WINDOWS 95 DISPLAY DRIVER RELEASE HISTORY
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4/18/97 Version 6.00 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
5/05/97 Version 6.01 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
5/16/97 Version 6.02 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
5/23/97 Version 6.03 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
5/23/97 Version 6.04 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
5/30/97 Version 6.05 NM2160 Windows 95 display drivers
8/19/97 Version 6.07 NM2160/NM2097 Windows 95 display drivers
9/25/97 Version 6.08 NM2160/NM2097 Windows 95 display drivers
10/25/97 Version 6.09 NM2160/NM2097 Windows 95 display drivers
12/31/97 Version 6.10 NM2160/NM2097 Windows 95 display drivers
1/19/98 Version 6.11 NM2160/NM2097 Windows 95 display drivers
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.11
1. Remove 640x400 modes for 800x480 driver package.
2. Add Patch to cover a Remote Control application.
3. Do not turn off the burst mode in NM2097 chip detection.
4. Added SoftShrink for 565 overlay surfaces.
5. Added AutoShrink for 565 overlay surfaces.
6. Added OnScreen for 565 overlay surfaces.
7. Added SoftShrink for AutoShrink overlay surfaces.
8. Added SoftShrink support of IF09 surface.
9. Removed some DirectDraw Modes for 800x480 driver package.
10. Fixed some OnScreen VPM bugs.
11. Fix bitmap images corruption.
12. Fix the greyscale remapping.
13. Boot up in Windows 95 will get a screen garbage on top of
screen for a second.Change in VGA.asm to clear screen after
mode set.
14. Boot Win95 in any mode using TFT panel (SVGA or XGA) will get
a blue screen with a fatal exception error.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.10
1. Play any AVI video clip in 6x4x8 or in 6x4x16 modes will see
video corruption on bottom of video clip.
2. Moving the icon will make screen gabage. Win95J Active destop.
3. Fixed problem with on-screen VideoPort surface.
4. Fixed On-Screen VPM Problems: When changing parameters, need
to stop capture. When changing overlay position, need to hide
the overlay.
5. Fixed address calculation for on-screen data capture.
6. Add refresh rate support for 800x480 modes.
7. Fixed bug with PENWIN.DLL
8. DOS box cause DOS error (i.e. B: reference with to B: drive)
hangs machine.
9. Play an ActiveMovie Mpeg in panning mode. Position the video
to the left most of the screen, then pan mouse to the right so
the video goes to the far left and is completely out of view.
Now switch to CRT mode will see video gets blank out.
10. Fixed 800x480 default refresh rate is always the same as 800x600
refresh rate.
11. Play Indeo 4.1 avi clip in default postion in any mode then clip
it to left side desktop will see video image shifts to the right
side of video frame.
12. Overfly shows Shrink bug with flipping surfaces.
13. Dos full screen corrupted in any mode CRT or Dual. Dos Box OK.
14. Fix "version" problem in the version information dialog box.
15. Fix the position of the "Advanced Settings" words.
16. Remove spaces in the titles.
17. Fix the title in the version information dialog.
18. Greyscale remapping improved.
19. Boot in 10x7x16 then switch to CRT while playing DOOM2 in any
full-screen mode will corrupt game.
20. Play RealMagic MPEG in any 800x480, go to dos full-screen,
switch to CRT, Alt-TAB back to video clip then change to 10x7
will corrupt screen.
21. Drag Active Movie MPG clip on upper right side of desktop in
1024x768 panning mode. Minimize then restore video clip will get
video out of video frame.
22. Run Overfly and choose YUY2 format. Butterfly image in background
when drag window box arround. Butterfly also switched to auto-
shrink and on-screen mode.
23. Fixed CreateStream bug: did not always hide the overlay.
24. Fixed reported capability flags, (do everything we set).
25. Improved error handling in the SetConfig routine.
26. Improved color key handling when a dynamic color change occurs.
27. Added on-screen VPM Code.
28. Fix short-cut key problem in Japanese mode.
29. Fix the problem with two radio buttons selected at the same time
in the Neomagic sheet.
