Stingray 128/3D
Windows 95 Drivers and Tools
Version 1.17.2059
Installation Guide
October 8th, 1997
CONTENTS
Introduction
If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
Running The SETUP Program
What's New In This Release
Known Limitations
How To Contact Hercules
Introduction
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This guide contains the information you need to install our
Windows 95 drivers and tools for your Hercules product.
If You're Updating From An Earlier Release
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If you already have an earlier version of our Power Drive<tm>
Windows 95 driver installed, you should run the UnInstall
program located in the Hercules PowerTools program group
before continuing. Doing this removes the previous release
of software from your hard drive, as well as all old
references to the drivers and utilities in your configuration
files. The UnInstall program will also change your display
driver back to the standard VGA driver. After running the
UnInstall program, restart your computer. You will be asked
for the first diskette of the new Hercules software. Windows
95 will install the new driver. When asked to restart the
computer, select "No". You will now be ready to install this
new software for the Windows 95 desktop.
Running the SETUP Program
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If you received this software release on diskettes, you'll find the
SETUP.EXE program on Disk 1 of our Windows 95 Driver and Utilities
diskettes -- the very same diskette that contains this README.TXT
file. If you've downloaded our software from one of our online
services, you'll find the SETUP.EXE in the archive -- it will be in
the same directory as is this README.TXT file.
To install the driver and utilities, just run our SETUP.EXE program.
If you run it from the task bar, make sure you type the entire path to
the directory that contains SETUP.EXE. Otherwise, you might
accidentally launch somebody else's setup program.
SETUP.EXE can install the Power Drive driver, our new Touch 95<tm> and
Hercules Entertainment Center<tm> utilities, or both. To
automatically install everything, choose the "Typical" option when
using Setup's "wizard" installation interface. There's nothing more
to do!
What's New In This Release
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Release 1.17.2059 of this software contains the following improvements:
1. Duplicate mouse cursors on Windows 95 desktop has been corrected.
2. Cursor corruption in Warlords III, Master of Orion II, and other
DirectX games has been fixed.
3. Screen corruption in PaintShop Pro, Autocad for Windows, Solitaire,
and others has been fixed.
4. Performance of GLQuake has been enhanced with the addition of version 2.43
of the Glide runtime libraries, which are included in this software release. Note
that you must have the new GLQuake executable and new OpenGL mini-library to take
advantage of this improvement. These will be released on 3Dfx's web site
(http://www.3dfx.com/) on or after October 9, 1997.
Known Limitations
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- Dungeon Keeper crashes after 15-20 minutes of play. The screen becomes
corrupt, and keyboard and mouse input is lost. A hard reset is required
to regain control. Alt-Tab and Ctrl-Alt-Delete does not work. Workaround:
install and run the DOS version of Dungeon Keeper.
- Text is corrupted in the tutorial of the Internet game "SubSpace".
Workaround: Select "Software Emulation" in the Options screen.
- Textures don't appear correctly when using Direct3D preview in Caligari
TrueSpace 3.
- "PCI Bus Retries": When playing wave audio, scrolling in a graphic intensive
application causes sound drop-outs or stuttering. Also causes serial buffer
overruns if serial communication is occuring at the same time. While this
issue has not be addressed completely, the problem can be minimized in this
software release by following this procedure:
Go to the Control Panel and open Display Properties. Click on the Info tab,
and click the Performance button. Check "Allow PCI Retries", click OK, and
click Yes when prompted to restart the computer.
- Video Gamma and Chroma Control tabs have been removed from Display Properties.
Use the Desktop/Glide Control on the taskbar instead.
Hercules is on an aggressive schedule to provide solutions to known
limitations whenever possible. If you encounter a problem, please
contact us to ensure that you are using the latest software.
How To Contact Hercules
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Here's how to contact Hercules:
Via Telephone
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Technical support: 800-323-0601 (toll-free in North America) or
510-623-6050
Toll-free fax-back service: 800-711-HERC
Sales hotline: 800-532-0600
Main number: 510-623-6030
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0228
Via Fax
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In the United States: 510-623-1112
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0585
Via the Internet
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World Wide Web: www.hercules.com
FTP: ftp.hercules.com
e-mail: support@hercules.com or
sales@hercules.com
CompuServe
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Forum: GO HERCULES
BBS
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In the United States: 510-623-7449
In Germany: +49-89-8989-0576 (analog)
+49-89-8989-0234 (ISDN)
Our mailing address
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US Office:
Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
3839 Spinnaker Court
Fremont, CA 94538
German Office:
Hercules Computer Technology, Europe
Bussardstr. 5
D-82116 Graefelfing
Munich
Germany
Please see our Installation Guide for complete instructions on "How to
contact us", or click on "Reach Us" within Touch 95 or Hercules
Entertainment Center. We'll be happy to help you with any questions
or difficulties you may have.
We've set up a page on our Internet World Wide Web site just for
Windows 95 users. It contains the latest information on Windows 95
drivers and utilities as well as answers to our most frequently
asked questions. You may want to check it first before contacting
us. The URL is:
http://www.hercules.com/support/Win95/
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