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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95 Driver Disk, ver 4.03.2112
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| VICTORY 3D
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| Copyright (c) 1994-96 ELSA GmbH, Aachen (Germany)
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| Subsidary:
| ELSA GmbH ELSA Inc.
| Sonnenweg 11 2150 Trade Zone Blvd.
| D-52070 Aachen Suite 101
| Germany San Jose, CA 95131
| USA
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| 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
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| 10/30/96, ABlum
Contents
1. Overview
2. Contents
3. Installation
4. History
5. Release Notes
6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
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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.
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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!
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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.
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4. Revision History
This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
disk.
Version 1.12:
- first release.
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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
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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.
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