Release Notes for OS/2 2.1x, 3.0 Display Drivers Drivers for ImageAccel Release 1.03 * * * Welcome to Cornerstone's ImageAccel family of high resolution Display Controllers which will transform your computer into a high performance OS/2 2.1 workstation with document imaging capability. These Release Notes contain the following sections: 1. ImageAccel Control Panel for PMShell 2. System Hardware and Software Compatibility 3. New Features with this Software Release 4. Problems Fixed with this Software Release (includes Patches that fix Problems in the 1.02 GA) 5. Known Problems with the OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel 6. Known Problems with OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.1 Applications 7. Known Problems with ImageAccel Hardware 8. Hardware Installation 9. Microchannel Configuration 10. IBM Model 77 Microchannel Configuration 11. Installing OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel 12. Installing OS/2 3.0 Personal WARP with ImageAccel 13. Installation of ImageAccel Displays in a CID Environment 14. Tips and Troubleshooting NOTE: This release is a special build that adds support for 2 IBM displays. It contains the same display driver used in Release 1.02. See the instructions under Section 3. New Features with this Software Release to learn about these pre-release drivers and how to install them. * * * Section One - ImageAccel Control Panel for PMShell The ImageAccel Control provides you with flexibility in the ImageAccel high-resolution display through the selection of feature options that control things like Desktop and Viewport size, Zoom and Pan hotkeys, Cursor and Icon size, Power Save mode, and others. Use the options described below to customize your PMShell desktop with the ImageAccel Control Panel. In Release 1.00 and 1.01 of the ImageAccel display drivers, a mini- control panel was available for WIN-OS2. That mini control panel is deleted for Release 1.02 (and later), and all the Control Panel functions available for both WIN-OS2 and PMShell are integrated into the ImageAccel Control Panel for PMShell. NOTE: Some of the features provided by this new control panel are NOT available while a WIN-OS2 Seamless or a Command Window session has focus. After you install this release for the first time, the ImageAccel Control Panel will pop-up. On some notebook pages are the buttons Default and Undo. These buttons affect only the settings on each page. Selecting the Default button returns the values on that page back to the factory defaults. Selecting the Undo button returns your previous values for that page. Make your changes and shutdown and restart for the new settings to take affect. Note that you'll have to restart WIN-OS2 if it was running when you made control panel changes before they'll take affect. On subsequent restarts, the ImageAccel Control Panel will be found in the Minimized Icon Viewer (or minimized to desktop, if you set that option). Beginners may want to select the default settings for each page before closing the control panel. Note that not all changes require a shutdown and restart. In those cases, you will not be prompted to do so, and simply closing the control panel will make the changes take effect. NOTE: Selecting a logical DPI of 150 or higher may cause unusual affects in some applications due to limitations in those applications. The ImageAccel Control Panel works just like any other OS/2 notebook, except that it saves your changes each time you turn a page. Note however, that your changes may not go into affect until the shutdown and restart is completed. Information Notebook Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This page gets information from your installed ImageAccel hardware and software to aid in troubleshooting. The following information is displayed; Hardware: Model, Board Type, Resolution and Monitor Code. Display Driver: Version, Build Rev, Build Date NOTE: The display driver shown on this page for Release 1.03 actually shows 1.02 as the installed driver. On this notebook page, clicking the button marked README displays this IAREADME.TXT file in an editor window. Display Settings Notebook Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a special notebook page that has two category tabs located at the bottom left corner of