
-
-
-
-
- What's New in this Release
- --------------------------
-
- Installation diskette:
- Windows 3.x:
- - Updated The Hercules Touch utility suite.
- - Added the Power Preview and Power Player utilities to The
- Hercules Touch.
-
- Windows 95:
- - Added the SETUP.EXE program for installing under Windows 95.
- If you're using Windows 95, you no longer need to use the
- DOS-based INSTALL.EXE program. See \WIN95\README.TXT on the
- Windows Display Driver Diskette for complete installation
- instructions.
-
- Windows Display Driver diskette:
- Windows 3.x:
- New display drivers address compatibility issues.
- Added 32768-color modes (15bpp).
- Added DCIW32.DRV DCI driver for Video for Windows 1.1e.
-
- Windows 95:
- New display drivers offer improved performance in 16.7M color
- modes.
-
-
-
- Windows 3.x vs. Windows 95 Installation
- ---------------------------------------
- Windows 3.x / MS-DOS:
- In DOS, follow the instructions for running INSTALL.EXE in the
- Dynamite Installation Guide.
-
- Windows 95:
- It is not necessary to use the DOS-based INSTALL.EXE program
- documented in the Installation Guide. Our new SETUP.EXE is a
- native Windows 95 utility that will install The Hercules Touch and
- allow you to select your monitor type. See \WIN95\README.TXT on
- the Windows Display Driver Diskette for complete installation
- instructions.
-
-
-
- Hercules Phone, Fax and BBS Access Numbers
- ------------------------------------------
-
- Corporate Headquarters
- ----------------------
- Company Address................. Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
- 3839 Spinnaker Court
- Fremont, California 94538, USA
-
- Technical Support............... (510) 623-6050
- Technical Support Fax........... (510) 490-6745
- Fax On Demand................... (800) 711-HERC or (800) 711-4372
-
- BBS............................. (510) 623-7449 (V.32bis)
- CompuServe...................... GO HERCULES
- Internet........................ support@hercules.com
- sales@hercules.com
- World Wide Web.................. http://www.hercules.com/
- Anonymous FTP................... ftp.hercules.com
-
- Sales Group..................... (800) 532-0600
- Other Inquiries................. (510) 623-6030
-
-
- Europe
- ------
- Für Technischen Support......... +08142-49105 (Montag-Freitag, 10.00
- Uhr bis 16.00 Uhr MEZ)
- Fax an den Technischen Support.. +08142-40890
- BBS............................. +08142-40898 (V.32bis)
-
-
-
- Internet Support, FTP Sites and our WWW Page
- --------------------------------------------
- Hercules Computer Technology now offers a wide range of services
- via the Internet.
-
- Our technical support department may be reached at:
-
- support@hercules.com
-
- Our sales department may be reached at:
-
- sales@hercules.com
-
- Software updates and other files are available via anonymous FTP
- from the following sites:
-
- ftp.hercules.com
- or
- ftp.netcom.com:/pub/he/hercules
-
-
- To use anonymous FTP, logon as "anonymous" after using FTP to
- connect to the site, and then use your login id and site name
- for your password. If you have questions about FTP, contact your
- system administrator.
-
- You can use the Hercules Information Server, HIS (TM), to find out
- about new software releases and to obtain spec sheets and other
- product information. By subscribing to the HIS mailing list for your
- product, you will be automatically notified via e-mail whenever a new
- software update is available. This saves you the time and effort of
- regularly checking our BBS or FTP sites for new files.
-
- To subscribe to the HIS mailing list, send e-mail to:
-
- listserv@hercules.com
-
- With this line in the body of the message (not on the subject line):
-
- subscribe <product name> <your full name>
-
- For the Graphite family of products, use the word graphite as the
- product name.
-
- For the Dynamite family of products, use the word dynamite as the
- product name.
-
- For the Stingray family of products, use the word stingray as the
- product name.
-
-
- For example:
-
- subscribe stingray Mary Smith
-
-
- We also have a World Wide Web page:
-
- http://www.hercules.com/
-
- Our WWW page contains lots of useful information, including a technical
- support knowledge base, a monitor database, and information on the
- latest drivers for your product.
-
-
-
- Warranty Registration
- ---------------------
- Please take a few minutes to fill out and return the enclosed
- Warranty Registration Card. It is essential that we receive your
- registration information so that we can provide you with the
- following service and support:
-
- * Free technical support via phone, fax, BBS, and Internet.
- * Software updates via mail, BBS, and Internet.
- * Third party support information via mail, BBS, and Internet.
