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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95 single- and multiboard driver, ver 4.03.2113
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| WINNER 3000-M
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| Copyright (c) 1994-97 ELSA GmbH, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA GmbH ELSA Inc.
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| 01/12/97, GBorgs
Contents
1. Overview
2. Contents
3. Installation
4. History
5. Release Notes
6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
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1. Overview
This disk contains the ELSA WINNER 3000-M/-L Display Driver for
Microsoft Windows 95.
The drivers support 256, 32768 and 16 Million colors in all
resolutions available on used ELSA WINNER 3000-M/-L board.
For the WINNER 3000-M/-L there is the multiple screen driver
MULTIman available. So you can display the Windows desktop on
two or more monitors to get a bigger working place.
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2. Contents
Almost all files are compressed, their names are slighly
changed. Please note that the files can NOT just be copied
from this disk. (see installation)
The directory contains the following files:
The files marked with (a) are not contained on the PRO/X and
GLoria disk. The (x)-marked files are only available on this
disk
DATE.DOC file identifying the disk, prod. date, etc.
README.TXT the file you currently look at
LIESMICH.TXT german version of README
ELSAINI.TXT additional informations for file ELSA.INI
(german)
EVVXDRV.DRV display driver file
EMMNDRV.DRV MULTIman display driver file
EVVXMVD.VXD virtual mini display driver
EMMNMVD.VXD MULTIman virtual mini display driver
EVVXD32.DLL driver extension (DirectDraw/Direct3D HAL)
EMMND32.DLL MULTIman driver extension
(DirectDraw/Direct3D HAL)
EW3000ML.INF device information file for ELSA boards
ELSAMON1.INF device information file for ELSA monitors
ELSAMON2.INF device information file for
ELSA MULTIman monitors
WINMAN.DLL WINman control panel extension
WINMAN.MON WINman monitor configuration file
WINMAN.EXE WINman help application
WINMAN-D.CNT WINman helpfile, german
WINMAN-D.HLP WINman helpfile, german
WINMAN-E.CNT WINman helpfile, english
WINMAN-E.HLP WINman helpfile, english
ELSAGDG.EXE Display Treiber Guardian
ELSAGDG.HLP Helpfile for Guardian
ELSAGDG.CNT Help contents file for Guardian
SETUP.EXE Installation assistant
ELSASU.HLP Helpfile for assistant
In case of trouble during or after installation, please make
sure you have all the files mentioned above!
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3. Installation
This section descibes the steps to install a ELSA WINNER
Display Driver for Windows 95.
To install the drivers, start the program SETUP.EXE in this
directory. The installation assistant will help you to install
the driver with the control panel.
3.1 Install over older versions of the ELSA WINNER Driver
- Delete in the WINDOWS\INF directory the copies of the
older versions EW3000ML.INF (named OEM?.INF).
- Install the original MS-S3 driver to build a new Device
Information Database.
- Now follow th steps, described in section 3.2.
3.2 First installation of ELSA WINNER Display Drivers
First install Windows 95 without special drivers for the ELSA
WINNER graphics board. The installation procedure should
install a Microsoft driver for boards based on S3 chips.
The installation of the ELSA WINNER Display Driver starts from
the Windows desktop.
- Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right
mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel.
- Select the Property Page "Settings"
- Push the button "Change Display Type...". A dialog "Change
Display Type" will pop up.
- Push the button "Change..." inside the frame "Adapter Type".
You will see the "Select Device" dialog.
- In this dialog push the button "Have Disk..." and change to
the WIN95 directory on the ELSAware CD for your WINNER board.
- Select in the "Manufacturer" list ELSA WINNER Display Driver
and in the list "Models" your WINNER board.
- If you use an ELSA monitor, make the same procedure for
"Monitor Type" in the "Change Display Type" dialog.
- Close the dialog "Change Display Type". At this time the
screen flickers a moment. This is not a bug! Windows tries to
find out, which graphics modes are available with this
driver.
- Now you can select resolution and color depth in the main
dialog "Properties for Display". For the first installation
you should select 1024x768 and 256 colors. This configuration
is available for all memory configurations on all ELSA
Boards.
- Close "Properties for Display" by "OK" or "Apply
now".
Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart
now".
In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution
without rebooting your system.
3.3. MULTIman Installation
The MULTIman installation occurs exact in the same way as the
normal display drivers.
!!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!!
Because Windows evaluates the maximal resolution of your
installed monitor, you normally will not have the option to
select a high resolution in the Display Control Panel. To
circumvent this, before you install the MULTIman, you must
select the "MULTIman" monitor
(.../Monitor Type/Change.../Have Disk)
Not also to have plugged in ALL graphics boards, you want to
use with MULTIman, before you install the MULTIman driver.
If you want to remove one additional board, FIRST select a
normal driver.
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4. Revision History
This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
disk.
Version 4.03.2113:
- first release.
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5. Release notes
5.1 ELSA.INI entries
The working mode of the driver can manipulate by entries in the
file ELSA.INI. Normally you will need to reboot your machine to
mak this settings working. In later releases ELSA will
distribute a tool change working paramters more easy.
The following table shows the meaning of this entries:
Section [Settings]
CursorFG/CursorBK
ColorCursor
With this two entries you can change the color of the
hardware cursor. The format is:
CursorFG=0xrrggbb
at which rr, gg and bb are the hexadecimal values in
the range 00 to FF of the base color components.
You must specify ColorCursor=1 to make this working!
Using Offscreen (only single board)
Setting this value to 0, the bitmap- cache will be
disabled
Section [Hardware]
CursorType
In few resolution/color combinations on some S3-based
graphic boards the hardware cursor doesn't work. In
this cases you can force the usage of a software cursor
by inserting the line
CursorType=SW
in your ELSA.INI file.
This affects WINNER 1000 ISA/EISA, VL and PCI.
5.2. DirectDraw support
The display drivers do support DirectDraw, but to use it in an
application, you must install DirectDraw. The Microsoft
DirectDraw components are not included in the standard retail
version of Windows 95.
To install DirectDraw start the program DXSETUP ind the
directory \ELSAWARE\DDRAW\DIRECTX on the ELSA CD
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6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
hints on work arounds.
6.1 QuickRes 2.0 and Hardware Cursor
Now it is possible to change the current Color-resolution
(BPP) without rebooting Windows. Microsoft QuickRes 2.0
switches the CursorType to Software when changing the
color resolution. You can switch back to Hardware Cursor with
"Properties for Mouse". Click Motion/Trail "on" and "off".
6.2 Unknown and PnP-monitors
If you don't have selected a Monitor or you have a PnP (DDC1)
Monitor, in all graphics modes the default refresh rate is
60Hz. The DDC case is becaus a bug in Windows DDC support
You can change to a higher refresh rate with the control panel
extemsion WINman. WINman, unlike Windows, can evaluate the
monitor information provaided by DDC exact.
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7. Notes for the multiple screen driver MULTIman
7.1. Software cursors
Usage of software cursors (Mouse Trails or Color Pointers)
may cause screen corruption. Please use hardware cursor when
ever possible.
7.2. MULTIman and DirectX
Usage of MULTIman and DirectX has the following restrictions:
- DirectDraw and Direct3D available only on the "first" (the
BOOT- or the Full-Screen-DOS-) screen.
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.