the notebook (near the 'binder'). When you first click this tab, you'll be in the General category. This category provides settings to be used for all display environments - PMShell, WIN-OS2 and Seamless. The settings on this page are not individually configurable for these three display environments. General ------- Desktop Size: The Desktop Size option selects the virtual desktop size. For Color systems your choices are: ImageAccel 1600 ImageAccel 1600/76 ImageAccel 1280/76 1984 x 1024 1600 x 1280 1984 x 1024 1600 x 1200 1600 x 1280 1280 x 1024 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 Changing the Desktop Size option does not change the appearance of the display. Viewport Size: The Viewport Size option selects the resolution that is actually displayed on the monitor. For example, choosing 1280 x 1024 displays 1280 pixels horizontally and 1024 scan lines vertically. For color systems your choices are: ImageAccel 1600 ImageAccel 1600/76 ImageAccel 1280/76 1600 x 1200 1600 x 1280 1280 x 1024 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 NOTE: 1600 x 1200 resolution is only supported for 76 KHz displays and above. 1280 x 1024 resolution is only supported for 64 KHz displays and above. With a Viewport Size smaller than the Desktop Size, only a portion of the full Windows desktop will display. Dragging the mouse to the edge of the screen moves the viewport in that direction, and exposes the remainder of the desktop. Logical DPI: The Logical DPI option selects the logical dots per inch for use by OS/2 and OS/2 or Windows applications. ImageAccel gives you four options: 96 120 (default) 150 192 OS/2 and applications use the Logical DPI to determine the size of many elements such as rulers and scalable fonts. The larger the logical DPI, the larger the size of these elements. Every application uses the Logical DPI slightly differently, so, when you change the Logical DPI, some application elements may change size, and some may not. NOTE: A number of common commercially-available applications do not operate correctly at Logical DPI's above 120 due to defects in these applications. If problems occur, use the ImageAccel Control Panel to change the Logical DPI to 120 or below. Cursor/Icon Size: The Cursor/Icon Size option selects the size of system OS/2 and WIN-OS2 icons and cursors together (they are not individually selectable). The system cursor/icon size is not dependent on the Logical DPI. The choices are: Standard (default) Large WIN-OS2 ------- These settings apply to WIN-OS2 full-screen and WIN-OS2 Seamless environments only. Where indicated Full-Screen only, that feature is not available for Seamless WIN-OS2 or PMShell. Full-Screen and Seamless Windows System Font: Select from three choices; Standard (default) Large Extra-Large Full-Screen Windows only Cursor Color: Allows you to select the color of the Full-Screen WIN-OS2 cursor. This option allows you to select the color which is most comfortable or noticeable for you. The choices are; Black White Dark Red Light Red Dark Green Light Green Dark Yellow Light Yellow (default) Dark Blue Light Blue Dark Magenta Light Magenta Dark Cyan Light Cyan Dark Gray Light Gray NOTE: The WIN-OS2 seamless cursor color is white. The PMShell cursor color is black. These cursor colors are not changeable to any other color. This is an OS/2 limitation. Full-Screen Windows only ImageAccel Enhanced System Palette: This provides the enhanced ImageAccel palette including access to the 16 hardware gray shades needed for document imaging. This is the default setting. Full-Screen Windows only Compatible System Palette: Use this option for better palette compatibility when using photo editing applications like Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. This setting is not recommended for Document Imaging applications. Power Save Notebook Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enable the power save feature: Selecting this feature on supported displays will put the display system into power-save mode after the selected time has elapsed with no keyboard or mouse activity. This feature is grayed out if you're installed on a system that does not support it (Except for grayscale displays - look for Energy Star logo on back of display). The default setting is disabled. Zoom and Pan