Trident OS/2 Display Drivers

    Trident OS/2  Display Drivers

     January 1997

This Trident OS/2 Display  Drivers utility supports the following  color 

monitor resolutions with OS/2.  The required memory is shown in parentheses. 

640x480x256   

800x600x256

1024x768x256

1280x1024x256  (2M)

640x480x65K

800x600x65K

1024x768x65K   (2M)

640x480x16.7M               

800x600x16.7M  (2M)

This utility includes Trident OS/2 Display Drivers installation

and Trident OS/2 Display Drivers setting.

    A.  Installation Procedure from command prompt

1.  Insert the Trident OS/2 Display Driver diskette in diskette drive A: or diskette drive B:

2.  Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 Windows session under "Command Prompt" of the System folder.

3.  Switch the current drive to the diskette driver where the Trident OS/2  Display Driver diskette was inserted.

4.  At the drive prompt, Type the command: "Install".

    B.  Installation procedure  from the OS/2 Desktop:

1.  Insert the Trident OS/2 Display Driver diskette in diskette 

    drive A: or diskette drive B:

2.  Open the OS/2 System folder, double-click on the Drives object,

    and then double-click on drive A. 

3.  When the drive A folder opens, double-click on INSTALL.EXE. 

4.  You can also click on the floppy drive object from Launch Pad, and 

    then double-click on INSTALL.EXE.

    C.  Available Trident Display Driver Setting pages

    The first page of the Trident Display Drivers Setting window is 

    labeled Screen Resolution selection page. 

   . Select the resolution and color depth.

   . Enable/Disable virtual screen

    The second page is Monitor Model selection page. 

   . Click on Monitor tab to go to this page.

   . Point to and click on the down arrow button to show a list of

     monitor models.

   . Select the monitor model. If you cannot find your monitor's

     model, select "Default".

    The third page is Refresh Rate selection page.

   . Click on Refresh tab to go to this page.

   . The refresh rates displayed are those supported at each resolution 

     by the monitor specified in the Monitor Model selection page.

   . You can change the refresh rates by clicking on down arrow button 

     and then clicking on the desired refreshrate.

    After the selections, click on the "SET" button to complete

      the installation.

    Reboot OS/2 to have this installation take effect.

    D.  Display Drivers Setting Procedure

    I. Double-click on the Trident folder, and then double-click

       Display Setting object.

    II. To change resolution and/or color depth

     . Click Screen tab.

     . Select the resolution and color depth.

     . Click Set button.

    III. To change refresh rate

     . Click Refresh tab.

     . Point to and click down arrow button.

     . Select the refresh rate.

     . Click Set button to take effect.

     . If you don't want the selected refresh rate, click Undo

       button or press 'U' key to return to previous refresh rate.

Setting up the ProVidia 9685 card with your television on OS/2 Warp Operating 

 System

This current version of Trident OS/2 Display Driver for ProVidia 9685 does not 

have an software utility that allows switching between CRT color monitor and 

television display.  

Setting up the ProVidia 9685 card to display to a NTSC or PAL television maybe 

possible by following these steps: 

1.  Have your ProVidia 9685 card connected to a CRT color monitor and 

    follow steps A through D above.

2.  Your color monitor will be the default display device if only the 15-pin 

    VGA connector of the monitor is connected to the VGA output connector of 

    the ProVidia 9685 adapter card or if both the TV-output connector and 

    the 15-pin VGA connector of the monitor are connected to the ProVidia 

    9685 adapter card.

3.  On NTSC televisions, only 640x480x256 mode is  supported by this version.  

    On PAL televisions, only 640x480x256 and 800x600x256 modes are supported 

    by this version.  Special features such as overscan, interlaced, flicker 

    reduction, screen shifts are not supported in this version.   A supported 

    mode must be selected before ProVidia 9685 card can display to a NTSC or 

    PAL television.

4.  Make sure that jumper JP14 on your ProVidia 9685 card is not installed 

    (open position) so that your television will be the default display 

    device if a S-Video TV-Output connector or a Composite (RCA) TV-output 

    connector is connected to your television.  Do not connect the 15-pin 

    VGA connector if display to a NTSC or PAL television is desired.

5.  Turn on your computer and your television.

   Note:

   If you decide to change your hardware system configuration, such

   as upgrading video memory or system memory, you should

   . Change resolution to 640x480x16(VGA).

   . Change hardware configuration.

   . Reinstall Trident OS/2 Display Drivers.

   You can add or delete monitor models by modifying TMONITOR.INF

   file in this utility diskette.

   The format of each line in this file is:

   . The monitor model and company name inside two double quote marks.

   . Four recommended refresh rates data for 640x480, 800x600,

     1024x768, 1280x1024 resolutions.

   . Four maximum supported refresh rates data for 640x480, 800x600,

     1024x768, 1280x1024 resolutions. If some resolutions 

     are not supported, put "0" in it.

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