======================================================================= Stealth Video README.TXT ======================================================================= Release Notes ------------- This is v2.15 of the Stealth Video Windows v3.1 Driver disk. Windows Installation Notes -------------------------- Use the INSTALL program to install the Windows 3.1 drivers from DOS or from the Windows Program Manager. * Suggestion: If you are upgrading from a previous version of the Diamond InControl Tools, you should install from DOS, not from within Windows. This will bypass errors regarding any files that may be in use and cause the installation to fail. * Suggestion: When running the Windows install, use MS VGA to eliminate any OEM files that could create a conflict. * When running a windows install, if the install says "file in use, abort/continue" and the file in question is a font (*.FON) file, continue the install. * If strange errors occur and text is missing from dialogs, check for .VBX files in your \WINDOWS directory. .VBX files should only reside in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM sub-directory. Once the driver launches Windows, you will be placed in 640x480 256-color mode and prompted to select your monitor type. Select the brand monitor you have, compatible type, or use the Custom Monitor Timings to create your own configuration and custom screen centering. * Icon fonts are controlled by InControl Tools. When changing modes back to VGA or a non-Diamond driver, these settings still remain. To change back to default icon font, search the WIN.INI file for the IconTypeFace, IconTypeStyle, and IconTypeSize lines. Place a semicolon (;) in front of these lines or remove the lines entirely. * Only resolutions that have been selected as supported in the Display module will be available in the Viewport choices. If your monitor can display a resolution provided by the card, go to Display and select a monitor that offers that mode and refresh, or select Custom Monitor Timings and Add the mode. * If Windows only displays a single alphabetic character for the icon font, select a different font from the list of InControl Tools. Windows may not support the font type/size requested in the resolution and resource size displayed. * If you had screen savers loaded previously, and they seem not to load on startup any longer, see the message at the top regarding backing up important files and the limitation down below of LOAD= line being replaced and not appended. This is a limitation of the Windows 3.xx SETUP program. This does not occur with the Diamond install. Trouble Shooting Suggestions ---------------------------- All of the options listed below are to be added into a section called [STLTH64.DRV]. This section is not created during the installation of the Diamond drivers and InControl Tools. You must manually add this section. It should be added to the end of the SYSTEM.INI. * If you are experiencing random lock-ups in Windows you can add the following line to the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This type of lock-up may occur with applications that interrogate the systems memory searching for virill. LEAVEMMIODISABLED=1 -- This is set to 0 by default. * If you are encountering some lock-ups during heavy DMA transfers or your motherboard supports bus time-outs then you may try setting the following option in the [STLTH64.DRV] section of your SYSTEM.INI BUSYCHECK=ON -- This is set to OFF by default. * If you are using Lenny Music Tunes, Microsoft Art Gallery, Small Blue Planet, Ocean Below, Vampire's Coffin, D-Day, all of the Brightstart education CD's, and other similar applications, you will want to add the following line to the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This will correct the corrupted screens you may experience during animation sequences. DEVICEBITMAPS=1 -- This is set to 0 by default. With the fix enabled you may possibly experience compatibility issues with other programs; one confirmed problem is with Adobe Illustrator v4.01. * IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a problem with the way bitmaps are treated by the application. This is not a deficiency in the driver. We have provided a means to correct this issue, until the software vendor rectifies the problem. All Edutainment vendors have been made aware of the problem and are currently taking steps to correct the bitmap issue. * Important Note for VLB Card users. If you are experiencing problems entering Windows v3.1, in 640x480x8bpp, or greater you can relocate the Linear Address of the Stealth 64 Series. Add the following line into the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. MEMADDR=xxxx -- This is set to 7C00 by default. Where xxxx can be only ONE of the following options: 8000 0100 0200 0400 Windows 3.1 ----------- 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+* 1152x864 256 65,536 16,777,216+* 1280x1024 256 65,536+* 16,777,216+*& 1600x1200 256+ 65,536+* + Stealth 64 Video VRAM only. * 4 Megabytes of on-board memory required. & This is a 24-bit Mode, not a 32-bit mode. Problems Addressed ------------------ 800x600 32-bit | Corel Draw 5.0 | Display | Full-screen Preview | sometimes the Corel Draw Application, menu bars, toolbox, etc. will bleed through and show up in the preview. Open Corel | SHIFT+F8 | draw a box | Text | Character... | set the size up to 16 pt or above | OK | type about 6 sentences | repeat this about 4 or 5 times | save this | then GPF occurs in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:73A2 (8 bpp), 2:26FE (16 bpp), 2:F116 (32 bpp). 8 bpp | open HEARTS game from Games folder | when moving the cards, shadow are left behind. 