Notebook Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select Hot Keys: The ability to Zoom in on an image is important for any application that requires manipulation or analysis of highly detailed images. For example, signature verification on scanned document images, or detailed pixel editing for graphics applications benefit from zooming capabilities. ImageAccel's zoom features allow you to zoom in to any of the available zoom levels and back again with a single hot key. These hardware assisted zoom features work in combination with any software zooms provided by your application. The Select Hot Keys notebook page configures user-definable keys for ImageAccel's Zooming and Panning features. The default for each Hot Key is Disabled. Select the Enable option to activate each Hot Key. You may use the pre-defined keys, or choose to define your own key sequences. Zoom In: Each time you press the Zoom In Hot Key, the screen enlarges the image by one step. At each level the screen blanks then positions itself so that the cursor is approximately in the center of the zoomed display area. The table below shows the zooming resolutions available through the Zoom In Hot Key for Color displays; ImageAccel 1600 ImageAccel 1600/76 ImageAccel 1280/76 1600 x 1200 800 x 600 1600 x 1280 1280 x 1024 640 x 512 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768 640 x 512 1024 x 768 800 x 600 512 x 384 640 x 512 400 x 300 512 x 384 400 x 300 Zoom Out: Each time you press the Zoom Out Hot Key, the screen shrinks the image by one step. At each level the screen blanks then positions itself so that the cursor is approximately in the center of the display screen. The table above shows the zooming resolutions available through the Zoom In and Zoom Out Hot Keys. NOTE: You cannot zoom out to a resolution greater than the Desktop Size as declared on the ImageAccel Control Panel. Zoom Restore: Pressing the Zoom Restore Hot Key while in a zoomed mode restores the display to the selected viewport size as defined in the ImageAccel Control Panel. Pressing the Zoom Restore Hot Key again returns you to the previously viewed zoom level. Pan Lock: Pressing the Pan Lock Hot Key locks the Viewport at the current position on the Windows Desktop. When locked, moving the mouse to the edge of the screen does not move the Viewport. Pressing the Pan Lock Hot Key again unlocks the Viewport and allows panning around the Windows Desktop. NOTE: See Section 3 for more information on the ImageAccel Control Panel. * * * Section Two - System Hardware and Software Compatibility Hardware Compatibility: IBM PC/AT, Compaq 386, and 100% compatibles IBM PS/2 Models 70, 77, 80, 90, 95, and 100% compatibles IBM PS Valuepoint Models 63xx For information about the particular computer hardware or operating system that you are using, consult the documentation provided with your computer. Support for the following ImageAccel Display Adapters and Displays; Color Display Adapters ---------------------- xx1608C/12 xx1608C/11 xx1608C/10 (formerly xx168ci) xx168ci xx128ci Color Displays -------------- MULTI-FREQUENCY: FIXED FREQUENCY: Color 21/80 Color 21/75 Color 20/72 Color 20/70 Color 21 Color 21/76 Color 17 Color 19 DualPage 120 Color IBM 6091-16, 19, 21 New for Release 1.03 -------------------- IBM 9521/9527 (supported by the C/11 and C/12 only) NOTE: ImageAccel xc1608C/10 does not support these displays! Generic Settings: ----------------- The generic settings choices are renamed for this release. These choices now show the resolution by REFRESH rate of the display, instead of the horizontal scanning frequency. This is to make it easier for you to match the appropriate display timing for your non-Cornerstone display. NOTE: We also removed the Cornerstone DualPage 120 Color choice. For that display, please use the generic choice that reads; 'ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 64Hz'. New for Release 1.02 Was (Horizontal Scan Rate) ------------------------------- -------------------------- ImageAccel 1600x1280 at 76Hz New - 100.5 Khz ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 75Hz New - 93.75 Khz ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 72Hz New - 90.00 Khz ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 70Hz New - 97.00 Khz ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 66Hz Was 82 - 86.9 Khz. ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 64Hz Was 78.8 - 81.9 Khz. (Use this for DP120 Color) ImageAccel 1600x1200 at 64Hz Was 78.2 - 78.7 Khz. ImageAccel 1280x1024 at 64Hz Was 68 - 78.1 Khz. ImageAccel 1280x1024 at 60Hz Was 64 - 67.9 Khz. Grayscale Display Adapters -------------------------- xx161i xx164i xx202i MC1604G/10 PC1604G/10 Grayscale Displays ------------------ FIXED FREQUENCY: DualPage 120 DualPage (89Khz) DualPage 150 DualPage 24 Sigma-L-View, Princeton Graphics LM301 Moniterm Viking 92, 115 IBM 9504 Software Compatibility: OS/2 2.1 and all OS/2 2.1 applications, plus most Windows applications running under WIN-OS/2 (Full screen mode only). * NOTE: DO NOT USE THE NATIVE WINDOWS 3.1 DISPLAY DRIVERS WITH OS/2 2.1. DSPINSTL.EXE automatically installs and configures the PMShell, WIN-OS/2 and SEAMLESS drivers for both Color and Grayscale display systems - no other drivers are needed. * NOTE: IBM COMPUTERS with an XGA daughter card (like the IBM Model 77 with the Microchannel Bus) REQUIRE A SPECIAL VGA TERMINATOR ATTACHED TO THE XGA VIDEO PORT ON BOOT-TIME FOR OS/2 2.1 FULL SCREEN MODE. SEE SECTION 10 - IBM Model 77 Microchannel Configuration for more. Since ImageAccel supports VGA, you can use it with any software written to the VGA interface standard. * * * Section Three - New Features with this Software Release 1. Support for the IBM 9521 and IBM 9527 displays in included. Note that Energy Star mode for these displays is disabled for this release. These displays exhibit one known anomaly with the WIN-OS/2 session Screen Saver Flying Windows which may cause stray horizontal lines to appear on the screen. This problem has no impact on your system or any other applications, just hit a key or move mouse and choose another screen saver to prevent this problem from occurring. 2. This release includes better installation support for OS/2 3.0 WARP (full version with WIN-OS/2 included), and 'Split Installs' for OS/2 2.1x or 3.0. See WARP installation instructions in Section Twelve below. Split Installs: We built the install scripts using the WARP %WINPATH% variable to accomodate installations where WIN-OS/2 or DOS is not included, or when installing WIN-OS/2 onto a different logical drive from the OS/2 core. NOTE: The DSPINSTL.EXE used in this release is from the OS/2 2.11 DDK toolkit. 3. Several pre-release driver files are included that fix some bugs, but are not integrated into the installation process. See Section Four for more information. * * * Section Four - Problems Fixed with this Software Release The default installed drivers for this release are the same drivers installed with Release 1.02. Please see the 1.02 IAREADME.TXT file for a listing of the problems fixed in Release 1.02. For your convenience, we have included a set of pre-release drivers, but they are not automatically installed in 1.03. We have performed limited testing only on these pre-release drivers. Pre-Release Drivers included with this release ---------------------------------------------- There are several pre-release files on the 1.03 diskettes. These files are stored in OS/2's PACKED format; File Name Function Location ------------------------------------------------ CTIIAD32.NE@ PMShell Driver Disk 2 CTIIAV32.NE@ PMShell Driver Disk 2 IA .NE@ WIN-OS/2 Driver Disk 1 IA_SEAM .NE@ Seamless Driver Disk 1 When unpacked, these files are (see instructions below to unpack them); CTIIAD32.NEW 225,633 03-29-95 6:27p CTIIAV32.NEW 47,181 03-30-95 10:11a IA .NEW 362,576 02-22-95 4:17p IA_SEAM .NEW 333,584 02-22-95 3:53p Until then, you may choose to add these files to your installation (they are not installed automatically). These files are stored on Release 1.03 diskette 1, in packed format. These Files add the following features, and fix some bugs. Where needed, the files required for each fix are listed. 1. New Feature: Decaf. Minimal IBM Decaf support has been added. (CTIIAD32.NEW and CTIIAD32.NEW required) 2. Bug Fixed: (no number) - With some Dialog boxes, fonts may get chopped off (CTIIAD32.NEW and CTIIAD32.NEW required) 3. Bug Fixed: Bug 684 - GRABBMP.EXE creates corrupted image (CTIIAD32.NEW and CTIIAD32.NEW required) 4. Bug Fixed: Bug 625 - Thumbnail graphic is blank in Freelance Graphics (IA_SEAM.NEW, and IA.NEW required) 5. Bug Fixed: Bug 620 - Communication Manager Causes Access Violation in CTIAD32.DLL (CTIIAD32.NEW and CTIIAD32.NEW required). To install .NEW Pre-release driver files; ----------------------------------------- 1. First boot to the OS/2 Command Prompt (in Config.sys, make the entry PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE). 