======================================================================= Viper SE/PRO README.TXT ======================================================================= Release Notes ------------- This is v1.05 of the Viper SE Install/Utilities/Drivers disk set. Windows Installation Notes -------------------------- 1. Install Windows 3.1 display driver to VGA. 2. Run Windows. 3. Insert Viper PRO Windows 3.1 Driver Disk into your floppy drive. 4. From the program Manager Choose File | Run. 5. From the Run menu type: A:INST. This will run the Viper PRO Installation. 6. From the installation menu you must click the install button before you can choose your resolution, font size, monitor type, color depth and cursor size 7. After the files have been copied to your hard disk you will have all of the options in the Viper PRO Installation available to you. 8. Now you can choose you resolution, font size, monitor, color depth, and cursor size. 9. Press OK for new changes to take effect. 10. Press YES to restart Windows. If you wish to change your resolution at another time you can run the Viper PRO Configuration icon in the program group Diamond Viper PRO. To update Viper SE/PRO Windows 3.1 Drivers: 1. Run Windows 3.1 Setup and select VGA display driver. 2. Run Viper PRO Configuration utility. 3. Press REMOVE to remove Viper PRO Windows Drivers from hard drive. 4. Follow steps 3-10 above. * For monitor centering option, install VPROMODE.EXE from Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers"(see DOS Utilities Installation). The following Windows 3.1 drivers are included: Resolution Colors Displayed 640x480 256 65,536 16,777,216 800x600 256 65,536 16,777,216 1024x768 256 65,536 16,777,216* 1280x1024 256 65,536* 16,777,216* 1600x1200 256** 65,536* *4 Megabytes of onboard memory required and 170Mhz RAMDAC. ** 2 Megabytes of onboard memory required and 170Mhz RAMDAC. Known Limitations ----------------- DOSSHELL in graphics modes do not function properly. * Special Note for VL-BUS users: -------------------------------- Default Memory Base Address for Windows 3.1 is 80000000. Some motherboards do not support this address. Windows will be blank screen or lock-up. 1. Run Windows 3.1 SETUP. 2. Select VGA for display driver. 3. Run Windows. 4. Run Viper PRO Configuration Utility. 5. Select "Mem Addr" menu. 6. Select different Memory Base Address. 7. Memory Base Addresses available: 20000000 40000000 60000000 80000000 90000000 A0000000 B0000000 C0000000 D0000000 AutoCAD 12 Installation Notes ----------------------------------- (DL-Xpress for Weitek Corp v3.0.5 by Vibrant Graphics). 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO from DOS prompt. 3. Select ACAD menu. 4. Select ACAD R12. 5. GO will install the drivers into C:\ACAD. 4. It will prompt for location of ACADR12.BAT. 5. GO will add environment variables into ACADR12.BAT. SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD\DRV SET RDPADI=C:\ACAD\DRV SET VIBCFG=C:\ACAD\DRV To configure AutoCAD R12: 1. Change to the root directory of your hard disk. 2. Run ACADR12 -r. 3. Select 3 to Configure Video Display. 4. Select DL-Xpress for Weitek Corp v3.0.2 by Vibrant Graphics from the available video displays. 5. DL-Xpress Display Screen Configuration menu will be displayed. 6. Press YES to change video selection. 7. Select desired resolution/colors. 8. Select Single or Dual screen. 9. Test mode. 10. Select Yes or No for Custom Configuration. 11. Press NO to change video selection to return to ACAD. * If you do not have DL-Xpress as a listed option then you may not have your AutoCAD enviroment variables set properly or you are out of environment space. Please refer to your AutoCAD manual for troubleshooting techniques. * Your refresh mode is set by using VPROMODE. If you have not already done so please run the DOS program C:\VIPERPRO\VPROMODE and configure your monitor properly. DOS Utilities Installation Notes -------------------------------- 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO at the DOS prompt. 3. Select source drive. 