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- 30 July 1993
-
- This README describes a 32-bit "seamless" video device driver for the S3**
- chip set. A "seamless" capability allows you to run a Windows** program in
- a window on the Presentation Manager* (PM) desktop.
-
- This display driver takes advantage of the hardware acceleration
- capabilities of the chip sets described in the S3 data books "86C801/86C805
- GUI Accelerators" and "86C928 GUI Accelerator." It conforms to the OS/2*
- 32-bit flat memory model and is designed to function as a 32-bit PM display
- driver under the OS/2 32-bit graphics engine subsystem.
-
- THIS VIDEO DEVICE DRIVER IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH THE OS/2 2.1 PRODUCT
- AND IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OS/2 PROGRAM LICENSE
- AGREEMENT.
-
- Supported Features
- ------------------
- The S3 display driver supports the following resolutions/colors and OS/2
- full-screen columns/rows:
-
- 640 x 480 x 256 colors
- 800 x 600 x 256 colors
- 1024 x 768 x 256 colors
- 1280 x 1024 x 256 colors (minimum of 2MB video memory required)
-
- OS/2 full screen 132,25
- OS/2 full screen 132,43
-
- It also supports the following features:
-
- * OS/2 PM Palette Manager
- * Software Motion Video
- * Static mode change
-
-
- S3 Display Driver Restrictions
- ------------------------------
- * A minimum of 1MB video memory is required.
-
- * This display driver might not support ALL S3 adapters or systems with
- EVERY chip set.
-
- The S3 display driver has been tested on and supports the following S3
- adapters or systems with the chip set indicated in parentheses:
-
- Actix** (801)
- Actix (928)
- Diamond Stealth 24** (801)
- Diamond Stealth 24 LB** (805)
- Diamond Stealth Pro** (928)
- Diamond Stealth Pro LB** (928)
- Orchid Fahrenheit** 1280 (801)
- Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus (801)
- Metheus** (928)
- Video 7 Win.Pro** (801)
-
- IBM* ValuePoint* (805)
- Dell** 433/L (805)
- Dell 433/M (805)
- Dell 466/L (805)
-
-
- Installation Instructions
- -------------------------
- NOTE: Do NOT install this OS/2 2.1 display driver on earlier versions of
- OS/2.
-
- The OS/2 ATTRIB command is used during installation. If you elected
- not to install the OS/2 System Utilities or you have deleted the
- ATTRIB command you must use Selective Install to restore it before
- continuing.
-
- To install the S3 display driver:
-
- 1. Place this diskette into drive A (or any other diskette drive).
-
- 2. Open an OS/2 full-screen or window session.
-
- 3. At the OS/2 command prompt, enter the following command:
-
- A:S3INST A: C:
-
- where: A: is the diskette drive
- C: is the startup drive (where OS/2 2.1 is installed)
-
- This command will copy all necessary files to the OS/2 drive.
-
- 4. Perform a shutdown and restart the system.
-
- ======================================================================
- NOTE: For PREINSTALLED systems only, omit steps 5 - 8 and perform the
- following steps:
-
- a) Open the Preinstalled Essentials folder.
- b) Open the Configurations Tools folder.
- c) Open the Configure Preinstalled System object.
- d) Change the display setting to SVGA mode.
- e) Perform a shutdown and restart the system.
- f) Open the OS/2 System folder.
- g) Open the System Setup folder.
- h) Open the System object. Select the desired screen
- resolution on the Screen page of the System Settings
- notebook, and then close the notebook.
- i) Perform a shutdown and restart the system.
-
- This completes the S3 driver installation for preinstalled systems.
- ======================================================================
-
- 5. Open an OS/2 full-screen or window session.
-
- 6. Run the Display Driver Installation (DSPINSTL) utility program.
-
- When the Display Driver Install window appears, S3 should be the
- default choice. (To confirm this default, check the Primary Display
- check box and select OK. This will display a pop-up window indicating
- the choices for the Super Video Graphics Array. S3 should be
- highlighted.)
-
- Select OK. You will be prompted to insert the source directory
- (installation diskette). Insert the diskette and select OK again.