2. For the WIN-OS2 Seamless driver Pre-Releases type; a. Copy A:\IA_SEAM.NE@ C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM Copy A:\IA.NE@ C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM b. Type 'unpack IA_SEAM.NE@' Type 'unpack IA.NE@' This creates the unpacked files; IA_SEAM.NEW IA.NEW NOTE: UNPACK.EXE comes with OS/2 2.x or later. c. In the same directory, rename file; ren IA_SEAM.DRV IA_SEAM.102 ren IA.DRV IA.102 d. In the same directory, copy file; copy IA_SEAM.NEW IA_SEAM.DRV copy IA.NEW IA.DRV e. Type PMShell, and run Seamless Windows. 3. For PMShell Pre-release drivers type; a. Copy A:\CTIIAD32.NE@ C:\OS2\DLL Copy A:\CTIIAV32.NE@ C:\OS2\DLL b. Type 'unpack CTIIAD32.NE@' Type 'unpack CTIIAV32.NE@' This creates the unpacked files; CTIIAD32.NEW CTIIAV32.NEW c. In the same directory, rename file; ren CTIIAD32.DLL CTIIAD32.102 ren CTIIAV32.DLL CTIIAV32.102 d. In the same directory, copy file; copy CTIIAD32.NEW CTIIAD32.DLL copy CTIIAV32.NEW CTIIAV32.DLL e. Type PMShell. You may switch back to the 1.02 GA drivers version by reversing the process. * * * Section Five - Known Problems with the OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel We are working hard on fixes for these problems in a future release. 1 BUG625 Seamless - Thumbnail Graphic Is Blank In Freelance Graphics 2 BUG622 Seamless - Drawing lines in ScreenCam Movies Leaves Trash on the Screen 3 BUG621 Checkit Grid Test displays incorrectly in DOS full screen 4 BUG620 Communication Manager Causes Access Violation In CTIIADLL 5 BUG615 Printing Problems With Lotus Notes for OS/2 6 BUG614 Moving Dialog Box In Lotus Notes OS/2 Leaves Outline of Box's Right Side. 7 BUG612 IACONTROL PANEL'S Fonts Sometimes Gets Chopped 8 BUG611 IACONTROL PANEL'S Overscan Has No Effect Until System Is Rebooted. 9 BUG610 IA CONTROL PANEL'S Overscan Displays Horizontal Line In MC202 10 BUG605 Images In BUILDER/2 (IBM Ultimedia) Appear To Be In Wrong Colors 11 BUG600 System Font 16 Point Appears Different In Sample Windows Than Icon Text 12 BUG599 Outline Text Leaves Trash Dots on Windows Frame 13 BUG589 Scaling At a Factor Close To 1 Will Trash Screen On Scaleapp Document's Left Side 14 BUG585 In WIN-OS/2 Text Of Minimized Objects Is Not Readable When Desktop Pattern Is Not Default. 15 BUG584 Info Message From IA Control Panel Icon In WIN-OS/2 Full Screen Is Not Complete 16 BUG582 Combined PMShell Desktop Various Minor Font Problems 17 BUG581 Combined WIN-OS/2 & Seamless Various Minor Font Problems 18 BUG579 Seamless- In Select Card Back Window in Solitaire All Choices Are Black 19 BUG578 Seamless- MS Excel Font Size Windows Only Shows One Digit 20 BUG577 Seamless - Sword Toolbar Buttons Missing Arrows With Two Bit Controller (xC202i only) 21 BUG576 Monitor Types Are Listed Twice If ImageAccel OS/2 Driver Installs From The Hard Drive 22 BUG575 Seamless- Black Band Behind Pasted Text In Paintbrush Using Two Bit Controller (xc202i only) 23 BUG560 Smallest Two OS/2 and DOS Window Fonts Fail have Minor Problems 24 BUG536 Seamless -- Painting Twice With Paintroller Can Take Minutes With 4 BPP Card (xC164i) 25 BUG535 xC202i Maps OS/2 Default Desktop Shades Incorrectly ...Result: Invisible Text 26 BUG534 IA Control Panel's Information - Model Data Is Incomplete PROM # is displayed wrong - extra zero before monitor code. 27 BUG530 In OS/2 "Icon Editor" Icon Changes It's Size When Dragged Being Minimized On The Desktop. 28 BUG503 MS Word 6.0 in Seamless OS/2 Leaves Unpainted Area In Left Lower Corner of The Screen. 29 BUG502 Keyboard Layout Displayed In Softerm Goes Off The Screen When Character/Function Window Is Open. 30 BUG519 OS/2 ImageAccel Control Panel Has Inappropriate Transparency when some object (command prompts) are underneath it. 31 BUG514 Seamless - Paintbrush Many Colors Appear Black or Dark Gray. This is an architectural limitation of the Seamless fixed palette. 32 BUG512 Image Bitmap Pasted From Icon Editor Of OS/2 Productivity Becomes A Black Piece. 