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- OS/2 v.2.1 Installation Notes
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- READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT !
-
- You must run QUICK SETUP from the Main Menu and select an appropriate
- monitor type, prior to installing the OS/2 Display Driver.
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- Contents
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- 1.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
- 2.0 Uninstalling the OS/2 drivers
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- 1.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
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- 1) Check The Minimized Window Viewer to see if you have any WIN-OS/2 or
- DOS sessions iconized. Close them all as the INSTALL may not work
- if a WIN-OS/2 session is running.
-
- 2) To complete the install successfully you will require the following
- information:
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- a) The OS/2 boot drive on which the PM driver is located.
- b) The default ATI OS/2 driver directory is C:\MACH_OS2.
-
- 3) From the Install OS/2 Drivers window, select Install OS/2 Version 2.1
- OS/2.
-
- 4) When INSTALL has completed copying all necessary files, exit the INSTALL
- program. Close the Full screen DOS box.
-
- Note: If PM Desktop does not reappear after exiting from the full screen
- DOS session. Pressing <Enter> brings you back to full screen.
- You must reboot to get back to the PM Desktop.
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- 5) When the mach64 driver is installed the SETVGA command will request the
- mach64 drivers diskette to be inserted in to default installation drive.
- SETVGA will not proceed without this diskette. Use the following
- procedure to create the required mach64 diskette:
-
- a) Boot DOS, or enter a full screen DOS session.
- b) Insert a blank disk into drive A: (the bootable floppy drive)
- c) Change directory to the directory created by the installation of
- the mach64 OS2 drivers (default c:\MACH_OS2)
- d) The mach64 disk must have a volume label of MACH64OS2. To create this
- label, at the C:\MACH_OS2 (default) directory type:
- LABEL A:
- You will then see a prompt stating "Volume label (11 characters,
- enter for none)?", please type:
- MACH64OS2
- e) Copy the contents of the MACH_OS2 directory onto the floppy disk.
-
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- 6) Run DSPINSTL from within an OS/2 window.
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- 7) When the Display Driver Install panel appears, select Primary Display
- and click OK to bring up a list of choices. You should see an option for
- ATI mach64.
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- 8) Select 'ATI Technologies mach64' from the list and click OK.
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- 9) When the source directory panel appears, select 'Change' and enter:
- C:\MACH_OS2 (replace c: with your boot drive letter if you don't use c)
- Click 'Set' and then 'Install'. After the files are copied, exit the OS/2
- window or full screen session. Shut down and restart your system.
-
- 10) The PM driver will first come up in 640x480, 256 colors mode. Use the
- following steps to change the screen resolutions or number of colors:
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- a. Open 'OS/2 System' icon.
- b. Open 'System Setup' icon.
- c. Open 'System' icon.
- b. Select the 'Screen' tab.
- e. Select the desired resolution and number of colors from the list.
- f. Double click on the system menu icon or select close from the system
- menu to close the window.
- g. Shut down and restart your system.
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- 11) For further details, please see README.OS2 after installing the driver.
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- 2.0 Uninstalling the OS/2 drivers
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- 1) Open an OS/2 window or OS/2 Full Screen icon and type:
- DSPINSTL <enter>.
-
- 2) Select Primary Display and click OK to bring up a list of choices. Select
- "Video Graphics Array (VGA) from the list.
-
- 3) When the source directory panel appear, insert the OS/2 /Display Driver
- diskette. Select the drive and path name where the VGA driver resides
- (typically A: or B:), choose Set and then choose Install.
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- 4) After the install is complete, shut down and restart your system.
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- Note: After completing step 4, OS/2 is using VGA for a display. If you
- wish to remove the mach64 files from you hard drive continue on.
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- 5) Restart OS/2 and open a full screen DOS session.
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- 6) Insert the Graphics Pro Turbo disk # 1 in the appropriate drive. Change
- directories to the floppy drive and type: INSTALL <enter>.
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- 7) Select Driver Installation from the Main Menu.
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- 8) Select IBM OS/2 from the list of applications.
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- 9) Select UNINSTALL OS/2 Drivers, and follow the instructions on the
- screen.
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