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WINDOWS NT DRIVER SETUP INFORMATION
for
Trident 93xx/9440/9470/96xx Users
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Windows NT Device Drivers Version 1.01 Feb 7, 1996
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Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Supported Resolutions
3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT Version 3.5
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1.0 Introduction
This Accelerate Driver runs on the following products:
Trident 93xx/9440/9470/96xx, VESA or PCI local bus adapter
The Graphics Device Drivers supplied here are for the Microsoft
Windows NT operating system version 3.5.
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2.0 Supported Resolutions.
256 colors 65000 colors 16.7 million
Resolutions 8 bpp 16 bpp 24/32 bpp
640 x 480 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB
800 x 600 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 2/4MB
1024 x 768 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 4MB
1280 x 1024 2/4MB 4MB N/A
1600 x 1200 4MB(1) N/A(2) N/A
1/2/4MB - Supported on 1, 2 or 4 Megabyte Trident products
N/A - Not Supported
(1) - 1600x1200x256 is supported with 2MB without acceleration.
(2) - 1600x1200x64k is supported with 4MB without acceleration.
NOTE: Trident 9440/9470 and 9320 do not accelerate 16 million colors modes,
neither do they support 1600x1200 mode at any color depth.
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3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT
This driver package containing:
- TGIUL.SYS (Trident linear addressing video miniport driver)
- TGIUL35.DLL (Trident 256/64K/16M video display driver)
- FRAMEBUF.DLL (Microsoft dumb frame buffer display driver)
- VGA.DLL (Microsoft VGA 16 colors video display driver)
- OEMSETUP.INF (setup files used by Windows NT Setup program)
- README This README file for Windows NT Version 3.5
Windows NT drivers are included on Disk #2 of this package. They are
located in the \NT35 sub-directory.
Procedure:
1. Run the Windows NT display Setup program located in the Control Panel, Main
group.
2. Select "Change Display Type..." button from the Display Settings options.
3. Select "Change..." button from the Display Type options.
4. Select "Other..." button from the Select Device options.
5. Windows NT will prompt you for the correct path. Enter A:\NT35 if disk 2
is loaded in drive A:.
6. Choose "Trident 93xx/9440/9470/96xx Linear Accelerated" from the
list of drivers.
7. Restart Windows NT. Windows NT will start up with 640x480x256 mode
using the Trident drivers.
8. Choose desired resulotion, color depth and refresh rate from the
Display Setting applet, and restart Windows NT.