33 BUG511 In OS/2 Bitmaps In Jigsaw Game (OS/2 System, Games) Are Not Movable On Fixed Freq. Monitors. 34 BUG510 Seamless Session Opens Defocused After WIN-OS/2 Has Been Run And OS/2 or DOS Window Opens. This is an ImageAccel Limitation. 35 BUG471 Placing a DOS and OS/2 Window With Cursor In Specific Location Leaves Trash After DIR 36 BUG350 Visual Info Toolbar does not scale icons correctly when ImageAccel Large Icons are set at 120DPI ( this appears to be a VI problem) 37 BUG315 Closing WIN-OS2 Or Seamless Without Closing Application Hangs System 38 BUG306 Minimize Window To Desktop Non-Operative On Non-Microchannel Machines 39 BUG305 Minimized Images Long Names Missing In ImagePlus 2 On Non-Microchannel Machines 40 BUG267 Seamless Driver -- Closing Windows Without Closing Any App. Causes Hang 41 BUG249 WIN-OS/2 - Paintbrush's Font Dialog Box Leaves Discolored Area After Closing 42 BUG144 Chess Leaves Pixel Trash On Screen With Resolution Above 1024x768 43 BUG121 Reversi Cursor Disappears With ImageAccel and SVGA * * * Section Six - Known Problems With OS/2 and OS/2 2.1 Applications 1 BUG302 DSPINSTAL Inserts Blank Lines In Config.sys (IBM DSPINSTL problem) 2 BUG98 DSPINSTL Deletes DSPINSTL.hlp When Installed from Floppy Drive (IBM DSPINSTL problem) 3 BUG97 DSPINSTAL Causes Error Message When Installed From Network (IBM DSPINSTL problem) 4 BUG96 DSPINSTL Writes Unrecognizable Characters to Config.sys Causing Error (intermittent) - (IBM DSPINSTL problem) 5 BUG529 In OS/2 "Seek and Scan Files" Icon Is Trashed When Minimized On The Desktop - this is an IBM limitation. 6 BUG618 Seamless-Dark Violet Area Copied From PaintBrush Changes To Dark Gray. 7 BUG488 DST Imaging Application Displays Corrupted Serif Title Font In PM Window 8 BUG441 In OS/2 2.11 Unleashed VXREXX Application Dialogs Overlap. 9 BUG300 Some Applications Have Display Anomalies With 150 and 192 DPI Settings 10 BUG274 Multiple Problems Using IBM SERVERPAK With ImageAccel And VGA Drivers 11 BUG223 Graphics Engine Bug - GetGRQueryPalette Does Not Return Correct Values * * * Section Seven - Known Problems with ImageAccel Hardware For PC168Ci and PC128Ci Color controllers with revision -006A or lower: 1. IBM 6091 fixed frequency Displays are not supported as a boot display. 2. Jumper 8, Default Boot Screen, is not functional. For MC168Ci and MC128Ci Color controllers with revision -003A or lower: 3. IBM 6091 fixed frequency Displays are not supported as a boot display. 4. ROM Shadowing. If your CMOS or Flash EEPROM settings have ROM Shadowing enabled in the same space that ImageAccel is using (default DE000 - DFFFF), then unpredictable results may occur. We recommend disabling ROM Shadowing in ImageAccel's memory space if this is causing problems in your system. 5. BUG525 - Checkit's Colors Are Not Correct in some modes. This is an ImageAccel limitation. * * * Section Eight - Hardware Installation Installation Notes: Before installing the ImageAccel controller, disable the VGA on your computer's motherboard if it does not disable automatically when it detects a VGA card. Remove your add-in VGA card if you have one, or disable ImageAccel's on-board VGA by removing jumper V to use another VGA source. * NOTE: Refer to Section 10 - IBM Model 77 Microchannel Configuration for instructions for configuring ImageAccel with an IBM PS-2 Model 77 or any IBM PS-2 machine with XGA on a daughter card. * NOTE: For IBM PS-1 Valuepoint computers (Model 425SX/S) you must disable the motherboard (S)VGA. To do this, remove jumper 17 on the IBM's motherboard. (IBM informed us that some Valuepoint motherboards silk-screen show this as jumper 13, even though the labels and other documentation show it to be J17). It is essential that ImageAccel not conflict with either the memory or I/O addresses of any other controller in your system. Your ImageAccel controller has been pre-configured for memory addresses DE00-DFFF and I/O addresses 3B0/3B1. If you need to change these defaults, change the jumpers as described in the User's Guide. IMPORTANT: ADDRESS B600-B7FF: Do not use address range B600-B7FF unless all other selections create a conflict, as this range inhibits normal operation. B600 address shouldn't be used because it lies between A000-C000 (VGA address space). In any system that doesn't have the VGA board embedded, ImageAccel will work but will have problem when VGA mode 13 is used. This will conflict even with our own VGA. In a system with the VGA onboard such as DELL, AST...etc., when you "disable" the onboard VGA, it is NOT 100% DISABLED and will still cause problems. The symptoms are; o PMShell or WIN-OS/2won't start or return to DOS, OS/2 hangs. o Both VGA or ImageAccel comes up with a blank screen. Hardware Installation Procedure ------------------------------- 1. Turn OFF and disconnect the computer from the power source. 