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- From: antony@werple.apana.org.au (Antony Suter)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Diamond Stealth (generic S3) drivers!!
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:17:31 +1100
- Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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- Message-ID: <1k7morINN665@werple.apana.org.au>
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-
- Do you have a video card based on the S3 chipset?
- Do you not have drivers for this card that utilise the S3 fully?
- I have an answer. For fast getting on with it goto >HERE<.
-
- I bought a Diamond Speedstar VRAM yesterday (yeah i know theyve been
- around for a while and new S3 chips are coming out, but i dont need
- something that will display something before i even knew i was going
- to tell it to!) and downloaded the f1280 drivers because thats what the
- FAQ hanted at. Rats! They didnt work. They now do. I have found that the
- drivers seem to use a set of frequencys that im not used to, and my cheap
- monitor needs 15 minutes to warm up before it will correctly sync to the
- 800x600 freqs. I guess that this is specific to me, and that more recent,
- or more expensive monitors will work correctly.
-
- I could upload the patched drivers somewhere, but im not sure about the
- legalities of that or if ill get sued or if the sky will...
-
- Let me know how well the drivers work on YOUR S3 card. Theyll work for
- me until beter generic drivers for the S3 come from somewhere.
-
- For usable and FAST display on your S3...
-
- >HERE<
-
- 1. Download the file F1280.ZIP from ftp-os2.
- 2. Uncompress the file (in its own cute directory somewhere).
- 3. Apply the patch file as described BELOW.
- 4. Follow the normal installation instructions as found in the archive.
- nb. its a good idea to do the install on top of the normal VGA drivers
- from the OS/2 disks or Service Pak. I tried it after trying the 8514/A
- drivers and guess what? It didnt work. If you DO do this youll have to
- copy over your OS2.INI file from \OS2\INSTALL\OS2.INI to fix your system.
-
- BELOW
-
- 3.1 Get the following PATCH text into a text file on your OS/2 system,
- say s3patch.txt, in the cute directory.
- 3.2 Run this:-
- \os2\patch s3patch.txt /a
- 3.3 You should get about 4 messages saying "patch(s) applyed". Patching
- is complete.
-
- PATCH
- --- begin here ---
- FILE SVGA.EXE
- VER 10AF 7401C3
- CHA 10AF 7501C3
- VER 10EA 7401C3
- CHA 10EA 7501C3
- FILE VSVGA.SYS
- VER F0C5 7401C3
- CHA F0C5 7501C3
- VER F140 7401C3
- CHA F140 7501C3
- FILE F10X8.DLL
- VER 12BD2 4F7263686964
- CHA 12BD2 44454D41524B
- VER 12D98 546563686E6F6C6F6779
- CHA 12D98 4F4620494E5445524E41
- FILE F8X8.DLL
- VER 12BD2 4F7263686964
- CHA 12BD2 44454D41524B
- VER 12D98 546563686E6F6C6F6779
- CHA 12D98 4F4620494E5445524E41
-
- --- end here ---
-
- --
- Antony Suter [0] antony@werple.apana.org.au
- Melbourne, Australia [1] s871780@rmit.edu.au
- "Call me Jack - stranger things have happened!"
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