======================================================================= Stealth 64 DRAM README.S3 ======================================================================= INSTALLATION NOTES: ------------------- 1. You must have OS/2 DOS Support installed in order to install this driver. 2. The OS/2 ATTRIB command is used during installation. If you elected not to install the OS/2 System Utility Programs or you have deleted the ATTRIB, command you must use Selective Install to restore the ATTRIB command before continuing. 3. If you previously installed SVGA support, return to VGA resolution using the instructions in the "Recovering from an Incorrect Display Type Selection" section of your OS/2 User's Manual. 4. You must have run the S64DMODE.EXE utility and selected a monitor from the Stealth 64 Installation disk prior to installing these drivers. **You must select a predefined monitor, as Custom does not work properly under OS/2. If you have not done this, do so now. Note, that the S64DMODE.EXE which is on this disk, does not list Custom monitor as an option. Refer to instructions in the Stealth 64 User's Manual for running S64DMODE.EXE and selecting a monitor. 5. The volume labels for the diskettes must be 'S3 DRV1' and 'S3 DRV2' for the first and second diskettes respectively. INSTALLATION: ------------- This video accelerator driver is compatible with OS/2 2.1x and 3.0. Do not install it over any display driver other than VGA. 1. Place the Stealth 64 DRAM OS/2 driver diskette #1 into drive A (or any other diskette drive). 2. Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 window session. 3. Change to the OS/2 directory. Then type 'attrib -r -s -h screen0*.sys'. 4. Then switch to the floppy drive where you inserted the Stealth 64 OS/2 driver disk. Then, at the prompt, type the following command: S3INST A: C: where: A: is the diskette drive C: is the drive where OS/2 2.1x or 3.0 is installed This command will copy all necessary files to the OS/2 drive. You will be requested to put disk #2 into the drive. 5. When S3INST has completed executing, remove the diskette from the diskette drive, perform a shutdown, and then restart the system. 6. Open the "OS/2 System" folder. 7. Open the "System Setup" folder. 8. Open the "Display Driver Install" (DSPINSTL) object. When the Display Driver Install window appears, chose primary display, then select "OK". The Primary Display Adapter type window will then appear with a list of drivers. You will want to select the '32-bit S3 Display Drivers v2.57'. This should be toward the beginning of the list. Then click "OK". When the Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility window appears, the "Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type" option is preselected. Select the "Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program" option, then select "OK". 9. The Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility Location window should appear. For the Utility Location, type: C:\S64D\UTIL\S64DMODE.EXE MONITOR If you installed S64DMODE into a different directory, modify the above path accordingly. Select "OK". 10. When the source directory pop-up window appears, insert the Stealth 64 OS/2 Driver diskette 1 of 2, and select Install. DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the SVGADATA.PMI file on the drive where the OS2 directory is located. If the SVGADATA.PMI file has not been created, the adapter will not be supported. 11. When the installation is complete, do the following: a. Open "OS/2 System". b. Open "System Setup". c. Open the "System" object. The Screen page of the Settings notebook lists all the supported resolutions for your configuration. d. Select a resolution; then, close the notebook. 12. Perform a shutdown; then, restart the system. Note that during the installation of this driver a DISPLAY.LOG file is created in the OS2\INSTALL directory. This file identifies the OS/2 2.1 system files that were updated and indicates whether the installation was successful. The contents of this file might be useful if you need to report an installation problem to Diamond Multimedia Systems. Known Limitations ----------------- S64DMODE monitor selections -------------------------- The Custom monitor selection does not work properly with OS/2. You will need to select one of the predefined monitors. DOS Sessions and Applications ----------------------------- With the program VPIC6 under FS DOS, GIFs cannot be viewed in the 1280x1024 resolution. OS/2 Full Screen Sessions and Applications ------------------------------------------ Context switching from Win-OS/2 full screen to OS/2 full screen may produce a distorted text in OS/2 full screen. MMPM/2 ------ When using 16.7Million colors, Digital Video will display black on the screen. This is a limitation of MMPM/2, and 32-bpp modes. 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