30. Fix the position problem with the CRT and LCD buttons in Japanese
language.
31. Fix the version information problem in Japanese language.
32. Fix the remaining dotted line on the LCD button.
33. Added Auto-Shrink and On-Screen overlay support.
34. Win95 w/ IE4.0 or Win98 64k color modes shows corruption in icons.
35. Using NM2160B has corruption and hang in Win95, especially during Text.
36. Unable to pan in any 10x7 or 8x6 game mode while running FOXBEAR,
screen flashes .
37. Added MultiMonitor support
38. Butterfly movement is out of sink in frame per second in any 8 bits
mode or 600x480x16.
39. Given message error and hang while running 2 displays AVI files in
800x600x8 mode.
40. When Open the DOS BOX in WIn95J with NM2093 EK silicon, will see
(corrupted) black bar on the screen.
41. Adjust paging register for NM2070 only.
42. SCT test video playback has corruption on 1024x768x8 when the mouse
moves around.
43. Foxbear screen display loop couple time between 320x240x8 and 320x200x8
when use F6 to change mode.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.09
1. The mouse cursor can not switch between trail and not trail after
setup Hardware acceleration in Properties Performance Graphic screen.
2. Lost Mouse Cursor after running the full screen Video Playback test
under Win95 SCTV5.40
3. Updated VPE to DirectX 5 Final SDK.
4. Fixed a bug, system to video blits > 1M in Size.
5. Fixed bug where setmode 7/0fh in window full screen could not switch
to window dos box.
6. TV Mode not enable in 800x600x8, 16 bits and in 1024x768x8 bit.
7. Added a Compile Flag to fix a SONY problem.
8. Fixed Capture bug: Found during on-screen capture test.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.08
1. Dynamic restart of Win95 Japan with resolution change has problems.
2. Video image located out side of the video window.
3. In 640x480 all color modes, when running s/w mpeg(VCD) the video
window size is incorrent.
4. Play a MPEG file and then open a DOS prompt bos, change to full
screen will show a H/W cursor.
5. Fatal Exception OEh when running BatterMark in 800x600 256 mode.
6. FATAL EXCEPTION ERROR when run DISPLITE-elltst.dll test program
7. Fail DISPLITE 32 test ROP_PS.
8. Run the bat file in Win95(OSR2) DOS full screen mode. It will
cause display hang.
9. OverFly white destination overlay color key does not work.
10. Lost Mouse Cursor after running the full screen Video Playback
test under Win95 SCTV5.40
11. Only enable TV button in 1024x768 when using XGA panel
12. New INF to exclude 800x480 modes.
13. Panning is broken after changing from any panning mode to CRT
only then back to dual again.
14. Playing MPEG1 thru Active Movie and opening a DOS Box hangs the
system sometimes.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.07
1. Will support NM2097 chip set.
2. MS Works 4.0, Print preview shows garbage.
3. Activate Plus screen saver "Travel" in any 8-bit modes will
see corruption when the air-plane fly across the screen.
4. Remove debug code in drv2.c which causes hanging problem when
opening a DOS box after running Winbench tests.
5. Lost Mouse Cursor after running the full screen Video Playback
test under Win95 SCTV5.40
6. Changed HostBltFlag to be in the shared area for DirectDraw.
7. Vertical Magenta bar ( Color Key ) shows on the movie when it
is displayed on NTSC TV
8. TV overlay (w/ expansion) is shifted 4 pixels to the right.
9. Added Memory Mapped I/O checking
10. First step for MultiMonitor support.
11. Fixed the problem where continuously pressing ALT-ENTER would
see garbage on the screen in Full Screen.
12. Modified VDD so that during full screen and dos box switching,
there is no colorful garbage on the screen anymore.
