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Orchid P9000 OS/2 2.1 Drivers (beta) Installation Instructions.
1. Introduction
These release notes show you how to install the Orchid P9000 drivers into a
system
running OS/2 2.1.
This release consists of beta versions of Orchid's OS/2 eight-bit drivers.
The drivers allow a maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixels.
The driver software is distributed on one 3.5" diskette. Figure 1 lists the
contents of the distribution diskette.
Note: If drivers were downloaded from the BBS, make sure you copy all the
unziped files, including all subdirectories (use -d parameter with
PKUNZIP), to a floppy diskette,
Volume Label of which must be named "DRIVERS".
File/Directory Name
File Name
Description
README.1ST
Readme file
DSPINSTL.EXE
Install program
P9K_480.DSC
Used by install utility for 640x480 resolution
P9K_480.DSP
Used by install utility for 640x480 resolution
P9K_600.DSC
Used by install utility for 800x600 resolution
P9K_600.DSP
Used by install utility for 800x600 resolution
P9K_768.DSC
Used by install utility for 1024x768 resolution
P9K_768.DSP
Used by install utility for 1024x768 resolution
P9K_1024.DSC
Used by install utility for 1280x1024 resolution
P9K_1024.DSP
Used by install utility for 1280x1024 resolution
POWER_9K <DIR>
BVHP9000.DLL
Basic video handler dynamic link library
P9INIT.DLL
Initialized code used by seamless Windows driver
WTKOEM32.DLL
OEM code for OS/2 PM driver
P9000.SYS
Physical device driver for Orchid P9000
VP9000.SYS
Virtual video device driver for Orchid P9000
VVGA.SYS
Virtual video device driver for W5x86
P9000.PMI
Monitor timing profile
SP9K_08.DRV
Windows seamless driver used by PM driver
IBMVGA32.DLL
Used by PM drivers
DRV_480 <DIR>
IBMDEV32.DLL
640x480 driver
DRV_600 <DIR>
IBMDEV32.DLL
800x600 driver
DRV_768 <DIR>
IBMDEV32.DLL
1024x768 driver
DRV_1024 <DIR>
IBMDEV32.DLL
1280x1024 driver
Figure 1. Distribution diskette contents
2. Installing the OS/2 Drivers
This section shows you how to install the beta OS/2 drivers in your system.
The drivers are capable of the video modes listed in figure 2. Note that you
must have a board with 2 MB of VRAM if you wish to run the 1280x1024 driver.
Resolution
Colors
VRAM
Refresh Rate
640x480
256
1MB
72
800x600
256
1MB
60
1024x768
256
1MB
60
1280x1024
256
2MB
60
Figure 2. OS/2 driver video modes
The following procedure assumes that the Orchid P9000 board is already installed
in your system. If it is not, install it now.
Similarly, make sure that OS/2 2.1 is installed on your hard disk. The drivers
in this release are written to run only with OS/2 2.1, and not with any
previous
version of this operating system.
Finally, make sure that OS/2 is set to use standard VGA resolution (640x480).
In other words, make sure that you can bring up OS/2 using the Orchid P9000 board.
If the preceding conditions are correct, proceed with driver installation in
the next section.
2.1. Preparing for Installation
If you do not have a previous version of the Orchid P9000 OS/2 2.1 drivers
installed on your system, go to section 2.2.
If you do have a previous version of the Orchid P9000 OS/2 2.1 drivers
installed on your system, you must manually remove those drivers before
installing
this release. To remove the Orchid P9000 OS/2 Release 1.00 Alpha (OS/2 2.1
Drivers)
use the following procedure:
1. If you saved your original OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file, delete the edited version
of this file from the root directory and restore the original in the root
directory.
Go to step 9.
If you did not save your original OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file, edit your OS/2
CONFIG.SYS file by first changing to the root directory, that is, cd\ [Enter].
2. Type E CONFIG.SYS [Enter]
3. Find the following lines and delete them:
DEVICE=C:\P9000\VVGA.SYS
DEVICE=C:\P9000\VP9000.SYS
4. Edit the line
SET VIO_P9000=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHP9000)
to read
SET VIO_SVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHSVGA)
5. Edit the line
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_P9000
to read
SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_SVGA
6. Delete the line
DEVICE=C:\P9000\P9000.SYS
before the line
DEVICE=C:\0S2\PMDD.SYS
7. Find the LIBPATH statements in the file. The two lines in your CONFIG.SYS
file should look something like:
LIBPATH=.;C:\P9000;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS
REM LIBPATH=.;C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\MDOS
Delete the line that refers to P9000. Delete REM from the beginning of the
remaining LIBPATH statement to enable the reference to the standard VGA driver.
