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- Hercules Windows 3.1 Driver Installation
-
- The Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers Diskette contains both a 256 color
- driver and a 32,768 color driver for Microsoft Windows 3.1. Please be
- sure that TIGA is installed and working before you begin the Windows
- 3.1 installation procedure. If you received the Hercules Windows 3.1
- disk as an update, see the section below titled "Update Note."
-
- Before installing the Windows 3.1 drivers you must run the SELECT program
- on the Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers floppy disk. The SELECT program
- prepares the disk to install the proper software for your Hercules card.
- If you are not sure which Hercules Graphics Station product is installed
- in your machine, run the STATION program that should already be installed
- on your hard disk. The sign-on banner of the STATION program identifies
- the type of Hercules Graphics Station that is installed.
-
- To run SELECT, make sure that the current DOS default drive is the
- floppy drive that contains the Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers Diskette,
- then type:
-
- SELECT [Enter]
-
- You will be asked which Hercules product you are using. Respond by
- typing the number that corresponds to your Hercules Graphics Station
- product. Now you are ready to begin the Setup procedure.
-
- Update Note:
-
- If you are using a Hercules software release earlier than Release 2.0
- (for example 1.5, 1.6, or 1.63) it is necessary to update your TIGA
- file set to Hercules Release 2.0 or higher before installing the 32,768
- color Windows 3.1 driver. The README file that accompanies Hercules
- Release 2.0 contains an explanation of how to perform a TIGA file set
- update. Before installing the Hercules 32,768 color Windows driver,
- please perform this important step. It is not necessary to update your
- TIGA files in order to use the 256 color driver supplied here.
-
- Setup Procedure
-
- These instructions describe two different installation scenarios:
-
- A) Updating an Existing Windows 3.1 Installation - This assumes that
- Windows 3.1 is currently installed and working with an existing
- display driver (such as TIGA or VGA).
-
- B) First Time Windows 3.1 Installation - This assumes that you have
- Microsoft's Windows 3.1 distribution disks and are copying the
- files to your computer for the first time.
-
- Please read the installation scenario that applies to you, and then
- read the section below titled "Using Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers."
-
- Updating an Existing Windows 3.1 Installation:
-
- 1) Log onto your Windows 3.1 directory.
-
- 2) Type SETUP [Enter]
-
- 3) Setup will analyze your configuration and display the current system
- settings. Move the cursor bar up to the "Display:" line and press
- [Enter].
-
- 4) Setup will present a list of display drivers. Press the [Down-Arrow]
- key to scroll to the bottom of the list and highlight "Other,"
- press [Enter].
-
- 5) Setup prompts you to insert the disk provided by the hardware
- manufacturer. Place the Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers Diskette in
- a floppy drive and specify that floppy drive for Setup. For
- example A:\. Press [Enter].
-
- 6) Setup will read the Hercules disk and present you with three driver
- options for your product:
-
- - 256 Colors (Large fonts)
- - 256 Colors (Small fonts)
- - 32,768 Colors
-
- 7) Choose the Hercules driver that you wish to install by moving the
- cursor bar to this option, press [Enter]. If you wish to install
- more than one driver you may run SETUP (from DOS) multiple times.
-
- The (Small fonts) option uses VGA fonts and resources and is best
- for 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions. You may also like this option
- if you have a large monitor and want to use smaller fonts at 1024x768
- resolution in order to get more screen "real estate." The (Large
- fonts) option uses 8514 fonts and resources and is best for
- 1024x768 resolution.
-
- Reminder: If you choose the 32,768 color driver, be sure that you
- are using Hercules Release 2.0 TIGA file set (or later).
-
- 8) Press [Enter] to accept the configuration.
-
- 9) Setup may find an existing driver already installed for Windows 3.1
- and present a screen prompting you to press [ESC] to replace the
- existing driver or [Enter] to keep the existing driver. If Setup
- asks this question, Press [ESC] to copy the new driver from the
- Hercules diskette.
-
- 10) Follow the prompts. Setup may ask you to supply additional disks or
- specify a path to a disk.
-
- 11) After Setup has copied all of the necessary files and updated your
- SYSTEM.INI file, the program will return to DOS.
-
-
- First Time Windows 3.1 Installation
-
- 1) Place your Windows 3.1 disk #1 in a floppy drive, log onto that drive
- and type SETUP [Enter].
-
- 2) Setup will ask you if you wish to perform an "Express" setup or a
- "Custom" setup. Press C to choose Custom.
-
- 3) Specify the path for your desired Windows 3.1 installation and
- press [Enter].
-
- 4) Setup will analyze the current installation and display the current
- system settings. Move the cursor bar up to the "Display:" line
- and press [Enter].
