ۥ-x@ - v ? 1$$$2.```` l|(`E       4S # .   RELEASE NOTES S3 OS/2 32 Bit Drivers Release Date: May 23, 1994 Version: 2.2 1. This is a production release of the S3 OS/2 2.2 32 bit drivers supporting the Vision864/964, 86C801, 86C805, 86C928, 86C928PCI products. 2. Product Description These drivers support OS/2 2.1, OS/2 2.11 and OS/2 2.1 for Windows. This release added 16 bpp support and 3 new resolutions for all current S3 products except S386C911/924. New resolutions of these drivers are as follows: Resolutions (BPP) Vision964 Vision864 86C801\805\805i\928\928PCI   640x480x16      800x600x16     1024x768x16     1152x864x8*    (Except 928 BT rev A-D)  1280x1024x16*  Not Supported  (928 BT rev E-G only)  1600x1200x8*    Not Supported   * new resolution There are four sets of driver disk. Each support certain chipset as follows: - 864 chipset with AT&T 498, AT&T 499, and SDAC RAMDAC - 964 chipset with Brooktree 9485 RAMDAC - 928 chipset with Brooktree 485/485A RAMDAC - 801, 805, 928 and 928 PCI chipset with AT&T 491 RAMDAC, 805 and 805i chipset with GenDAC I or II RAMDAC, and 805i chipset with SDAC RAMDAC 2. The following resolutions are supported: Mode Resolution Memory Required 801/805/928 ATT 805i 928 BT (A-D) 928 BT (E-G) 864 964  101 640x480x8 1M        103 800x600x8 1M        105 1024x768x8 1M        107 1280x1024x8 2M        207 1152x864x8  2M *   N/S     120 1600x1200x8  4M * N/S N/S N/S N/S    111 640x480x16 1M        114 800x600x16  2M *   N/S     116 1024x768x16 2M        11a 1280x1024x16  4M * N/S N/S N/S  N/S   112 640x480x24 1M  N/S N/S N/S N/S N/S   Notes: ATT - with AT&T 491 DAC BT - with BrookTree 9485 DAC (A-D) - 928 revision A-D chipset (E-G) - 928 revision E-G chipset N/S - Not Supported (*) S3 BIOS supports 1152x864x8 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 2M of memory S3 BIOS supports 1600x1200x8 with 2M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory. S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1M, S3 OS/2 driver need 2M of memory. S3 BIOS supports 1280x1024x16 with 3M, S3 OS/2 driver needs 4M of memory. Driver Limitations: 1. Software Motion Video may require an aperture address setting on local bus systems. If video playback is distorted or displays in the wrong location, add the following line to the CONFIG.SYS file: SET VIDEO_APERTURE=XX where "XX" is the actual aperture address. Contact the system manufacturer for the address. DOS Sessions and Applications 1. With the program VPIC6 under FS DOS, GIFs cannot be viewed in the 1280x1024 resolution. OS/2 Full Screen Sessions and Applications 1. Context switching from Win-OS/2 full screen to OS/2 full screen may produce a distorted text in OS/2 full screen --Vision964 ONLY. Seamless Windows Applications 1. Switching back and forth between Word and Excel may cause a General Protection Fault in Word or Excel. Page PAGE2 of 3 Readmes3.doc 5/23/94 /2 `bcvx_b9<KLqrtz $%+-[]    )*,-/0235689STVWYZ\]  Y]_`bc "#=>@ACDFGIJLM|}  # " 1 3 R R`xz_bovƼb"l3df ' "l3df ' 0 0  (*9<Kdftwz02^` -[]ceqyʿʿʿʿzzzzzzzzzzzz0"l3df '  "l3df ' 0  %),/258;=BOSVY\_eeeAlo d4 (m =# Alo d4 (m =# '_beglx"%',9=@CFILOQVdmrw|Alo d4 (m =# B & J b d  S  # 3 R ﭥyssjjjsjsjjjd^^0  /p@   Alo d4 (m =#  $ BF K hh xt t  + t - /5] _ ETimes New Roman Symbol&Arial PalatinoCG Times (WN) 5!"hiiZ #S3, Inc.S3, Inc.