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- ║ OS/2 2.1, 2.11, 3.0 Drivers v2.0 ║
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- ║ for ║
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- ║ SPEA V7-STORM PRO ║
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- ║ SPEA VideoSeven Release: 1194.2 ║
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- A) Properties of the Drivers
- B) Installing the OS/2 Drivers
- C) Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
-
- A) Properties of the Drivers
- ============================
- The driver support the following resolutions:
-
- 256 Colors 64k Colors 16M Colors
- 640x480 x x x
- 800x600 x x x
- 1024x768 x x x
- 1280x1024 x x x
- 1600x1200 x x
-
-
- B) Installing the OS/2 Drivers
- ==============================
-
- The installation procedure assumes that the V7-STORM PRO is already
- installed in your system.
-
- Similarly, OS/2 2.1 must already be installed on your hard disk. The drivers
- in this release are written to run only with OS/2 2.1x, and not with any
- previous version of this operating system.
-
- Finally, make sure that OS/2 is loaded with the standard VGA drivers and set
- to use the standard VGA resolution (640x480). In other words, make sure that
- you can bring up OS/2 in VGA mode using the V7-STORM PRO.
-
- The OS/2 drivers installation program installs both the OS/2 drivers and the
- Windows drivers to run Seamless or Full Screen Windows. Do not perform a
- separate installation of the Windows drivers as described in the Windows
- drivers release notes. To do so can cause problems; for example, Seamless
- Windows support may no longer work, and the version of Full Screen Windows
- drivers installed may not be compatible with Full Screen WIN-OS/2.
-
- Driver installation is initiated by running the INSTALL.CMD batch file from
- the distribution diskette. This batch file copies installation files to the
- OS/2 installation directory and executes the OS/2 DSPINSTL program from the
- hard drive.
-
- To install the V7-STORM PRO OS/2 drivers on your system:
-
- 1. (Only when drivers are downloaded from mailbox)
- Extract the files to an 1.44MB floppy and label this disk
- "P91DRV 1".
-
- 2. Bring up OS/2 as you would normally (with the VGA driver installed).
-
- 3. Make sure you have closed any Windows Full Screen session and any
- Seamless Windows session.
-
- 4. Insert the V7-STORM PRO OS/2 distribution diskette into either drive A:
- or drive B:.
-
- 5. Select either an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen session from the
- command prompts folder.
-
- 6. Select the diskette drive you are using by typing either A: or B: and
- [Enter] .
-
- 7. To start the installation, type
-
- install bootdrive:
-
- where:
-
- bootdrive is the disk drive designator for the drive on which OS/2 is
- installed. For example, if OS/2 is installed on drive C:, then you would
- enter the command:
-
- install C:
-
- 8. In the Display Driver Install dialog box, select
-
- Primary Display
-
- and click on the OK button.
-
- 9. In the Display Adapter Type dialog box, select
-
- Power 9100 Display Driver
-
- and click on the OK button.
-
- 10. In the Source Directory dialog box, ensure that the drive indicated is
- the drive the installation diskette is in. Change it if necessary. Click
- on the Install button.
-
- The installation utility copies files into the appropriate directories
- and modifies the CONFIG.SYS, SYSTEM.INI, and OS2.INI files.
-
- 11. When the files have been copied, the Power 9100 Configuration Utility
- dialog box will be displayed. You can then select the specific driver
- configuration that you would like to run. Either:
-
- a. Make selections in the Monitor, Color Depth, Resolution, Refresh
- Rate and Resource Size list boxes; after specifying the desired
- configuration, click on the Save button, or
-
- b. Select the default (640x480 8 bits per pixel) by clicking on the
- Cancel button.
-
- The Power 9100 Configuration Utility saves the configuration information
- in the OS2.INI file. It also creates a Weitek Display Driver Utilities
- folder on the OS/2 desktop. This folder contains utilities for
- configuring the Power 9100 OS/2 display driver as well as the Power 9100
- Full Screen WIN-OS/2 display driver.
-
- The Full Screen WIN-OS/2 drivers are installed using the default
- configuration of 640x480 8-bits-per-pixel configuration. Upon
- restarting OS/2 you may change this configuration by running the
- Power 9100 Full Screen Windows display driver configuration utility
- from the Weitek Display Driver Utilities folder.
-
- 12. The Display Driver Install dialog box informs you that changes have
- been made to your system configuration and you must shut down your
- system.
- Click on the OK button.
-
- 13. Exit the OS/2 or Full Screen command prompt by typing:
-
- exit [Enter]
-
- 14. Remove the distribution diskette from the diskette drive.
-
- 15. Shut down the system by selecting Shut Down from the OS/2 desktop menu.
-
- 16. Press Ctrl/Alt/Del.
-
- 17. Restart OS/2. The selected driver configuration is now installed and
- running.
-
-
- C) Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
- =====================================
-
- 1. The distribution diskette includes a volume label, "P91DRV 1". The
- drivers will not install correctly if the volume label is not present.
- If you need to duplicate the distribution diskette, you must do so
- based on the terms of the license agreement. The diskcopy command will
- copy the volume label. To add the volume label to a diskette, use the
- label command. For example:
-
- label A:P91DRV 1
-
- (Note that the volume label includes a space character.)
-
- 2. Support for the secondary video adapter is not currently available. If
- the secondary adapter is selected, no files are copied and no
- configuration files are modified.
-
- 3. If an MS Windows application does not work properly in OS/2, you may
- need to re-install it under OS/2. Refer to your OS/2 documentation.
-
- 4. Note that when using a system with a previous version of OS/2 installed,
- installing a new version (or re-installing the present version) can be
- problematic. If you have difficulties installing OS/2, refer to the OS/2
- manual Using the Operating System, Appendix B, Error Messages.
-
- 5. WEITEK's Full Screen WIN-OS/2 drivers require the use of 386 Enhanced
- mode. Refer to section 2.3 of these release notes or to your OS/2
- documentation to configure your system properly.
-
- 6. On certain boards, the palette in OS/2 full screen sessions may become
- corrupt. Typing MODE CO80 at the command line prompt will correct the
- problem.
-
- EOF