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  1.                                                                                 
  2.                                                                                 
  3.  W.B.A.                                                  6/16/93                
  4.  J.M.J.                                                  6/02/93                
  5.                                                                                 
  6.                       S3** OS/2* 16 Bit Display Drivers                         
  7.                                                                                 
  8.                       Developed by S3 Incorporated for                          
  9.                                                                                 
  10.             86C911/86C924/86C801/86C805/86C928 GUI Accelerators.                
  11.                                                                                 
  12.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------         
  13.                                                                                 
  14.                                                                                 
  15.  These S3 OS/2 16 bit display drivers were developed by S3 Incorporated and     
  16.  are being distributed by IBM as a convenience to the users.                    
  17.                                                                                 
  18.  IBM IS NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR AND DOES NOT WARRANT THE OPERATION OF    
  19.  THIS SOFTWARE.  SEE WARRANTY AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT.                      
  20.                                                                                 
  21.  Support:  Problems with these drivers should be directed to your hardware      
  22.            vendor's technical support line, whose telephone numbers are         
  23.            listed below, or to their BBS.                                       
  24.                                                                                 
  25.  RELEASE VERSION 1.2                                                            
  26.                                                                                 
  27.                                                                                 
  28.  IMPORTANT NOTICE                                                               
  29.                                                                                 
  30.          BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THESE DRIVERS, PAY ATTENTION TO           
  31.          THE INSTALLATION NOTES. ALL FILES MUST BE COPIED TO HARD DISK          
  32.          BEFORE RUNNING S3INSTL.CMD. INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE IS NOT            
  33.          SUPPORTED.                                                             
  34.                                                                                 
  35.          THESE DRIVERS DO NOT WORK WITH ANY OF THE OS/2 2.1 BETA TEST           
  36.          VERSIONS!  ALSO IF YOU HAD AN OS/2 2.1 BETA TEST VERSION ON YOUR       
  37.          SYSTEM AND DO NOT REFORMAT YOUR OS/2 PARTITION BEFORE INSTALLING       
  38.          THE OS/2 2.1 GA VERSION, YOUR "SEAMLESS" WIN-OS2 SESSIONS WILL         
  39.          NOT WORK PROPERLY.                                                     
  40.                                                                                 
  41.  SUPPORTED HARDWARE -                                                           
  42.                                                                                 
  43.  These device drivers have been tested and verified to function correctly on    
  44.  the following computer systems and add-in graphics adapters. Many others       
  45.  may also function correctly.                                                   
  46.                                                                                 
  47.  1) Actix** GraphicsENGINE 32 series adapter                                    
  48.  2) Actix** GraphicsENGINE 32VL series adapter                                  
  49.  3) Actix** GraphicsENGINE Ultra series adapter                                 
  50.     Call Actix tech support at (408) 986-1625                                   
  51.                                                                                 
  52.  4) Dell** Models 4XXs/L, 4XX/L, 4XXs/M, 4XX/M, 4XX/T systems                   
  53.     Call Dell tech support at 1-800-624-9896                                    
  54.     Note: See Dell Systems section below for more information.                  
  55.                                                                                 
  56.  5) Metheus** Premier 928 ISA adapter                                           
  57.  6) Metheus** Premier 928 VL adapter                                            
  58.                                                                                 
  59.                                                                                 
  60.  Many popular add-in graphics adapter companies, such as Diamond Computer       
  61.  Systems, Number Nine, Orchid Technologies, and STB, customize the S3 chip      
  62.  set.  For example, they may incorporate a different clock chip into their      
  63.  board design.  For this reason, these S3 drivers may not be fully              
  64.  compatible with all adapters containing the S3 chip set.  Contact your         
  65.  hardware vendor for drivers adapted for their boards.                          
  66.                                                                                 
  67.                                                                                 
  68.  Dell Systems                                                                   
  69.                                                                                 
  70.  These S3 device drivers require updates to the BIOS on the Dell systems.       
  71.  Please contact Dell Computer Corporation at 1-800-624-9896 for information     
  72.  on obtaining updates.  The BIOS can also be downloaded through the Dell BBS    
  73.  (8,N,1) 512-338-8528.                                                          
  74.                                                                                 
  75.          Dell Systems                    BIOS REV                               
  76.                                                                                 
  77.          4XXs/L, 4XX/L                   A10 or later                           
  78.          4XXs/M, 4XX/M                   A10 or later                           
  79.          4XX/T                           A10 or later                           
  80.                                                                                 
  81.                                                                                 
  82.                                                                                 
  83.                                                                                 
  84.                                                                                 
  85.  SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS                                                          
  86.                                                                                 
  87.                                 Resolution    Color   Monitor Refresh Rate (Hz) 
  88.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
  89.  86911/924:                                                                     
  90.                                 1024x768        256      43 Interlaced, 60, 70  
  91.                                  800x600        256      56, 60, 72             
  92.                                  640x480        256      60, 70                 
  93.                                                                                 
  94.  86C801/805/928 for use w/ AT&T 491 DAC:                                        
  95.                                  1280x1024     256      45 Interlaced           
  96.                                  1024x768      256      43 Interlaced, 60, 70   
  97.                                  800x600       256      56, 60, 72              
  98.                                  640x480       256      60, 72                  
  99.                                                                                 
  100.  86C928 for use w/ BT 485 DAC:                                                  
  101.                                1280x1024       256       72                     
  102.                                1024x768        256       43 Interlaced, 60, 70  
  103.                                800x600         256       56, 60, 72             
  104.                                640x480         256       60, 72                 
  105.                                                                                 
  106.  SUPPORTED OS/2 RELEASES - OS/2 2.0, OS/2 2.0 w/Service Pack, OS/2 2.1          
  107.                                                                                 
  108.  These S3 device drivers have been implemented as 16 bit drivers allowing their 
  109.  use on OS/2 2.0 which contains a 16 bit graphics engine.  In addition, the     
  110.  drivers support OS/2 2.0 with the Service Pack and OS/2 2.1, both of which     
  111.  contain a 32 bit graphics engine.                                              
  112.                                                                                 
  113.  FUNCTION - These OS/2 presentation device drivers contain the support for OS/2 
  114.  Presentation Manager, DOS and Microsoft** Windows** applications running under 
  115.  OS/2.  DOS and Microsoft Windows applications each may be run in a window on   
  116.  the OS/2 desktop.  This is referred to as "seamless".  The S3 drivers exploit  
  117.  the high performance graphical user interface (GUI) accelerator functions      
  118.  offered by the S3 GUI Accelerators.                                            
  119.                                                                                 
  120.  FUNCTIONAL RESTRICTIONS - These presentation drivers do not support the        
  121.  following functions:                                                           
  122.                                                                                 
  123.  1) Presentation Manager applications which manipulate the 256 color palette    
  124.  will not actually change the color palette.  Therefore, bitmap display         
  125.  applications which attempt to tune the hardware color palette for a particular 
  126.  picture will display the pictures with less fidelity.                          
