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- ******READ COMPLETELY BEFORE INSTALLING**************
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- Orchid Technology
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- Fahrenheit 1280
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- Microsoft Windows 3.1 ONLY.
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-
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- The driver included with this file is a completely NEW design of
- display driver for WINDOWS, developed by Orchid Technology. This
- unique driver features a totally "Unitized" design, which means
- that this single driver is capable of running ALL super VGA modes:
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- 640x480x256 800x600x16 800x600x256
- 1024x768x16 1024x768x256 1280x960x16
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- This driver has been optimized for MAXIMUM performance while maintaining
- complete compatibility with Windows, Windows applications and True Type
- Fonts. By using this driver, the need for individual drivers for each
- resolution is eliminated, thus saving approximatly 750K of disk space.
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- **IMPORTANT BEFORE INSTALLING THIS DRIVER**
- THE WINDOWS DISPLAY IN SETUP MUST BE SET TO VGA
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-
- There are 8 files included with the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Windows 3.1
- driver to be installed as follows:
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- 1) ORCHID.EXE This is the control panel utility for the driver.
- COPY this file into the \WINDOWS directory.
-
-
- 2) ORCHIDF.DRV This is the Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Windows 3.1 driver
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- CARVGA.GR2 These are the grabber & virtual display driver files
- CARVGA.GR3 used when Windows is displaying a DOS window
- VDDCAR.386
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- 8514FIX.FON These are the additional Windows 3.1 Font files
- 8514OEM.FON required for Large menu and Icon text
- 8514SYS.FON
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- Copy the Driver, Grabber & Font files into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
-
-
- *** NOTE: The French & German versions of Windows 3.1 require the font
- files supplied with those versions be loaded. Customers using
- those versions should NOT LOAD THE FONTS SUPPLIED WITH THIS
- FILE. To load the correct fonts, first select and load 8514
- (LARGE) display driver option in Windows SETUP. THIS MUST BE
- DONE FROM THE COMMAND LINE OUTSIDE OF WINDOWS. After this
- selection has been completed, reselect VGA as the DISPLAY in
- SETUP and continue with the installation.
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- Operation
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- To change resolution:
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- 1) Start Windows
- 2) From the PROGRAM MANAGER
- a) Select File, then select RUN.
- b) Type in ORCHID, then OK.
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- The Orchid Display control panel will be displayed and you can select
- the Resolution, Number of Colors and Title Bar Text size (not currently
- supported in all resolutions).
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- ADVANCED USERS
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- A minor modification may be made to the WIN.INI file which will allow
- the Orchid control panel to be selected from an ICON on the Windows
- Desktop.
-
- For this option, add to the following line of the WIN.INI file:
-
- From:
- [windows]
- load=
-
- TO: [windows]
- load=ORCHID.EXE
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- This driver will be included on the next release of the Fahrenheit 1280
- Driver and Utility Diskette. Also included on the next release will be
- Hi-Color support for Windows. Should you encounter a problem with this
- driver that you are unable to resolve or have a comment, please contact
- our technical Support department (510) 683-0323 or FAX (510) 683-0355.
- If you get a busy signal or are placed on hold please be patient, as with
- any new product there are alway many questions to be answered.