# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 95 Driver Disk, ver 4.03.2112 | | VICTORY 3D | | Copyright (c) 1994-96 ELSA GmbH, Aachen (Germany) | | Subsidary: | ELSA GmbH ELSA Inc. | Sonnenweg 11 2150 Trade Zone Blvd. | D-52070 Aachen Suite 101 | Germany San Jose, CA 95131 | USA | | Phone : +49-241-9177-0 Phone: +1-408-935-0350 | Support Fax: +49-241-9177-213 Phone: 1-800-272-ELSA | BBS (modem): +49-241-9177-981 Fax : +1-408-935-0370 | BBS (ISDN) : +49-241-9177-7800 BBS : +1-408-935-0380 | CompuServe : GO ELSA CIS : GO ELSA | WWW : http://www.elsa.de WWW : http://www.elsa.com | | 10/30/96, ABlum Contents 1. Overview 2. Contents 3. Installation 4. History 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Overview This CD contains the ELSA Display Driver for Microsoft Windows 95. The driver supports 256, 32768 and 16 Million colors in all resolutions available on used ELSA board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Contents This directory contains the following files: README.TXT the file you currently look at LIESMICH.TXT german version of README ELSAINI.TXT additional informations for file ELSA.INI (german) EVDXDRV.DRV display driver file for VICTORY 3D EVDXD32.DLL driver extension (DirectDraw/Direct3D HAL) EVDXMVD.VXD virtual mini display driver VICTORY 3D EVDX.INF device information file for VICTORY 3D EVVXDRV.DRV display driver file for WINNER EVVXD32.DLL driver extension (DirectDraw/Direct3D HAL) EVVXMVD.VXD virtual mini display driver WINNER EVVX.INF device information file for WINNER ELSAMON1.INF device information file for ELSA monitors WINMAN-D.CNT WINman helpfile, german WINMAN-D.HLP WINman helpfile, german WINMAN-E.CNT WINman helpfile, english WINMAN-E.HLP WINman helpfile, english WINMAN.DLL WINman control panel extension WINMAN.EXE WINman help application WINMAN.MON WINman monitor configuration file ELSAGDG.EXE Display Treiber Guardian ELSAGDG.HLP Helpfile for Guardian ELSAGDG.CNT Help contents file for Guardian SETUP.EXE Installation Assistant ELSASUDE.HLP Helpfile for assistant (german) ELSASUUS.HLP Helpfile for assistant (english) In case of trouble during or after installation, please make sure you have all the files mentioned above! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Installation This section describes the steps to install an ELSA Display Driver for Windows 95. To install the drivers, start the program SETUP.EXE in this directory. The installation assistant will help you to install the driver with the control panel. 3.1 First installation of ELSA Display Driver First install Windows 95 without special drivers for the ELSA graphics board. The installation procedure should find a PCI VGA-compatible display adapter and ask for a "Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer". - Push the "OK"-button - "Copy manufacturer's files from:" CD-Drive: this directory (e.g.: E:\WINNER\2000A3D\WIN95) The neccessary files will be copy and Windows 95 asks for restart. - Push the "Yes"-button After the restart the configuration of the ELSA display adapter Driver starts from the Windows desktop. - Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel. - Select the Property Page "Settings" or "ELSA WINman". - Property Page Settings: Standard-Windows-Dialog for changing resolution, color depth and font size. - Property Page ELSA WINman ELSA WINman gives you full control to configure your ELSA display adapter perfectly. You can change resolution, color depth and refresh rate, bild position etc. Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart now". In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution without rebooting your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Revision History This section describes changes to the previous releases of this disk. Version 1.12: - first release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Release notes 5.1 ELSA.INI entries The working mode of the driver can manipulate by entries in the file ELSA.INI. Normally you will need to reboot your machine to make this settings working. In later releases ELSA will distribute a tool change working paramters more easy. The following table shows the meaning of this entries: Section [Settings] CursorFG/CursorBK ColorCursor With this two entries you can change the color of the hardware cursor. The format is: CursorFG=0xrrggbb at which rr, gg and bb are the hexadecimal values in the range 00 to FF of the base color components. You must specify ColorCursor=1 to make this working! Format555 Set this value to 1 to force the 5-5-5 color format in 16BPP modes. Section [Hardware] CursorType In few resolution/color combinations on some S3-based graphic boards the hardware cursor doesn't work. In this cases you can force the usage of a software cursor by inserting the line CursorType=SW in your ELSA.INI file. 5.2. DirectDraw/Direct3D support The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D, but to use it in an application, you must install DirectDraw/Direct3D. The Microsoft DirectDraw/Direct3D components are not included in the standard retail version of Windows 95. You need an installation of DirectX 2. To install DirectDraw/Direct3D start the program DXSETUP in the directory \ELSAWARE\DDRAW\DIRECTX on the ELSA CD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. There occur misrepresentation of colors and displays by viewing MPEG files with ELSAmotion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------