RELEASE.TXT FILE FOR TSENG LABS WINDOWS 95 DISPLAY DRIVER
Tseng Labs, Inc.
Tseng Labs Windows 95 Display Driver for ET6000/ET6100
(C) Copyright 1997. Tseng Labs, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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NOTE FOR USERS INSTALLING THIS RELEASE OVER RELEASE 5 OR EARLIER!
THE METHOD OF HANDLING INTERNAL DRIVER VERSION NUMBERS WAS CHANGED WITH RELEASE 6.
AS A RESULT, A PROBLEM WAS ENCOUNTERED WHICH WAS RECTIFIED BY CHANGING THE DRIVER FILE
NAMES. THE FILES , TSENGET6.DLL, TSENGET6.DRV, AND TSENGET6.VXD IN RELEASE 5 WERE REPLACED BY
TLIET600.DLL, TLIET600.DRV, TLIET600.VXD .
DRIVER INFORMATION
Driver Name: Tseng Labs Windows 95 Display Driver for ET6000/ET6100
Driver Date: 7/25/97
Driver Chip Support: ET6000/ET6100
Driver Release: 7
Driver Version: 4.03.5000
DRIVER FEATURES ADDED FOR THIS RELEASE
******* ver 4.03.5000 ********
Changes from Release 6 (Version 4.03.4800 04-24-97)
* Removal of .INI settings. To stay compliant with PC-98
the driver cannot access options via the "win.ini" or
"system.ini" files. The win.ini options used by previous versions
of the driver are not accessed by this driver.
* Full Support of ET6100
The following modes are available in the driver to support the Tseng Labs ET6100 chip only:
1600x1200x8bpp @ 65hz
1024x768x24bpp @75hz
1024x768x24bpp @85hz
1152x864x24bpp @60hz
1152x864x24bpp @70hz
1280x1024x16bpp @70hz
1280x1024x16bpp @75hz
1280x1024x24bpp @43hz interlaced
1600x1200x16bpp @47hz interlaced
* Fixed Floating Point bug in the ellipse/circle/round rectangle code.
* Added 720x480 mode support for newer BIOS's.
* Added 1152x864 mode support.
BASIC DRIVER FEATURES
Basic MiniDriver Functionality
The driver supports identical accelerated functionality in all pixel
depths 8/16/24. For operations that can use Raster Ops the driver uses
the Accelerator in all cases. HiColor (16Bpp) modes are 565. The driver
uses Linear Addressing (not VFLATD bank switching) in all modes.
This driver also utilizes Device Bitmaps to provide improved acceleration.
If there is enough Offscreen Memory available, Color Bitmaps that normally
would be allocated in Host/System Memory will be allocated in Screen Memory
allowing the ET6000 to be used to operate directly on those bitmaps. There is
accelerated support for the Color Bitmaps listed below when they reside in Video
RAM. If there is not enough room for a particular bitmap then the DIB Engine
is used to render those.
The minidriver utilizes the ET6000 to accelerate the following:
Legend: S - Screen, C - Color Bitmap - Host Memory, M - Mono Bitmap
BitBlt, CtoS, All ROPS (this includes PatBlt)
BitBlt, StoS, All ROPS (this includes PatBlt)
BitBlt, MtoS, All ROPS
PatBlt, C, Mono Pattern, All ROPS
PatBlt, S, Mono Pattern, All ROPS
Lines,C, Horizontal/Vertical/Diagonal
Lines,S, Horizontal/Vertical/Diagonal
Polygon, C & S
Rectangle, C & S
Scanlines, C & S
Ellipses, C & S
Circles, C & S
Rounded Rects, C & S
Text, C & S, All Fonts
Hardware Cursor, all modes, when Cursor is mono
Automatic Refresh Rate selection based on Monitor Info and
DDC1 monitors are supported in the driver.
The DirectDraw Portion of the Driver supports the following:
* DirectX 2.0, 3.0, 3.0a and 5.0 betas (DirectX 1.0 is no-longer supported)
* Support for the following Low Resolution Modes
at 8 & 16 & 24 Bpp:
320x200
320x240
512x384
640x400
* Primary Surface Access
* Accelerated Transparent Blt (arbitrary Transparent Color)
* Full Screen Page Flipping
* BitBlt S&D Rops
* 2 Overlay Windows (1 Page Flipped Overlay) (RGB 16/24 or YUV422)
NOTES - GENERAL
The driver is installed through the normal Windows 95 Control Panel
mechanism as presented in the README.TXT file in this directory.
To accelerate Video file playback using DirectDraw, DirectVideo or ActiveMovie must be installed.
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.