13. Open a DOS BOX while video is playing can corrupt the screen.
14. Optimal TV Settings do not work in TV mode.
15. In 1024x768 CRT modes, choose TV and Optimal TV Settings from
Neomagic page will set display resolution to 640x480 in CRT mode.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.05
1. In panning modes, task switch from DOS full-screen to windows
desktop then pan mouse down to the bottom will see display
corruption.
2. Unable to move mouse to the right when running Flip Cube in
320x200x8 mode.
3. Must disable Y-interpolation for some modes.
4. Run DCT test will see VFW Performance test failed.
5. In Overfly test, open then close DOS full-screen will see
the color key of the butterfly get changed.
6. Added the 24-bit acceleration code for NM2093.
7. Display corruption when using 640x480x24bpp in XGA panel
(36-bit).
8. Fixed bug that allowed a YUY2 and a 565 overlay to be created
at the same time.
9. Cannot create overlay surfaces after some overlay operations.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.04
1. Run Overfly then switch resolution on the fly the second
time will get error message "DDERROR_OUTOFVIDEOMEMORY.".
2. Fixed OSR2 USB update DOS box to full-screen switching
problem.
3. DOS window toggle to DOS FS w/ ALT-ENTER creates vertical
lines, hangs system.
4. Win95 boot hangs using NMx driver any mode, possible USB
conflict.
5. Show Display Option button even if TV support is not in
the BIOS but grey out the TV swtich button.
6. Fix Japanese string for Win95J.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.03
1. Dynamically switching resolution or color depth while
playing Active Movie MPEG will get screen corruption.
2. Color key shown on Rt side of the Overlay window during
the expansion modes.
3. Switch to TV change res. to 1024x768 & back to LCD, move
cursor to right will get offscreen garbage.
4. Fixed issue with INT 31 system hang.
5. Check on TV display switch fails
6. Clip a Mpeg video to the left, then resize it toward the
left will see multiple video images.
7. Fixed openning dos full screen problem under WIN95 OSR2.
8. Modified VDD to pass databuffer and postbuffer addresses
to the driver.
9. Using the Sony ZV Capture/Camera card appears vertical line
as a wrap-up on capture window.
10. Added 1/8th step scale down capability.
11. Fix doudle check on NTSC/PALSECAM radio button in TV mode
as becase we add SMI call to get these value.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.02
1. Overlapping video clip in 8x6x8 and 6x4x8 with DOS box will
corrupt video screen.
2. AVI/MPEG frame left on screen after end of clip if Display Off
hotkey used during play.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.01
1. Overlay not updated after a exiting a DOS prompt.
2. Overlay hardware not used in 24 bit mode when clipped.
3. Kernel error (GPF) when runing AVI then toggle the DOS BOX
in Win95 OSR2(J).
4. Hot key expansion ON/OFF causes overlay and hardware cursor
not to be correct.
5. Added YUV overlay shrink code to directdraw.
6. Corruption on the DOS WINDOWS when scrolling text with animated
cursor.
7. Speedy ScrntoScrn face corruption and DOS Windows.
8. Changed 640x480 to XGA expansion in the vertical direction to
fix an expansion bug.
9. First step in software scale down for the overlay.
10. Fixed a YUY2 shrink bug (DDneo32.C).
11. Fixed an overlay expansion bug 640x480->XGA panel. (Overlay.C)
12. Added two hook functions for ACPI. Only works for Memphis OS.
FIX/UPDATE ITEM - v6.00
1. Changed driver name from 'nm21xx.drv' to 'nmgc.drv'.
2. Changed direct draw driver from 'dd21xx.dll' to 'nmgcdd.dll'
3. Changed VDD name from 'nm21xx.vxd' to 'nmgcVdd.vxd'.
4. Changed VPM driver filename from 'VPMNEO.DRV' to 'NMGCVPM.DRV'.
5. When user in 640x400 modes, NeoMagic property sheet for
refresh rate options should be greyed out.
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