  127.                                                                                 
  128.  2) Software Motion Video introduced in OS/2 2.1.                               
  129.                                                                                 
  130.  3) A small number of functions unique to multi-media applications written for  
  131.  XGA*.                                                                          
  132.                                                                                 
  133.  4) 132 column text mode.                                                       
  134.                                                                                 
  135.  5) 911/924 drivers only- Under OS/2 2.0 with a 32 bit engine, the icon colors  
  136.  in the Program Manager Window are not displayed correctly.                     
  137.                                                                                 
  138.  6) Under OS/2 2.0, manually set the following parameters in order to correctly 
  139.  save and restore DOS and Win-OS/2 full screen shell:                           
  140.                                                                                 
  141.       Full Screen DOS Session -      VIDEO_8514_XGA_IOTRAP            OFF       
  142.       WIN-OS/2 Full Screen Session - VIDEO_8514_XGA_IOTRAP            OFF       
  143.                                      VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION        ON        
  144.                                                                                 
  145.  7) Under OS.2 2.1, the mouse cursor in Win-OS/2 full screen has a slow         
  146.  response time.                                                                 
  147.                                                                                 
  148.                                                                                 
  149.  INSTALLATION -                                                                 
  150.  1) If S3 drivers (1.1.or 1.0) have previously been installed, rebooting OS/2   
  151.     after installing OS/2 2.1 will result in an error message, SYS1719, for     
  152.     the file \OS2\MDOS\VENH.SYS.  Simply press ENTER and ignore the             
  153.     condition and proceed to install the S3 drivers.                            
  154.                                                                                 
  155.  2) Please note that three sets of software are provided:  911/924, 80X/928 for 
  156.     use with AT&T 491 DAC, and 928 with Brooktree (BT) 485 DAC.                 
  157.                                                                                 
  158.  3) Choose one set of files and copy all files to the same subdirectory in      
  159.     the hard disk.                                                              
  160.                                                                                 
  161.  4) Run the supplied S3INSTL.CMD batch file in either an OS/2 window or full    
  162.     screen.                                                                     
  163.                                                                                 
  164.  5) Please read the license agreement which will be displayed.                  
  165.                                                                                 
  166.  6) If you agree to the license agreement enter "Y" to proceed with the         
  167.     installation. Otherwise enter "N" to terminate the installation.            
  168.                                                                                 
  169.                                                                                 
  170.                                                                                 
  171.  NOTE: If you receive the following message, the answer is YES.                 
  172.                                                                                 
  173.  The target file 'filename' is newer than the source file.  Do you want to      
  174.  overwrite the target file?  (Y or N)                                           
  175.                                                                                 
  176.                                                                                 
  177.                                                                                 
  178.  Trademarks and Service Marks                                                   
  179.                                                                                 
  180.  The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this README, are            
  181.  trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United       
  182.  States or other countries:                                                     
  183.                                                                                 
  184.  IBM   OS/2  XGA                                                                
  185.                                                                                 
  186.  The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**), are trademarks of      
  187.  other companies as follows:                                                    
  188.                                                                                 
  189.  Trademark       Owner                                                          
  190.  Actix           Actix Inc.                                                     
  191.  Dell            Dell Computer Corporation                                      
  192.  Metheus         Metheus Corporation                                            
  193.  Microsoft       Microsoft Corporation                                          
  194.  S3              S3 Incorporated                                                
  195.  Windows         Microsoft Corporation                                          
  196.                                                                                 
  197.  IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT  
  198.  LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF FITNESS AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE      
  199.  INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT.  BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO      
  200.  LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS.                                 
  201.                                                                                 
  202.  Copyright IBM Corporation, 1993, all rights reserved.                          
  203.  Copyright S3 Incorporated, 1993, all rights reserved.                          
  204.                                                                                 
  205.  
  206. REMARKER:
  207. =========
  208.  
  209. The Subdirectories contain the following drivers:
  210.  
  211. \BDD       Chipset 86c928 using Bt485 DAC drivers
  212. \NDD       Chipset 86c911 and 86c924
  213. \SDD       Chipset 86c928 using standard DAC drivers
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