Chips and Technologies, Inc.
Release Notes
65545-PCI Display Driver Package
Windows 3.1/DOS
Revision: Version 3.2.1
Release Date: August 1, 1995
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WINDOWS DRIVERS
1. Fixed a General Protection Fault in CorelPaint 5.0 when
KAI's PowerTool Filter 2.0 is run using the 16M color (24bpp)
driver.
2. Fixed an error in the Fatal Error exit code which was
causing a stack imbalance.
3. Fixed a "Not Enough Memory" error in PaintBrush by adding
an option that disables the Fatline & Polygon driver
function in all the drivers when drawing an Ellipse of
height/width of 3 pixels with a pen width of 2/3 pixels.
NOTE:
CHIPS' driver implementation of the Fatline and Polygon
driver function is different from Microsoft's driver
implementation. To fix the above problem, make the
following change in the [DISPLAY] section of the
SYSTEM.INI file:
[DISPLAY]
. . .
Fatline=0 ;disable fatline driver implementation
Polygon=0 ;disable polygon driver implementation
By default, the driver implementation for the
Fatline/Polygon function is enabled. There will be some
impact on performance by disabling the Fatline/Polygon
driver implementation.
Revision: 3.2.0
Release Date: June 8, 1995
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WINDOWS DRIVERS
1. Fixed a problem in AfterDark, where extra pixels were left
on the edges.
2. Fixed a problem in the monochrome pallete in Windows 3.1
PaintBrush application when Image Attributes is set to
Black and White.
3. Fixed a problem in RLEBLT when running Windows for OS/2 in
the seamless mode.
4. Fixed a problem in the Hardware Cursor when running Windows
for OS/2 and switching between Windows Full Screen and OS/2
desktop.
5. Fixed a problem with jitter in the VDD when switching
between MSDOS full screen and a DOS box.
6. Fixed a problem in the ROP2 test when drawing patterned
ellipses in the 256 color (8bpp) and 64K color (16bpp)
drivers.
7. Fixed problems with ROP3 Test (ROP1A and ROPE5).
8. Improved the time it takes to convert a 24bpp bitmap to
8bpp using the 256 color (8bpp) driver.
9. Fixed a problem in the WRITE application with Pen Computing
For Windows.
10. Fixed a hang problem in Char Map in Windows 3.1J (Japanese
Windows) with 256 color (8bpp) driver.
11. Modified CHIPSCPL.INI to read and set the refresh rates with
65545 chip.
12. Fixed a SetDIB Test problem in clipping of SetDIBitsToDevice.
13. Fixed a Test problem in ColorToMonoBLT with Brush.
14. Fixed a problem with Lotus 123 Tour (Japanese version) in 16
color (4bpp) and 256 color (8bpp) drivers.
15. Fixed a problem with panning in the 64k color (16bpp)
driver.
16. Fixed a problem in PaintBrush Eraser (Windows 3.1) in the
16 color (4bpp) and 256 color (8bpp) driver.
17. Fixed a problem in RLE for a customer's application.
18. Added a warning message to be displayed if a mode is not
supported during display switching.
19. Added the Cursor Color and Font Cache Escape options for
CHIPSCPL.
20. Modified the VDD to fix a problem with the fixed frequency
monitors losing sync.
Revision: 3.1.7
Release Date: February 27, 1995
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WINDOWS DRIVERS
1. Fixed a problem in the F65540 with 512k video memory on a
Mono Panel in LINEAR8.DRV.
2. Fixed a problem with cursor positions when switching to CRT
mode in high resolution drivers.
3. Fixed an installation problem when upgrading to Windows
For Workgroups 3.11
4. Fixed a problem with the incorrect color of text being
displayed in 256 color(8bpp) drivers.
5. Changed the error message for running Windows 3.1 in
standard mode.
6. Fixed a GPF problem with the FoxPro demo.
7. Fixed a problem with a customer's corporate demo in 256
color(8bpp) drivers.
8. Fixed a problem with LANDMARK(Speed.exe) in 256
color(8bpp) drivers.
9. Fixed a DCI problem in 64K color(16bpp) drivers.
10. Fixed problems with the hardware popup & Cursor in VIDGX?
drivers.
