W.B.A. 6/16/93 J.M.J. 6/02/93 S3** OS/2* 16 Bit Display Drivers Developed by S3 Incorporated for 86C911/86C924/86C801/86C805/86C928 GUI Accelerators. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- These S3 OS/2 16 bit display drivers were developed by S3 Incorporated and are being distributed by IBM as a convenience to the users. IBM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR AND DOES NOT WARRANT THE OPERATION OF THIS SOFTWARE. SEE WARRANTY AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Support: Problems with these drivers should be directed to your hardware vendor's technical support line, whose telephone numbers are listed below, or to their BBS. RELEASE VERSION 1.2 IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THESE DRIVERS, PAY ATTENTION TO THE INSTALLATION NOTES. ALL FILES MUST BE COPIED TO HARD DISK BEFORE RUNNING S3INSTL.CMD. INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE IS NOT SUPPORTED. THESE DRIVERS DO NOT WORK WITH ANY OF THE OS/2 2.1 BETA TEST VERSIONS! ALSO IF YOU HAD AN OS/2 2.1 BETA TEST VERSION ON YOUR SYSTEM AND DO NOT REFORMAT YOUR OS/2 PARTITION BEFORE INSTALLING THE OS/2 2.1 GA VERSION, YOUR "SEAMLESS" WIN-OS2 SESSIONS WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. SUPPORTED HARDWARE - These device drivers have been tested and verified to function correctly on the following computer systems and add-in graphics adapters. Many others may also function correctly. 1) Actix** GraphicsENGINE 32 series adapter 2) Actix** GraphicsENGINE 32VL series adapter 3) Actix** GraphicsENGINE Ultra series adapter Call Actix tech support at (408) 986-1625 4) Dell** Models 4XXs/L, 4XX/L, 4XXs/M, 4XX/M, 4XX/T systems Call Dell tech support at 1-800-624-9896 Note: See Dell Systems section below for more information. 5) Metheus** Premier 928 ISA adapter 6) Metheus** Premier 928 VL adapter Many popular add-in graphics adapter companies, such as Diamond Computer Systems, Number Nine, Orchid Technologies, and STB, customize the S3 chip set. For example, they may incorporate a different clock chip into their board design. For this reason, these S3 drivers may not be fully compatible with all adapters containing the S3 chip set. Contact your hardware vendor for drivers adapted for their boards. Dell Systems These S3 device drivers require updates to the BIOS on the Dell systems. Please contact Dell Computer Corporation at 1-800-624-9896 for information on obtaining updates. The BIOS can also be downloaded through the Dell BBS (8,N,1) 512-338-8528. Dell Systems BIOS REV 4XXs/L, 4XX/L A10 or later 4XXs/M, 4XX/M A10 or later 4XX/T A10 or later SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS Resolution Color Monitor Refresh Rate (Hz) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 86911/924: 1024x768 256 43 Interlaced, 60, 70 800x600 256 56, 60, 72 640x480 256 60, 70 86C801/805/928 for use w/ AT&T 491 DAC: 1280x1024 256 45 Interlaced 1024x768 256 43 Interlaced, 60, 70 800x600 256 56, 60, 72 640x480 256 60, 72 86C928 for use w/ BT 485 DAC: 1280x1024 256 72 1024x768 256 43 Interlaced, 60, 70 800x600 256 56, 60, 72 640x480 256 60, 72 SUPPORTED OS/2 RELEASES - OS/2 2.0, OS/2 2.0 w/Service Pack, OS/2 2.1 These S3 device drivers have been implemented as 16 bit drivers allowing their use on OS/2 2.0 which contains a 16 bit graphics engine. In addition, the drivers support OS/2 2.0 with the Service Pack and OS/2 2.1, both of which contain a 32 bit graphics engine. FUNCTION - These OS/2 presentation device drivers contain the support for OS/2 Presentation Manager, DOS and Microsoft** Windows** applications running under OS/2. DOS and Microsoft Windows applications each may be run in a window on the OS/2 desktop. This is referred to as "seamless". The S3 drivers exploit the high performance graphical user interface (GUI) accelerator functions offered by the S3 GUI Accelerators. FUNCTIONAL RESTRICTIONS - These presentation drivers do not support the following functions: 1) Presentation Manager applications which manipulate the 256 color palette will not actually change the color palette. Therefore, bitmap display applications which attempt to tune the hardware color palette for a particular picture will display the pictures with less fidelity. 2) Software Motion Video introduced in OS/2 2.1. 3) A small number of functions unique to multi-media applications written for XGA*. 4) 132 column text mode. 5) 911/924 drivers only- Under OS/2 2.0 with a 32 bit engine, the icon colors in the Program Manager Window are not displayed correctly. 6) Under OS/2 2.0, manually set the following parameters in order to correctly save and restore DOS and Win-OS/2 full screen shell: Full Screen DOS Session - VIDEO_8514_XGA_IOTRAP OFF WIN-OS/2 Full Screen Session - VIDEO_8514_XGA_IOTRAP OFF VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION ON 7) Under OS.2 2.1, the mouse cursor in Win-OS/2 full screen has a slow response time. INSTALLATION - 1) If S3 drivers (1.1.or 1.0) have previously been installed, rebooting OS/2 after installing OS/2 2.1 will result in an error message, SYS1719, for the file \OS2\MDOS\VENH.SYS. Simply press ENTER and ignore the condition and proceed to install the S3 drivers. 2) Please note that three sets of software are provided: 911/924, 80X/928 for use with AT&T 491 DAC, and 928 with Brooktree (BT) 485 DAC. 3) Choose one set of files and copy all files to the same subdirectory in the hard disk. 4) Run the supplied S3INSTL.CMD batch file in either an OS/2 window or full screen. 5) Please read the license agreement which will be displayed. 6) If you agree to the license agreement enter "Y" to proceed with the installation. Otherwise enter "N" to terminate the installation. NOTE: If you receive the following message, the answer is YES. The target file 'filename' is newer than the source file. Do you want to overwrite the target file? (Y or N) Trademarks and Service Marks The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this README, are trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries: IBM OS/2 XGA The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**), are trademarks of other companies as follows: Trademark Owner Actix Actix Inc. Dell Dell Computer Corporation Metheus Metheus Corporation Microsoft Microsoft Corporation S3 S3 Incorporated Windows Microsoft Corporation IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING 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. Copyright IBM Corporation, 1993, all rights reserved. Copyright S3 Incorporated, 1993, all rights reserved.