8. Save the file.
9. Find the subdirectory which you created to contain the Orchid P9000
Alpha drivers. (The recommended name was P9000.)
10. Delete the P9000 directory.
11. Reboot your system.
2.2. Initial Driver Installation
Before you begin the initial driver installation, copy the following files
to a backup directory or diskette. These files will be replaced and modified
during the installation:
\OS2\DLL\IBMDEV32.DLL
\OS2\DLL\IBMVGA32.DLL
\CONFIG.SYS
\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI
(if you have WinOS2 support enabled)
To install the Orchid P9000 PM and WinOS2 seamless drivers on your system:
1. Bring up OS/2 as you would normally.
2. Insert the Orchid P9000 OS/2 distribution diskette
(or the one you've created after downloading) into either drive A: or drive B:.
3. Select either an OS/2 Window or OS/2 Full Screen session from the command
prompts folder.
4. Select the diskette drive you are using by typing either A: or B: and
[Enter].
5. To start the installation, type
dspinstl [Enter]
6. When the Help Not Available dialog box is displayed, either click on the
OK button or key [Enter].
7. In the Display Driver Install dialog box, select
Primary Display
and click on the OK button.
8. In the Primary Display Adapter Type dialog box, choose the desired
resolution
and click on the OK button. (Note that you must have 2MB memory to use the
1280x1024 resolution.)
9. In the Source Directory dialog box, ensure that the drive indicated is
the drive the installation diskette is in. Change it if necessary. Click on
the Install button.
The installation utility copies files into the appropriate directories and
modifies the CONFIG.SYS file.
10. When the files have been copied and modified, the Display Driver Install
dialog box is displayed. Click on the Cancel button.
11. The Display Driver Install dialog box informs you that changes have been
made to your system configuration and you must shut down your system. Click
on the OK button.
12. Exit the OS/2 or full screen command prompt by typing:
exit [Enter]
13. Remove the distribution diskette from the disk drive.
14. Shut down the system by selecting Shut Down Now from the command prompts
folder. Press [Enter].
15. Press Ctrl/Alt/Delete.
16. Restart OS/2. The selected resolution is now installed and running.
2.3. Changing from one Orchid P9000 Driver Resolution to Another
To change from one P9000 driver resolution to another, follow steps 2
through 16 of the initial driver installation in section 2.2 above.
3. Known Bugs, Notes, and Limitations
This is a beta release and has not gone through rigorous testing. There may
be other problems and limitations in the drivers that are not yet documented.
3.1. General Notes
This P9000 software release does not use WinOS2 full screen P9000
Windows drivers. The existing WinOS2 VGA full screen windows drivers are used.
To use WinOS2 full screen P9000 drivers, install them from the P9000
Windows Installation diskette.
Support for the secondary video adapter is not currently available. If the
secondary adapter is selected, no files are copied and no configuration files
are modified.
If your system hangs after installation, ensure that the statement
DEVICE=\OS2\P9000.SYS
is placed before any network driver statements in the CONFIG.SYS file. This
statement must also be placed before the PMDD.SYS device driver in the
CONFIG.SYS
file. A simple way to do this is to make this statement the first line in the
CONFIG.SYS file.
For detailed instructions on returning your system to its original state, refer
to the README.1ST file on the distribution diskette.
3.2. Eight-Bit Windows Driver
1. The DTT test suite provided by IBM evaluates the various characteristics
of OS/2 display drivers. At this release, the Orchid drivers are not
functioning
properly in all tests. If you are concerned that the Orchid driver may be
causing
a problem in your display, run OS/2 with the standard VGA driver to verify
that the problem is with our driver and not OS/2.
2. Setting extended VGA modes from either a fullscreen or windowed DOS prompt
may result in artifacts on the screen.
3. Using the clipboard to cut and paste between OS/2 and WIN OS/2 sessions
can cause the system to hang.
4. 1280x1024 resolution does not work on a 1MB board.
5. When using Harvard Graphics for Windows in 1280x1024 mode, the font sizes
are not correct.
6. When using Freelance Graphics for Windows in all resolutions, there is
a general protection fault.
7. When using Word for Windows, if you select a large font size (such as 128),
the text may change color.