2. Remove the cover from your computer. 3. Verify the jumper settings. The factory default settings have been chosen to work with most system configurations. If you need to change these defaults, please refer to the Jumper Configuration section at the end of Chapter 3, Hardware Installation, of the ImageAccel Installation Guide. For PC/AT systems the default configuration is: I/O address: 3B0 - 3B1 Memory space: DE000 - DFFFF Display type: DualPage 120 (DualPage 120i controller) DualPage 150 (DualPage 150i controller) Autosync (Color controllers only) Boot to: High Resolution display On-board VGA: Enabled For Microchannel systems the default configuration is: Display type: DualPage 120 (DualPage 120i controller) DualPage 150 (DualPage 150i controller) Autosync (Color controllers only) 4. Install the Display Controller in a 16-bit expansion slot, or the Video Adapter Slot for Microchannel systems. 5. Using the video cable supplied with your system, connect the 15-pin connector to the High Resolution connector on the installed Display Controller. For PC/AT bus controllers this is the UPPER connector. * NOTE: For proper operation of PC/AT bus controllers, the high resolution display MUST be connected to the UPPER connector on the ImageAccel controller. 6. Connect the other end of the video cable to the display. For Color controllers only: Connect the five BNC connectors at the other end of the video cable to the back of the display as follows: Cable Color Display Connector red R blue B green G refer to marking on cable H refer to marking on cable V * NOTE: To ensure high resolution display quality, ImageAccel requires that you use the 15-pin to 5 BNC video cable supplied with the color controller. 7. Connect the power to the display and the computer and power both units ON. For Microchannel systems: The system error 165 will appear on the display. When prompted for the Reference disk, Insert OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel disk one (it contains the file @80A6.ADF) to re-configure your Microchannel system for ImageAccel. * * * Section Nine - Microchannel Configuration The Hardware Installation section above steps you through the hardware installation procedure. This section outlines the steps to configure IBM and NCR Microchannel systems using the reference diskettes. If you're installing ImageAccel in an IBM Model 77, or any IBM PS-2 with XGA on a daughter card, please refer to Section 10 - IBM Model 77 Microchannel Configuration. IBM PS/2 Microchannel Systems ----------------------------- Remove any diskette from Drive A: and power ON both the computer and the high resolution display. When you see the "System Error 165 - Invalid Configuration Information" message, or similar message, re-configure your system for the ImageAccel Display Controller by following these steps: 1. When prompted insert the Reference Diskette, into Drive A: and press F1. 2. Answer NO to "Run Automatic Configuration?" 3. Select Make a Backup Reference Diskette. 4. Store your original Reference Diskette in a safe place and use this backup only. 5. Select Copy an Option Diskette. 6. Insert the Installation Disk into Drive A:. 7. Select Set Configuration. 8. Select Run Automatic Configuration. 9. Press Escape and then press Enter. 10. Remove the Installation Disk and reboot your system. NCR Microchannel Systems ------------------------- Remove any diskette from Drive A: and power ON both the computer and the high resolution display. When you see the "System Error 165 - Invalid Configuration Information" message, or similar message, re-configure your system for the ImageAccel Display Controller by following these steps: 1. Insert a copy of your NCR Reference Diskette into Drive A: and press F1. 