- After a moment, you will be asked to accept the preselected Install
- Using Defaults option or to select the Install Using Display Adapter
- Utility Program option.
-
- DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the
- SVGADATA.PMI file on the startup drive where the OS2 directory is
- located. If this file has not been created, the adapter will not be
- supported.
-
- 7. When DSPINSTL has completed, open the OS/2 System folder, open the
- System Setup folder, and then open the System object. The Screen page
- of the Settings notebook will list all the supported resolutions for
- your configuration. Select one and then close the notebook.
-
- 8. Perform a shutdown and restart the system.
-
-
- Restrictions
- ------------
- 1. While using WordPerfect** for Windows 5.2 you might find that an
- incorrect font is being selected. If this occurs:
-
- a. Quit WordPerfect.
-
- b. Edit the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI file using the OS/2 System
- Editor.
-
- c. Locate the "ìfont┘" section in the file.
-
- d. Change the entries:
-
- FROM TO
- ------ ------
- symbolg.fon symbole.fon
- helvg.fon helve.fon
- tmsrg.fon tmsre.fon
- courg.fon coure.fon
-
- e. Save the file and open WordPerfect.
-
- 2. A repaint problem may occur when running EXCEL** 4.0 for WINDOWS
- seamlessly. If this occurs change to full screen.
-
- 3. Do not select the 1280x1024x256 non-interlaced option with the Diamond
- Stealth adapters.
-
- 4. Action bar pull-downs may be blacked out when multiple WIN-OS2 seamless
- applications are launched in separate VDM sessions simultaneously.
- Launch each application separately or simultaneously in the same VDM
- session.
-
-
- New SETVGA Procedure
- --------------------
- Use the following procedure instead of the SETVGA command if it is
- necessary for you to return to VGA mode. If your display is out of sync
- you can follow this procedure after starting OS/2 from the Installation
- Diskette and escaping to the command prompt.
-
- Case 1: You installed OS/2 from diskettes
-
- 1. Be sure RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS2\INSTALL\ directory. If it is, go to
- step 2. If it is not, insert Installation Diskette 8 and unpack
- RSPDSPI.EXE with the following command:
-
- C:\OS2\UNPACK A:\INSTAID C: /N:RSPDSPI.EXE
-
- where: A: is the drive containing Installation Diskette 8
- C: is the startup drive (where OS/2 2.1 is installed)
-
- 2. Enter the following commands:
-
- C:
- CD C:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:A:\ /T:C:
-
- where: A: is the diskette drive you use to install OS/2
- C: is the startup drive (where OS/2 2.1 is installed)
-
-
- Case 2: You installed OS/2 from CD-ROM or a LAN
-
- 1. Be sure RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS2\INSTALL\ directory. If it is, go to
- step 2. If it is not, unpack RSPDSPI.EXE with the following command:
-
- C:\OS2\UNPACK E:\DISK_8\INSTAID C: /N:RSPDSPI.EXE
-
- where: E: is the CD-ROM or LAN drive
- C: is the startup drive (where OS/2 2.1 is installed)
-
- 2. Enter the following commands:
-
- C:
- CD C:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:E:\OS2SE21\ /T:C:
-
- where: E: is the CD-ROM or LAN drive
- C: is the startup drive (where OS/2 2.1 is installed)
-
- Trademarks
- ----------
- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this file, are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States
- and/or other countries:
-
- IBM Presentation Manager
- OS/2 ValuePoint
-
-
- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (**) in this file, are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies as follows:
-
- Trademark Owner
- -------------------------------------------------------
- Actix Actix Corporation
- Dell Dell Corporation
- Diamond Stealth 24 Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth 24 LB Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth Pro Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth Pro LB Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- EXCEL Microsoft Corporation
- Orchid Fahrenheit Orchid Technology
- Metheus Metheus Corporation
- S3 S3 Incorporated
- Video 7 Win.Pro Video Seven, Inc.
- Windows Microsoft Corporation
- WordPerfect WordPerfect Corporation
-
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- WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT
- TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM
- GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.
-
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- CORPORATION. ALL APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS APPLY.
-