8 bpp | Treasure Galaxy | open TG | click on the Galaxy book | GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:55CD. 8 bpp | Corel 5 | Rectangle Tool | draw a small box about .5 " sq | click on Zoom Tool | select Zoom to Selected icon | click & hold down on Artistic Text Tool | select Paragraph Text Tool | then click outside of the box | GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:679E. All modes | WinFax 4.0 | When faxing a document contains clipart such as *.WMF from MS Word 6.0 or WordPerfect, the clipart does not get fax. Sometime only show the outline but not the content inside. All modes | Illustrator 4.0x | Open AI | FILE | Place Art | open any PCX file | VIEW | Preview Illustration | click on the hand tool button | drag the bitmap and move around | release the mouse button | get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:4097, 2:1519, and 2:CB35. 8 & 16 bpp | MS Publisher 2.0 | Open Publisher | select "Use A Template" | choose "MENU1.PUB" template | OK | FILE | SAVE. Get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:B250 (8-bit), 2:67EC (16-bit). All modes | CorelDraw 5.0 | Open Corel Show | FILE | OPEN | \samples\sample.shw | click on the Run Screen Show button | get horizontal lines on the sample screen. All modes | Illustrator 4.0x | Open AI | FILE | OPEN \AI4\TUTORIAL\ARTFIRE.AI | VIEW | PREVIEW ILLUSTRATION | FILE | Save As Color Preview (EPS) | get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:444B (8 bpp), 2:F8B9 (16 bpp), and 2:CB35 (32 bpp). 8 bpp | Corel Draw 5.0 | draw a square about 1x1 " sq | click on Zoom Tool | select Zoom to Selected | click on Artistic Text Tool | select Paragraph Text Tool | click once in the work space but outside the box area | get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:679E. All modes | Illustration 4.0x | open AI | FILE | OPEN \AI4\TUTORIAL\PLUM.AI | VIEW | PREVIEW ILLUSTRATION | click on the magnifying glass and zoom in on the image | get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:444B (8 bpp), 2:F8B9 (16 bpp), and 2:E93D (32 bpp). 8 bpp | PowerPoint 4.0 | Blank Presentation | OK | Text & Clip Art layout | OK | double click to add clip art | choose Animals category | select the PINK PIG | click on the Note Pages View button @ the bottom left corner | get a distorted background. All modes | FoxPro 2.x | Command window, type create test | Table Structure, type name | OK | Yes | input some name |CTRL+W | Command window, type create report test | click on ab button | type name | OK | CTRL+I | get black screen. All modes | Open WinFax 4.0 | click on Cover Page button | select any cover page file | File | Print | Options | Enabled "Preview/Annotate" | Send | the top 1/4 of the cover page is missing. All modes | Install Adobe Type Manager (any version) | Open MS Word 6.0 | change the font to one of the ATM font (ex. STENCIL-WP) | type some text | highlight the those texts and change the font size to 14 pt. | text is disappear with a black highlight. All modes | Install ATM (any version) | Open MS Word 6.0 | change the font to one of the ATM font (ex. STENCIL-WP) | type some text | use scroll bar and scroll down to the bottom of the page | scroll back up again | whole line where has text turns black. All modes | Open PaintBrush | select draw circle | draw about 4 or 5 circle | the 4th or the 5th circle will smear out all over the screen. All modes | HP LaserJet 4L | Open CorelDraw or PageMaker | open a document | FILE | PRINT SETUP | turn on "Print True Type as Graphics" | then print | get GPF in DCSLDR.DRV @ 2:D375 (8 bpp), 2:8679 (16 bpp), and 2:5091 (32 bpp). The following items require a SYSTEM.INI switch be changed: ----------------------------------------------------------- 1024x768x8/16/32bpp, D-Day select Media Tour Menu and by Theme | select Army topics and choose "Artillery : Allied AntiTank Weapons" | No video displayed (or fragmented video displayed) All resolutions All Color depths, The Vampires's Coffin, At the intro screen, the screen will fade in and out very very slowly. PROJECTR caused a GPF in module GDI.EXE @ 0001:0F6A All resolutions, 8bpp, Lenny's Music Toons, Horizontal line appears and picture is corrupt. All resolutions, 8bpp, MS Art Gallery, picture appears corrupt. Known Restrictions: ------------------- Video playback - if you encounter pixelized video, disable video acceleration or switch to a lower refresh rate. Note, this is a chipset limitation. If you have a Sound card installed in your PC, you will need to disable the Internal Mix Manager for Incontrol Tools. This is done throught the Audio button, a check box in the lower left corner marked "Disable Mixer" will enable/disable the mixer. DCI has limitations in it's abilities to maintain the pallete in 8bpp modes. This problem will exist in Microsoft's Encarta `95, and Comptons Encyclopdia. Dinosaur Safari from Creative Media. This product does not operate properly under Windows, the vendor can be contacted at 503-241-1530. You cannot center any modes under "User Defined..." until you restart Windows. 800x600x32bpp, 1024x768x32bpp, Small Blue Planet, "Runtime Error : Stack Overflow" when the application is loaded. NOTE: This will occur with ALL 32bpp drivers. All resolutions, 16/24bpp, Paintbrush, Print to HP LaserJet 4 | Prints nothing. Run Landmark Speed - it will drop you to a dos prompt. This is a limitation of the application, if you run a DX2/66 in non-turbo mode, the program will work fine, in turbo mode the system hangs, this is a issue with the application itself, not the driver. Some monitors which do not support DPMS will start scrolling until entering into Sleep mode. 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