Dynamite 128/Video Windows 95 Drivers and Tools Version 1.20 Installation Guide January 10th, 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 ============ 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 ========================================== 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 ========================= 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 ========================== - Microsoft DirectX 3 support. Known Limitations ================= - Video playback is not available when using the viewport (virtual desktop). - When using a viewport, your viewport's maximum refresh rate is limited to the maximum refresh rate of the desktop area if you use the Auto refresh rate option. For example, if you're using a desktop area of 1280x1024x256 and a viewport area of 800x600, the maximum refresh rate is determined by the maximum refresh rate supported by your card at 1280x1024x256. However, you can circumvent this issue by manually selecting a viewport refresh rate. - Green flashes may appear when playing an MPEG file in a full windowed mode (with the title bar visible) in the following modes: 800x600x24bpp 90 Hz 1024x768x16bpp 75 Hz 1024x768x24bpp 60 Hz and 70 Hz This problem may be avoided by playing the MPEG file in a full screen mode (no title bar). 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 ======================= Here's how to contact Hercules: Via telephone ------------- 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 ------- In the United States: (510) 623-1112 In Germany: +49-89-8989-0585 Via the Internet ---------------- World Wide Web: www.hercules.com FTP: ftp.hercules.com e-mail: support@hercules.com or sales@hercules.com CompuServe ---------- Forum: GO HERCULES BBS --- In the United States: (510) 623-7449 In Germany: +49-89-8989-0576 (analog) +49-89-8989-0234 (ISDN) Our mailing address ------------------- 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 for contacting 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 the answers to our most frequently asked questions, so you'll want to check it first before contacting us. The URL is: http://www.hercules.com/support/Win95/ *** End of File ***