Readme file for the Windows NT Oct 92 Release of the ATI Graphics driver.
ATI Technologies Inc. MxxNT5.ZIP December 15 1992.
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SUPERCEDES ALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF: M32NTA, M32NTB, M32NTC, M32NTD
Revisions (0.01), (0.02), (0.03), (0.04)
File Naming has changed Mxx -refers to all ATI Mach8 and Mach32 products
5 -refers to beta version.05
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The Graphics device drivers supplied here are for the Oct 92 Beta Release of
Windows NT operating system. It is required that Windows NT operating
system is loaded onto the computer system.
The drivers are in beta form and has been released with no implied warranties
and or guarantees of functionality. Any questions or problem reports should
be addressed to ATI Driver Development via the ATI forum on Compuserve.
This version of the driver will run on these ATI Accelerator Products:
Graphics Ultra Pro
Graphics Ultra +
Graphics Ultra
Graphics Vantage
8514/Ultra
OEM versions identifying the Mach32 ASIC or 68800 ASIC
OEM versions identifying the Mach8 ASIC or 38800 ASIC.
NOTE: This is FIRST REVISION THAT INCLUDES "VIRTUAL DRIVER SUPPORT"
FOR MACH32 ISA PRODUCTS AND GREATER THAN 12MEG RAM
(See Revision History)
This ATI driver is a preliminary release developped by ATI programmers
since the release of the Windows NT DDK in October 1992. It has NOT
been through our QA process, nor optimized for speed as we wanted to get
a driver into out customer's possession ASAP, with the hopes that it will
be useful to you.
The programmers at ATI are working long hours to get basic drivers running
reliably, tell us if the driver fails to run, or there are MAJOR
bugs that prevent you from using the driver, and ATI will correct them.
ATI would like to know what applications you are executing so we can
do more effective testing in the future.
Submission of problems should be addressed either
by CompuServe @ 76004,3656 Driver Development (Go ATITECH) or
by FAX or Letter addressed to the attention of:
ATI Technologies Inc.
3761 Victoria Park Avenue
Scarborough, Ontario,
M1W 3S2, Canada
ATTN: Driver Development
OUR FAX NUMBER IS: (416) 756-0720
ATI is working with Microsoft to have support for ATI products included
in future releases of Windows NT SDK and DDK.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS -----------------------------------------
Windows NT operating system assumed to be installed in C:\WINNT.
ATI graphics utilities (shipped with the video card), assumed to be
already installed.
This ATI driver package containing:
- 68800.SYS (ATI Graphics miniport driver)
- ANTPANEL.EXE (Configuration program for the driver)
- INPORT.SYS (Bus Mouse driver)
- ATIEO.DLL (no aperture driver)
- FRAMEBUF.DLL (aperture driver)
- This README file
Procedure:
1. Copy the 68800.SYS driver to the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM\DRIVERS directory.
Copy the *.DLL drivers to the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM directory.
2. Copy the Windows NT ANTPANEL.EXE configuration program to a directory
which is contained in your Windows NT PATH environment variable.
3. If your ATI Graphics card does not include a mouse port
or if you are using a pointing device not connected to the ATI adapter,
proceed to step 5.
4. In the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM\DRIVERS directory, rename INPORT.SYS to INPORT.SAV.
Copy the new INPORT.SYS mouse driver to the C:\WINNT\SYSTEM\DRIVERS
directory.
Windows NT supports an INPORT mouse. The Graphics Ultra Pro may
contain a Bus mouse, so this is a Bus mouse driver for Windows NT.
5. Power off the computer, power on, and start Windows NT.
Windows NT will start up in 640x480, 16 colour VGA mode. This is normal.
6. From the Program Manager, run ANTPANEL.EXE. Select the resolution and
colour depth you want to use, then click on the "OK" button. Your
selections will take effect after you shut down and restart Windows NT.
Revision History -----------------------------------------
Version 0.05 (MXXNT5.ZIP)
Now supports all ATI accelerator families of graphics cards. This is
detected automatically at boot up time of Windows NT.
These resolutions are supported if the aperture is NOT available
(ie 8514/Ultra, Graphics Ultra, Graphics Vantage and Graphics Ultra Pro in
a 16 megabyte ISA bus):
640 by 480 in 256 colors
800 by 600 in 256 colors
1024 by 768 in 256 colors
Version 0.04 (M32NTD.ZIP)
Fixes
GARBAGE Screen on Startup of Graphics Mode -- Some adapters have a
hardware combination that was not being initialized properly.
Version 0.03 (M32NTC.ZIP)
New Features for resolution and color depth (if capable)
640 by 480 in 8 and 16 bits per pixel
800 by 600 in 8 and 16 bits per pixel
1024 by 768 in 8 and 16 bits per pixel
1280 by 1024 in 8 bits per pixel
where 8 bpp is 256 colors,
16 bpp is 65535 colors
24 bpp is 16.7 million colors
Version 0.02 (M32NTB.ZIP)
Fixes
WRONG COLORS -- Adapters using the ATI 68830 DAC will now display a
correct palette.
KNOWN PROBLEMS -----------------------------------------
-- Mouse does not Move in Windows NT. If the mouse is connected to the
ATI graphics adapter, then these problems may be at fault.
-- The mouse driver expects mouse setup to use IRQ 5 and primary address.
Use the Windows NT Setup program to verify an Inport mouse is selected.
If it is NOT, login as the administrator and select Inport mouse.
-- Sometimes (debugger enabled) -- Because the Bus mouse interrupt is
always enabled, during Windows NT startup (blue text screen visible)
an Unexpected IRQL error occurs.
To work around this, disable the mouse interrupt temporarily by :
Boot MS-DOS
run debug
o23E 10
q
Boot Windows NT
Trademarks:
Graphics Ultra Pro and Graphics Ultra Plus are trademarks of
ATI Technologies Inc. IBM and MicroChannel are trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.
Windows NT and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