-
- You may also register with Hercules via our dialup BBS instead of
- mailing in your registration card. To register on-line, call our
- BBS at (510) 623-7449. At the main menu, type ONREG. You will be
- asked a set of questions matching the questions on your Warranty
- Registration Card. Once you've successfully completed the on-line
- registration, there is no need to mail in your registration card.
-
- Register today!
-
-
-
- Using Power Playback Utilities
- ------------------------------
- To use the Power Playback utilities on Dynamite products, you
- need to have Video for Windows installed. Otherwise, you
- will get error messages like "Cannot find MSVIDEO.DLL ...".
-
- You can obtain a copy of the runtime version of Video for Windows
- from on-line services like America Online, or from BBS services
- like the Hercules BBS.
-
-
-
- Using the VESA BIOS Extension Display Modes
- -------------------------------------------
- Some models of the Dynamite products have the VESA BIOS
- Extension (VBE) implemented within the on-board Video BIOS. In
- this case, you do not need to load the VESA.COM TSR program in
- order to utilize any of the VESA extended display modes.
-
-
-
- SPEEDY: Windows Performance Benchmark Test
- ------------------------------------------
- SPEEDY, a Windows performance benchmark test, is included
- with this Hercules product. This test is designed to perform
- a standard set of Windows graphics functions and compute a
- performance metric called a "SPEEDMARK." A higher "SPEEDMARK"
- indicates better performance. This test can also be used to
- measure performance of any display adapter that supports
- Windows.
-
- SPEEDY is available in the Hercules program group. Double-
- click on the Speedy icon to launch the SPEEDY program. Press
- F2 to initiate an "Auto Run" test, F10 to exit the program,
- and F1 to view the on-line documentation.
-
-
-
- Windows -- Known Limitations
- ----------------------------
- DOS Windows:
- 1) It is not possible to run most VGA graphics applications
- in a windowed DOS window session. Instead, choose to run
- your VGA graphics application at full screen.
-
-
-
- DOS Games -- Flickering Display
- -------------------------------
- Some high speed DOS games use an undocumented VGA feature
- that is not supported on the Tseng Labs ET4000/W32 used on
- the D201 and D501 models. (NOTE: The D201E uses a W32i and
- will not have this problem). Programs that attempt to use
- this feature may produce a flickering display. Workarounds
- and patches are available for the following applications:
-
- 1) Spectrum Holobyte Falcon 3.0:
- A patch from Spectrum Holobyte is available on the
- Hercules BBS.
-
- 2) Microsoft Flight Simulator 4:
- Select the slow/no flicker option, or upgrade to Flight
- Simulator 5.
-
- 3) Sublogic ATP:
- Select [F5] to bring up the Graphics menu and select one
- of the flicker/speed options that gives the best
- combination of speed and stability.
-
- If you own any other programs which exhibit this problem, you
- may wish to inquire with your software vendor to see if a fix
- is available.
-
-
-
- AutoCAD ADI Driver
- ------------------
- If you would like a copy of the AutoCAD ADI driver, please
- call the Hercules Technical Support department or BBS.
-
-
-
- Documentation Errata
- --------------------
- About the DPMS screen saver:
- You must first copy the file DYNADPMS.SCR from your Dynamite
- software directory (e.g. C:\HERCULES) into your Windows
- directory (e.g. C:\WINDOWS) before selecting this screen
- saver in Windows.
-
- About the VESA BIOS installation:
- If your Dynamite product's on-board Video BIOS contains the
- VESA BIOS Extension (VBE), the installation program will
- not present you with the "Install VESA BIOS Extension
- Support" option during the installation process. You do not
- need to install anything to utilize the VESA extended
- display modes.
-
- About the font utilities:
- The custom font loader (FLOAD), font editor (FEDIT), and font
- files are no longer included in the installation diskette.
- Please call the Hercules Technical Support department or BBS
- to obtain a copy (DYNFONTS.ZIP).
-
-
-
- Hercules Dynamite Series Software Revision History
- --------------------------------------------------
- Release 4.00
- Installation Diskette..................Rel. 4.00 10/06/95
- Windows Display Driver Diskette........Rel. 4.00 10/06/95
-
- Release 2.60 -- Added Windows 95 Driver
- Installation Diskette..................Rel. 2.60 09/21/95
- Windows Display Driver Diskette........Rel. 2.60 09/21/95
-
- Release 2.50 -- added the Hercules Touch
- Installation Diskette..................Rel. 2.50 02/07/95
- Windows Display Driver Diskette........Rel. 2.50 02/07/95
-
- Release 2.30
- Installation Diskette..................Rel. 2.30 06/06/94
- Windows Display Driver Diskette........Rel. 2.30 06/06/94
-
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