-
- 5) Setup will present a list of display drivers. Press the [Down-Arrow]
- key to scroll to the bottom of the list and highlight "Other,"
- press [Enter].
-
- 6) Setup prompts you to insert the disk provided by the hardware
- manufacturer. Place the Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers Diskette in
- a floppy drive and specify that floppy drive for Setup. For example
- A:\. Press [Enter].
-
- 7) Setup will read the Hercules disk and present you with three driver
- options for your product:
-
- - 256 Colors (Large fonts)
- - 256 Colors (Small fonts)
- - 32,768 Colors
-
- 8) Choose the driver that you wish to install by moving the cursor bar
- to this option, press [Enter]. If you wish to install both the 256
- color driver and the 32,768 color driver you must run SETUP (from DOS)
- twice. The first time, select the 256 color driver, and the second
- time choose the 32,768 color driver.
-
- The (Small fonts) option uses VGA fonts and resources and is best
- for 640x480 and 800x600 resolutions. You may also like this option
- if you have a large monitor and want to use smaller fonts at
- 1024x768 resolution in order to get more screen "real estate." The
- (Large fonts) option uses 8514 fonts and resources and is best for
- 1024x768 resolution.
-
- Reminder: If you choose the 32,768 color driver, be sure that you
- are using Hercules Release 2.0 file set (or later).
-
- 9) Press [Enter] to accept the configuration.
-
- 10) Follow the prompts as Setup copies file from the Hercules and
- Microsoft disks. After Setup has copied all of the necessary files
- and updated your SYSTEM.INI file, the program will return to DOS.
-
-
- Using the Hercules Windows 3.1 Drivers
-
- 256 Color Driver:
-
- The 256 color driver for the Graphics Station requires that the resolution
- be set to the desired 256 color mode before starting Windows. Use the
- STATION (or CTM) utility supplied on the Hercules Graphics Station
- diskette to make this selection. For example, if you wish to use the
- 256 color driver at 800x600 resolution, you must set this resolution
- before starting Windows. On the Graphics Station GOLD and Graphics
- Station MC, this is done by typing STATION 800x600x8 [Enter]. On the
- Graphics Station Card, this is done by typing CTM 2 [Enter].
-
- 32,768 Color Driver
-
- The 32,768 color driver sets the proper mode when Windows starts. Upon
- termination, the driver restores the TIGA mode that was current when
- Windows was launched.
-
-
- Switching Between Hercules Display Drivers
-
- If you have multiple drivers installed (as described above), you can
- select between them by running Windows Setup from the desktop. This
- method is an easy way to go between 256 color operation and 32,768
- color operation. To select between installed drivers:
-
- 1) Double click on the Windows Setup icon.
-
- 2) From the Options menu, select "Change System Settings..."
-
- 3) Pull down the menu of Display options.
-
- 4) Select the desired driver.
-
- 5) If you have installed this driver, Windows will inform you that a
- driver for this display is already on the system. Click on the
- "Current" button.
-
- 6) Click on the "Restart Windows" button to restart Windows at the new
- display format.
-
- Windows will exit and start again in the new format.
-
-
- Technical Notes:
-
- The Hercules drivers support several options in the SYSTEM.INI file.
- Only one option (the PrepCurs= line) should ever be modified by the user.
- The Setup program sets the other options to effect changes required by
- the drivers - do not (under penalty of great inconvenience to yourself)
- alter these settings.
-
- [tiga.drv]
- tigafont=0 selects 96 LPI value and small fonts and resources for 256
- color driver
- 1 selects 120 LPI value and large fonts and resources for 256
- color driver
- Herc= 2 indicates shared VRAM configuration of HGSC (GB1024)
- 1 indicates DRAM configuration of HGSC (GB1024+2)
-
- [HercTiga]
- BoardID= Required by VDDHTIGA to identify Hercules product.
-
- TigaMode= Specifies the mode to be set by the 32,768 color driver.
-
- PrepCurs=1 Turn cursor off and on around BitBlt operations in 32,768
- color driver. Provides faster BitBlt but results in a
- flickering cursor. (Default = 1)
- 0 Do not turn cursor off and on around BitBlt operations in
- 32,768 color driver. Results in a stable cursor, but at the
- expense of speed, as much as 25% slower BitBlt operations.
-
-
- Special Note for Graphics Station Card Users:
-
- Windows 3.1 includes a limited ability to display DOS-based (that is
- non-Windows) VGA graphics programs in a window on the desktop. Only
- video boards with separate VGA memory and VGA registers can support
- this capability. While the Graphics Station MC and Graphics Station
- GOLD have no trouble with this operation, the feature is not supported
- on the Hercules Graphics Station Card or Graphics Station+2. DOS-based
- text mode programs work fine "windowed" on the desktop under Windows 3.1,
- but graphics mode programs will need to be launched full-screen.
-
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