Trident OS/2 2.1 Display Driver (version 2.0.5) Chinese Version May 1994 Thank you for using Trident display adapter. Currently, Trident display drivers support the following resolutions with OS/2 2.1: 640x480x16 (standard VGA) 640x480x256 800x600x256 1024x768x256 Disk Contents: README.DOC -- This File INSTALL.BAT -- Installation TRIDENT.BAT INSTALL.CMD TR480A.dsp -- DSP File for OS/2 2.1 TR480AC.dsp TR480B.dsp TR480BC.dsp TR600B.dsp TR600BC.dsp TR768B.dsp TR768BC.dsp PSTRID.DSC SCREEN01.SYS -- Service functions SVGA.EXE -- Generate PMI File BVHSVGA.DL_ -- BVHSVGA VSVGA.SYS -- VDD Warning: This driver is only for Final Official Release of OS/2 2.1 or OS/2 2.1 for window. It will not work with any BETA version of OS/2 2.1 WHO NEEDS THESE DRIVERS IBM has done a great job to support all major super VGA cards in OS/2 2.1. But when they wrote the code, some of Trident chips were still under development. OS/2 2.1 is guarantteed to work with TVGA8900B, TVGA8900C and TVGA9000, but might have trouble to work with newer chips, such as TVGA8900CL/CXR/CXI/DGI/AGI, etc. If you happen to use the newer Trident chip, you need drivers in this diskette. If you use TVGA8900B/C or TVGA9000 and meet trouble, you may try these drivers also, because they are newer and fixes some potential problems. PREREQUIRMENT: We strongly recommend you installing boot manager onto the hard disk so that you can boot OS/2 and DOS. In case you make a big mistake in OS/2, you will have good chance to correct it by booting from DOS and manually modify configuration files. Before you install Trident OS/2 display drivers, make sure that the OS/2 is installed properly for generic VGA. To make OS/2 work in standard VGA mode, you need to tell OS/2 that the adapter is a VGA (Video Graphics Array) rather than Trident super VGA. The reason is: OS/2 2.1 knows how to recognize Trident chip. When it finds out a Trident card is installed, it will assume the board is a TVGA8900B/C or TVGA9000 board, and use the corresponding special parameters to drive the card. Sometimes, that will set the new chip into an incorrect status. When you install the driver first time, be sure to make ORIGINAL OS/2 2.1 display driver diskettes handy, since most of the files needed to install Trident super VGA drivers are there. INSTALLATION Since the drivers are too big to fit into one floppy, we need to copy all necessary files into a hard disk. Using hard disk will let you change resolutions easily. If you do not want to change resolution after the installation. you can simple delete the whole directory after you selected the right driver. You can save about 1.5M bytes hard disk space by deleting the whole directory. The installation procedure only works under DOS. It can be a full screen DOS session under OS/2 or a true DOS by booting from DOS partition. It is better to do this installation under a full screen DOS session of OS/2, especially for OS/2 2.11 or later OS/2 version. To copy drivers into hard disk, at "A:\>" prompt, run the following command: INSTALL boot_drv: [dsp_drv:\dsp_path] [dst_drv:\dst_path] Where: boot_drv OS/2 boot drive. Must be given. dsp_drv,dsp_path Drive and path where the original OS/2 display drivers is located. It is an optional parametr. The default is A:. If dst_drv is A, B, or CD ROM don't give dsp_path. dst_drv,dst_path The destination drive and path where Trident display driver is copied to. An optional paramrter. The default is OS2_drive:\TROS2DRV. If this parameter is given, dsp_drv:\dsp_path must be specified. Examples: INSTALL C: The OS/2 is installed on C: drive. The original OS/2 display driver will be in A:. Trident OS/2 drivers will be copied into C:\TROS2DRV. INSTALL D: D:\DISP The OS/2 is installed on D: drive. The original OS/2 display driver is in D:\DISP, i.e., the content of disp_1 and disp_2 disks have been copied to D:\DISP. Trident OS/2 drivers will be copied into D:\TROS2DRV. INSTALL C: A: C:\MYDRV The OS/2 is installed on C: drive. The original OS/2 display driver will be in A:. Trident OS/2 drivers will be copied into C:\MYDRV. INSTALL D: G: D:\MYDRV The OS/2 is installed on D: drive. The original OS/2 display driver will be in G: (CD ROM). Trident OS/2 drivers will be copied into D:\MYDRV. After installation, the following files will be in \TROS2DRV: DSPRES.DL_ TR480A.DSP IBMVGA32.DL_ TR480AC.DSP VGA TR480B.DSP WINVGA TR480BC.DSP WINXGA TR600B.DSP SV480256.DL_ TR600BC.DSP SV600256.DL_ TR768B.DSP SV768256.DL_ TR768BCSP WSPDBF.DR_ BVHSVGA.DL_ WSPDSBF.DR_ WSPDSF.DR_ WSPDSSF.DR_ SVGA.EXE is copied to \OS2; SCREEN01.SYS is copied to \os2; VSVGA.SYS is copied to \OS2\MDOS; PSTRID.DSC is copied to \OS2\INSTALL A new SVGADATA.PMI file will be generated in \OS2. SET RESOLUTION You need to run DSPINSTL (display installation) to select color and resolution you want. During DSPINSTL, choose "Trident" as primary display. When asked to assign where the driver is, set "Source Directory" to D:\TROS2DRV or where you copy the drivers to. Copyright Trident Microsystem, 1993, all rights reserved.