RELEASE NOTES
S3 OS/2 32 Bit Drivers
Version: 2.57-01 or later
1. This is a release of the S3 OS/2 32-bit drivers that supports
the 801/805/805i/928SD, 928 with BT DAC, 864/866/868,
732/764/765, and 964/968 products.
2. Product Description
These drivers support OS/2 2.1, OS/2 2.11, and OS/2 WARP(3.0).
There are 4 sets of driver diskettes. Each support certain
chipset as follows:
* 801/805, 805I with 8-bit/16-bit DAC, 928 with ATT DAC.
* 928 chipset with Brooktree 9485 RAMDAC.
* 864 chipset with AT&T 498, AT&T 499, and SDAC RAMDAC,
Trio764/732, and 765 chipset.
* 964/968 chipset with Brooktree 9485 RAMDAC, TI 3020/25
RAMDAC, and IBM 525/524/514 RAMDAC.
3. The following resolutions are supported:
|============================================================|
| Mode | Resolution | Memory |805I(16)/| 801/805/| 964 |
| | | Required|864/868/ | 805I(8)/| 968 |
| | | |732/64/65| 928ATT | |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 101 | 640x480x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 103 | 800x600x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 105 | 1024x768x8 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 107 | 1280x1024x8 | 2M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 207 | 1152x864x8 | 2M* | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 120 | 1600x1200x8 | 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 111 | 640x480x16 | 1M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 114 | 800x600x16 | 2M* | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 116 | 1024x768x16 | 2M | Y | Y | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 11a | 1280x1024x16| 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 212 | 640x480x24 | 1M | N/S | 112 | N/S |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 112 | 640x480x32 | 2M | Y | N/S | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 115 | 800x600x32 | 4M* | Y | N/S | Y |
|------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 118 | 1024x768x32 | 4M | Y | N/S | Y |
|============================================================|
Notes:
* Y - Supported, N/S - Not Supported.
* 1M only - 640x480x24 is supported for 1M memory configuration
only, for 2M and above 32bpp will be supported.
* 864 with 4M config does not support 1024x768x32 mode.
* 732 can only suppport up to 2M configuration.
* S3 BIOS supports 1152x864x8 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 2M of memory
* S3 BIOS supports 1600x1200x8 with 2M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory.
* S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver need 2M of memory.
* S3 BIOS supports 1280x1024x16 with 3M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory.
* S3 BIOS supports 800x600x32 with 2M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory
The 32 bit per pixel driver may need a large swap space on the hard disk.
The recommended swap space is 15 MBytes.
Driver Limitations:
1. Software Motion Video may require an aperture address setting on local
bus systems. If video playback is distorted or displays in the wrong
location, add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file:
SET VIDEO_APERTURE=XX
where "XX" is the actual aperture address. Contact the system
manufacturer for the address.
2. 928Bt, 964 & 968 with external H/W cursor do not support
interlace mode.
DOS Sessions and Applications
1. With the program VPIC6 under FS DOS, GIFs cannot be viewed in
the 1280x1024 resolution.
OS/2 Full Screen Sessions and Applications
1. Context switching from Win-OS/2 full screen to OS/2 full screen may
produce a distorted text in OS/2 full screen --Vision964 ONLY.
