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- ET4000 16.7 million-color, Windows 3.1 Video Driver
- Installation Instructions
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- This driver disk is designed to allow you to select or change the
- video driver for Windows 3.1 using Windows Setup. Setup can be
- executed from within Windows, or from DOS. Note that these driver
- files are in Microsoft compressed format and can only be accessed and
- executed by installing through Windows Setup. Simply copying the files
- into your \Windows\System subdirectory WILL NOT work and may corrupt
- your Windows installation. Installing the drivers correctly is,
- however, a simple process. It is accomplished by following these
- instructions:
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- Installation from floppy disk
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- 1) Insert your Driver Disk in the appropriate floppy drive.
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- 2) From your Windows directory, type SETUP and select DISPLAY to
- change the video driver. Or, with Windows running, select Setup from
- the Program Manager Main group. Refer to your Microsoft Windows User's
- Guide for assistance in running Setup from inside Windows.
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- 3) Select "Other disk..." to direct the program to the floppy disk
- holding the new drivers. Note that after the drivers are installed,
- you will not have to select "Other disk..." again should you decide to
- change resolutions. Look for the ET4000-based drivers in the Display
- selection menu to select the display resolution you want.
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- 4) When asked where the drivers will be found, state the following:
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- A:\
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- Following instructions 6-7 below.
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- Installation from Hard Disk
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- 1) Having the drivers loaded on the hard disk will make it easier and
- faster to change resolutions in the future. Make a subdirectory to
- hold the driver files.
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- example: C:>md \et4drv
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- and switch to that subdirectory (C:>cd \et4drv)
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- 2) Insert the drivers disk into the appropriate drive and type the
- following command:
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- COPY A:\*.*
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- 3) From your Windows directory, type SETUP and select DISPLAY to
- change the video driver. Or, with Windows running, select Setup from
- the Program Manager Main group. Refer to your Microsoft Windows User's
- Guide for assistance in running Setup from inside Windows.
-
- 4) Select "Other disk..." to direct the program to the subdirectory
- holding the new drivers. Note that once the drivers are installed, you
- should not have to select "Other" again should you decide to change
- resolutions. Look for the ET4000-based drivers in the Display
- selection menu to select the display resolution you want.
-
- 5) When asked where the drivers will be found, state the following
- (deleting what the program has displayed in the input window):
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- [drive:]\[directory]
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- e.g.: C:>\et4drv
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- 6) A standard Windows selection menu will appear with additional video
- drivers from which to select.
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- 7) Proceed normally through the remainder of the process. Check
- Microsoft Windows installation procedures if necessary.
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- 8) If you are having problems installing these drivers please contact your
- board vendor for further assistance.(as your vendor may have done proprietary
- enhancements that require custom drivers)
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- ** IMPORTANT **
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- The 640x480 16.7 million-color driver requires 1mb of display memory to be
- installed on your video board.
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- Two versions of the driver are provided:
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- The "RGB" driver is for the AT&T, Cirrus, InMOS and compatible Digital to
- Analog Converter (DAC) which use the Red, Green, Blue output configuration.
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- The "BGR" driver is for the BrookTree, Music and compatible DAC which use the
- Blue, Green, Red output configuration.