4. VPROMODE.EXE will be copied to C:\VIPERPRO. 5. VPROMODE.EXE will be executed to configure Viper SE/PRO. 6. Press to save the configurations into P9X00RES.DAT. 7. Specify Windows 3.1 directory. Default=C:\WINDOWS Utilities --------- VPROMODE.EXE is a command line and menu driven mode and monitor setting utility. Use VPROMODE.EXE to configure the Viper PRO for your particular monitor, select a text display mode, and to run Viper PRO diagnostics. VPROMODE saves monitor timing information to the P9X00RES.DAT file. To center your monitor: 1. Change directory to C:\VIPERPRO. 2. Run VPROMODE at the DOS prompt. 3. Select Monitor in the menu. 4. Scroll down to CUSTOM. 5. Select mode and center the screen. 6. After centering, press twice. 7. Press to save new configuration. VPROPM.EXE is a DOS Display Power Managment driver. Please refer to VPROPM.DOC for additional information and instalation information. DPMS.EXE is the Windows Display Power Managment driver. *Please refer to the VPROPM.DOC for installation information. Known Limitations ----------------- DPMS does not support all Protected mode programs. These include programs such as AutoCad, Microstation, and games such as Links 386, Doom, etc. AutoCAD R10/386 and R11 Installation Notes ------------------------------------------ (DL-Xpress for Weitek Corp v3.0.5 by Vibrant Graphics). 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO from DOS prompt. 3. Select CAD menu. 4. Select ACAD R10/386 and R11. 5. GO will install the drivers into C:\ACAD. 6. It will create VPROACAD.BAT with following environment variables: SET DSPADI=C:\ACAD\RCDLX152.EXP SET VIBCFG=C:\ACAD\DL152305.CFG 7. AUTOEXEC.BAT will be updated. To configure AutoCAD R10/386 and R11: 1. Run ACAD. 2. Select 5 for "Configure AutoCAD." 3. Select 3 for "Configure video display." 4. Select "ADI P386 v4.0/4.1 display." 5. Select Yes to Change video selections. 6. Select mode desired. 7. Setup custom configuration. 8. Run ACAD as normal. AutoShade w/Renderman 2.0 ------------------------- 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO from DOS prompt. 3. Select CAD menu. 4. Select AutoShade w/Renderman 2.0. 5. GO will install the drivers into C:\SHADE2. 6. It will create VPRSHADE.BAT with following environment variables: SET RCPADI=C:\SHADE2\RCDLX152.EXP SET RDPADI=C:\SHADE2\RCDLX152.EXP SET VIBCFG=C:\SHADE2\DL152305.CFG 7. AUTOEXEC.BAT will be updated. To configure AutoShade w/Renderman 2.0: 1. Run SHADE -r. 2. Select pointing device. 3. Select display device. 4. Selct PADI 386 display driver. 5. Select Yes to Change video selections. 6. Select mode desired. 7. Setup custom configuration. 8. Run AutoShade in graphics mode. 3D Studio version 2.0 --------------------- 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO from DOS prompt. 3. Select CAD menu. 4. Select 3D Studio v2.0. 5. GO will install the drivers into C:\3DS2. 6. It will create VPR3DS2.BAT with following environment variables: RCPADI=C:\3DS2\RCDLX152.EXP RDPADI=C:\3DS2\RCDLX152.EXP VIBCFG=C:\3DS2\DL152305.CFG 7. GO will modify 3DS.SET file to remove semicolons from following lines to configure 3D Studio 2.0. RENDER-DISPLAY = RCPADI MAIN-DISPLAY = RCPADI MATERIAL-DISPLAY = RCPADI 8. AUTOEXEC.BAT will be updated. Known Limitations ----------------- APATCH.EXE and APATCH.DOC are copied when GO installs CAD drivers. AutoPatch repairs some problems with protected mode drivers with the AutoCAD Releases 10 and 11, as well as 3D Studio version 2.0. Please refer to APATCH.DOC. Microstation 4.0 ---------------- (Weitek Microstation 4.0 v2.3.3 by Vibrant Graphics). 1. Insert Disk 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD drivers" into your floppy drive. 2. Run GO from DOS prompt. 3. Select CAD menu. 4. Select Microstation 4.0. 5. GO will install the drivers into C:\USTATION. 6. GO wil create VPROUSTA.BAT with following environment variables: SET WTKCFG=C:\USTATION\DRIVERS\WTKCFG.DAT 7. AUTOEXEC.BAT will be updated. To configure Microstation 4.0: 1. Run USCONFIG. 2. Select to configure for DOS version. 