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WINDOWS NT DRIVER SETUP INFORMATION
for
Trident 93xx/94xx/96xx Users
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Windows NT Device Drivers Version 0.02 Mar 28, 1996
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Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Supported Resolutions
3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT Version 4.0
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1.0 Introduction
This Accelerate Driver runs on the following products:
Trident 93xx/94xx/96xx, VESA or PCI local bus adapter
The Graphics Device Drivers supplied here are for the Microsoft
Windows NT operating system version 4.0.
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2.0 Supported Resolutions.
16 colors 256 colors 65000 colors 16.7 million
Resolutions 4 bpp 8 bpp 16 bpp 24/32 bpp
640 x 480 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB
800 x 600 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 2/4MB
1024 x 768 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 1/2/4MB 4MB
1280 x 1024 1/2/4MB 2/4MB 4MB NA
1600 x 1200 1/2/4MB 2/4MB(1) 4MB(2) NA
1/2/4MB - Supported on 1, 2 or 4 Megabyte Trident products
NA - Not Supported
(1) - 1600x1200x256 is supported on 2MB products w.o/acceleration,
4MB is required to accelerate this resolution.
(2) - 1600x1200x64k is supported on 4MB products w.o/acceleration,
currently it can not be accelerated due to memory limitation.
NOTE: 1. 9440/9470 and 9320 only support 16 million colors at 640x480
without acceleration. Neither do they support 1600x1200 modes.
2. All 16 colors modes are supported via Microsoft's VGA driver
without acceleration.
3. 9400/9420 can not accelerate any mode, their display are handled
by Miscrosoft's FRAMEBUF.DLL.
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3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT
This driver package containing:
- TGIUL40.SYS (Trident linear addressing video miniport driver)
- TGIUL40.DLL (Trident 256/64K/16M colors accelerated video display driver)
- FRAMEBUF.DLL (Microsoft dumb framebuffer video 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 \NT40 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:\NT40 if disk 2
is loaded in drive A:.
6. Choose "Trident 93xx/94xx/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.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.