11. Fixed a problem in Virtual Display Device(VDD) for Audio in
full screen DOS.
12. Fixed problems with Microsoft mail in VIDGX? drivers.
13. Fixed a GPF problem with Microsoft Word 6.0 in 24bpp driver.
14. Fixed a problem in bitblt with stretching of squares.
15. Modified the XR1A register in the VDD to fix a 800*600 panel
problem.
16. Fixed the calculator truncation problem in Windows
3.1/J(Japanese environment).
DOS DRIVERS
1. Modified VESA.COM to support the Get Super VGA Mode
Information(4F01).
NOTES - WINDOWS DRIVERS
1. These drivers support the linear frame buffer. Please note
the following points regarding the Windows 3.1 linear
drivers:
Continued improvement in features and performance.
One driver per color depth supports multi-spatial
resolutions.
Added pen compliance.
PC Video aware.
Supports DCI (primary surface).
Supports panning if driver resolution is more than the
display size of the panel.
Supports display switching using a Control Panel Applet
and/or with a hot key if the OEM BIOS meets the CHIPS
specification for display switching.
NOTE: Display switching is not allowed if Windowed VM
has focus.
WINMEM32.DLL needs to be present in the SYSTEM
directory.
These drivers cannot run in Windows standard mode
(WIN/S or WIN/2).
2. The following list describes the Windows 3.1 driver filenames
and resolutions:
LINEAR4.DRV: 16 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch
LINEAR8.DRV: 256 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch
LINEAR16.DRV: 32K/64K Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display (65535/540 only) Switch
LINEAR24.DRV: 16M Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch (65540 only)
The following drivers function with the F65545 only
VIDGX4.DRV: 16 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big Cursor,
Display Switch
VIDGX8.DRV: 256 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch
VIDGX16.DRV: 32K/64K Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch
VIDGX24.DRV: 16M Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
Cursor, Display Switch
3. Some applications, such as CorelDraw, PhotoStyler and
Fotoman, assume 16 color drivers are VGA planar drivers and
renders the image in the planar format. These applications
do not correctly interpret Plane and BitsPixel information
returned by the driver, and are not displayed correctly in
our 4bpp packed pixel driver (LINEAR4.DRV).
The following table compares information returned by two
different formats for 16 color drivers:
VGA.DRV LINEAR4.DRV
(Planar) (Packed)
BitsPixel 1 4
Planes 4 1
Colors 16 16
4. CHIPS' driver implementation of the Ellipse and Round
Rectangle function is different (one pixel off) from
Microsoft's driver implementation. CHIPS' RoundRect
driver implementation causes a problem where the bottom
line disappears in TCALC.EXE of the ESS Audio card. To
fix this problem, make the following change in the
[DISPLAY] section of the SYSTEM.INI file:
[DISPLAY]
. . .
RoundRect=0 ;disable round rectangle driver
implementation
Ellipse=0 ;disable ellipse driver implementation
By default, the driver implementation for the
Ellipse/RoundRect function is enabled. There will be some
impact on performance by disabling the Ellipse/RoundRect
driver implementation.
5. The following anomalies exist with drivers in the industry
other than CHIPS drivers:
Windows 3.1 MPLAYER.EXE has a problem when displaying
HELP with high color and true color drivers. This
problem is fixed in Windows 3.11 MPLAYER.EXE.
Windows 3.1 Paintbrush has a problem with a black box
appearing when pasting a DIB and immediately flipping
the object horizontally. This problem is in the GDI
and appears in most 256 color drivers.
Windows 3.1 Paintbrush has a problem with low memory
when printing a color image in high color drivers.
This image is successfully printed by doing a cut-and-
paste to Word for Windows.
Windows 3.1 HELP screen has a problem with text
appearing dark (black) instead of green in high color
drivers.
Windows 3.1 DCT ROP3 test has a problem with the 32k
color(15bpp) driver. This problem occurs with other 32k
color drivers.
The TDW(Turbo Debugger) in Turbo C++ for Japanese
Windows 3.1 causes an error which states "Illegal Video
Mode".
Quick Recorder (Video for Windows) has a problem
displaying small fonts in high & true color drivers.
The application does not allocate sufficient memory for
the small font, but it successfully displays large
fonts.
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