3. Select Display Adapters to modify Microstation Configuration. 4. Select Weitek Microstation 4.0. 5. Select Weitek Power 9100 for Card Selection. 6. Select desired resolution/mode. 7. Configure other screen options. 8. SAVE configuration. 9. Configure other Microstation 4.0 options. 10. EXIT and SAVE. 11. Run USTATION. Viper SE/PRO VGA BIOS --------------------- VESA VBE function 07h(Set/Get Display Start) is not supported at this time. Some applications which supports double buffering or page flipping will not work properly. (i.e. Flight Simulator 5.0) Windows NT ---------- This document is provided to aid the user in installing the VIPER SE Windows NT drivers (rev. 00.00.05 - 06/24/94) Files supplied for use with NT: DISK1 OEMSETUP.INF P9100.DLL P9100.SYS P9100RES.DAT P91INST.EXE Windows NT Installation: 1. Double click on the Windows NT setup icon (found in the MAIN group) to install the Standard VGA driver. NOTE: If you already installed the VIPER SE and you were previously using a high resolution driver, you may need to install your previous video card to get back to VGA. This may be the case if Windows NT does not load, and displays a blank or garbaged screen. 2. Once you have Windows NT running in Standard VGA, with the VIPER SE installed, double click on the Windows NT setup icon (found in the MAIN group). 3. From the OPTIONS menu, select CHANGE SYSTEM SETTINGS. 5. Click on the down arrow to the right of the Display: line. 6. Scroll to the bottom of the Windows NT driver list, and select Other (Requires a disk from a hardware manufacturer) 7. Place the VIPER SE Windows NT disk in a floppy drive, and type in the proper drive path. (e.g. A:\ or B:\) Click OK. NOTE: Take into consideration the amount of memory on your VIPER SE. Some of the modes supplied are NOT supported if the card has only 2MB of video memory. 8bpp/256 col 16bpp/65k col 24bpp/32bpp/16.7M col 640x480 2/4MB 2/4MB 2/4MB 800x600 2/4MB 2/4MB 2/4MB 1024x768 2/4MB 2/4MB 4MB ONLY 1280x1024 2/4MB 4MB ONLY 4MB ONLY *1600x1200 2/4MB 4MB ONLY * - IBM DAC ONLY 8. Select the resolution and color depth of your choice. Be sure to select a resolution and refresh rate that your monitor is capable of supporting. 9. Click OK to accept driver. 10. Be sure that the driver is listed on Display: line and Click CLOSE to have Windows NT accept the changes. 11. Click NEW to install the new VIPER SE driver. 12. Place the VIPER SE Windows NT disk in a floppy drive, and type in the proper drive path. (e.g. A:\ or B:\) Click OK. 13. Files will then be copied from the diskette to the Windows NT system. 14. Select a compatible monitor from the list provided. If your monitor does not appear, please select GENERIC. Click OK to accept. 15. From the OPTIONS menu, select EXIT. You must restart Windows NT for the changes to take affect. If after you have installed the driver using the above instructions, and Windows NT comes up in Standard VGA when restarted, it could be that you selected a mode that your VIPER SE cannot support because it is a 2MB card, has the Bt DAC, or the refresh rate is to high for your monitor. Please double check to insure that your system can run the desired resolution. If problems persist, you may contact Diamond Technical Support. Known Limitations ----------------- In all 24 Bpp and 32 Bpp modes, an application error will occur in Paintbrush. * Special Note for VL-BUS users: -------------------------------- Default Memory Base Address for Windows NT is 80000000. Some motherboards do not support this address. Windows NT will be blank screen or lock-up. 1. Restore Windows NT to VGA driver. 2. Reboot Windows NT. 3. Select Last Known Good to VGA. 4. Edit P9100RES.DAT file on DISK 1 "Installation/Utilities & AutoCAD driver." 5. Modify MemAddr = 8000 to different Memory Base Address. 6. Memory Base Addresses available: 20000000 40000000 60000000 80000000 90000000 A0000000 B0000000 C0000000 D0000000 7. SAVE and EXIT P9100RES.DAT file. 8. Follow Windows NT Installation. 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