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- Orchid Technology, Inc.
-
- Orchid ProDesigner IIs Series OS/2 2.0 Display Driver
- Installation Instructions
- 6/04/92
- Beta Version .9
-
-
- Enclosed are Orchid's latest ProDesigner IIs series IBM OS/2 2.0 Display
- drivers.
-
-
- I. PREPARATION
-
-
- STEP #1: Create a DOS boot up disk. Include an editor of some type on the disk.
-
- STEP #2: Make sure you have the latest release of VSVGA.SYS. You can download
- this file from Compuserve in LIB 17 of the CIS I Forum.
-
- STEP #3: Verify your system's functionality. You can do this by testing the
- standard IBM VGA display driver on your applications before installing
- Orchid's display driver.
-
-
- II. INSTALLATION
-
-
- Drivers that can handle 70Hz are not available now. When they become
- available, they will be placed on Compuserve and in our BBS(510-683-0323).
-
- STEP #1: Select one of the following resolution/refresh rates combination
- on your ProDesigner IIs:
-
- 800x600, set your vertical refresh rate to 56Hz or 60Hz.
- SWITCH 1 OFF & SWITCH 2 OFF = 60Hz (UP, UP) or
- SWITCH 1 ON & SWITCH 2 OFF = 56Hz (DOWN, UP)
-
- 1024x768, set your vertical refresh rate to 45Hz or 60Hz.
- SWITCH 1 OFF & SWITCH 2 OFF = 60Hz (UP, UP) or
- SWITCH 1 ON & SWITCH 2 OFF = 45Hz (DOWN, UP)
-
- STEP #2: Boot the system.
-
- If you don't have a picture or your picture is out of sync, reboot
- the system using a DOS disk. Change to the \OS2 subdirectory and
- run SVGA.EXE using the commandline parameter ON.
-
- Example:
- >svga on
-
- This results is the creation, in the current subdirectory (\os2),
- of a video parameter file called SVGADATA.PMI. Please be sure this
- file exists before continuing.
-
-
- STEP #3: Create a subdirectory called ORCHID and copy one of our drivers into
- the ORCHID subdirectory and rename it to DISPLAY.DLL.
-
- Example for the 800x16 driver:
- >md orchid
- >cd orchid
- >copy /b a:800x16.dll display.dll
-
- STEP #4: Use a text editor and modify the LIBPATH statement in the OS/2 2.0
- CONFIG.SYS to place the ORCHID subdirectory in the LIBPATH. It should
- be placed before any other LIBPATH entries.
-
- Example:
-
- LIBPATH=.;C:\123G;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;
-
- should be changed to
-
- LIBPATH=c:\orchid;.;C:\123G;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS;C:\;C:\OS2\APPS\DLL;
-
-
- STEP #5: Reboot the system.
-
-
- III. CHANGING RESOLUTIONS
-
-
- 1) Reboot your system with a DOS disk.
-
- 2) Copy one of our drivers into our ORCHID subdirectory and rename it
- to DISPLAY.DLL.
-
- EXAMPLE:
- >Copy /b a:1024x256.dll display.dll
-
- 3) Reboot in OS/2.
-
-
- IV. TROUBLESHOOTING
-
-
- Point #1:
- In some cases, after boot up, some or all ICONs on the desktop or in a
- window are not visible. You can use one of the following suggestions:
-
- 1) Use the scroll bars at the right and bottom edges of the window to bring
- the ICONs into view.
-
- 2) Or, in a window, press the right mouse button and select ARRANGE with the
- left mouse button. This action will set the ICONs into view.
-
- Point #2:
- When opening some applications under OS/2, the screen may not be completely
- visible. Use the following suggestion:
-
- 1) Press CONTROL-ESCAPE and bring up the TASK LIST WINDOW. Using the left
- mouse button, highlight the application name, then use the right mouse
- button to bring up a menu. From this menu, select tile or cascade and the
- full screen of the application will then be visible.
-
-
- Point #3:
- If by chance you have tried everything and still can't get OS/2 to boot up
- properly with our drivers, do the following to get back to the default mode:
-
- 1) Boot up with your DOS diskette.
-
- 2) Go into the ORCHID subdirectory and delete DISPLAY.DLL.
-
- 3) Reboot the system.
-
- 6) Please send us a problem report of your system.
-
-
- V. PROBLEM REPORTS
-
-
- This effort is the first release of the driver. While every effort has been
- made to insure it is error free, no guarantee is made that this is the
- case. As problems are found and fixed, the new drivers will be uploaded here
- as soon as possible.
-
- If you wish to report a problem you may do so by generating a text file with
- the following pertinent information:
-
- System description
- (CPU, BIOS version, systemboard memory, other installed hardware)
-
- ProDesigner II adapter description
- (include BIOS version, hardware revision level, switch [ISA],
- configuration register [EISA], or POS settings [Micro Channel],
- resolution of driver being used, date & time stamp of driver)
-
- OS/2 configuration
- (copy of CONFIG.SYS file)
-
- System or application software in use when problem symptoms appeared
- (name, version, configuration)
-
- Problem description
- (symptoms)
-
- Steps necessary to reproduce problem symptoms
-
- Daytime phone number with a best time to call in case further
- information is needed
-
- Please place the above information into a text file - it can be zipped. Send
- file to [Orchid] 76467,1424 using CIS EMAIL.
-
- Orchid's technical support staff is not prepared, at this time, to handle
- OS/2 2.0 drivers calls. Our BBS (510-683-0323) is open 24 hours a day and
- has our latest and greatest drivers.
-
- Thank you for your patronage and happy computing.