2. Press any key other than F1 when you see the message "NCR SETUP UTILITY." 3. Press any key when you see the message "WARNING35. The adapter Description File (@80A6.ADF) could not be found for slot 4." If you have connected a separate VGA display, this message will only appear on the VGA display. 4. When you see the MAIN MENU, select Configuration. 5. When you see the CONFIGURATION MENU, select FileCopy. 6. When prompted, insert the OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel Diskette 1 into Drive A: (it contains the file @80A6.ADF) and press Enter. 7. When prompted, insert the NCR Reference Diskette in Drive A: and press Enter then press any key twice. 8. When you see the MAIN MENU, select Automatic and follow the directions on the screen. * * * Section Ten - IBM Model Microchannel Configuration ImageAccel Microchannel display adapters include a VGA Terminator and an IBM PS/2-XGA BOOT DISK for ImageAccel that are required to get ImageAccel running without using a separate XGA or multisync display. The IBM Boot disk for ImageAccel is used ONCE, to get the Model 77 to recognize and boot ImageAccel. The VGA Terminator is required at BOOT TIME, to change the XGA adapter into VGA mode, so ImageAccel can run OS/2 properly. CAUTION: You must leave the VGA Terminator attached to the XGA display port at BOOT TIME. If you don't, then PMShell full screen prompts will paint your screen black (type ALT + HOME to remedy this temporarily, changing the Full screen mode to a Prompt window). IBM Model 77 Setup ------------------- NOTE: Leave the XGA card in the proprietary IBM primary video slot. Step 1: Install the ImageAccel Display adapter into the IBM PS/2 Microchannel video slot (2). * NOTE: If you add or remove any other adapter cards to your system, you have to keep the VGA Terminator installed on the XGA card, and boot using the boot disk to re-run the configuration program again. Step 2: Put the diskette labeled "IBM PS/2-XGA BOOT DISK for ImageAccel" into the A: drive. (Contact Cornerstone Technical Support for information on obtaining this diskette). Step 3: Place the VGA Terminator (3012682-002) onto the XGA display adapter port. (Contact Cornerstone Technical Support for information on obtaining the VGA Terminator). Step 4: Boot the PC with the IBM PS-2 Boot disk for ImageAccel and VGA TERMINATOR installed. (Note: The Boot disk is not a DOS diskette - its not readable by DOS). Follow all the prompts for Automatic Configuration. Remove the IBM PS-2 Boot diskette and re-boot. The system error 165 will appear on the display. When prompted for the Reference disk, Insert OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel disk A: (it contains the file @80A6.ADF) to re-configure your Microchannel system for ImageAccel. Follow the Automatic Configuration instructions and the PC will reboot. * NOTE: Once the Microchannel system has read the ImageAccel setup file (@80A6.ADF), you may remove and add other ImageAccel boards without running Automatic Configuration again. The @80A6.ADF file works for all ImageAccel display adapter boards. Now your system is ready for you to follow steps in Section 11. * * * Section Eleven - Installing OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel This procedure assumes that you have OS/2 2.1 installed on your system, running in VGA mode on the ImageAccel display system. If you install OS/2 on ImageAccel using the XGA driver supplied with OS/2 2.1, no cursor will appear on the ImageAccel display. Follow IBM's instructions for installing OS/2 2.1 to VGA before attempting the steps below. 1. We STRONGLY recommend that you edit CONFIG.SYS so that OS/2 boots directly to the command line prompt: PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE This allows for recovery back to VGA (SVGA or XGA) when necessary. NOTE: If you keep a backup of your system, AND you've successfully installed the ImageAccel high resolution drivers, it's safe to restore booting to PMShell. 2. We also STRONGLY recommend you set your restart option. Add the following line in your CONFIG.SYS before the line that reads "SET AUTOSTART = ...." SET RESTARTOBJECTS=STARTUPFOLDERSONLY; Type PMShell to start Presentation Manager. 3. After you verified PMShell runs in VGA/XGA, we STRONGLY recommend you completely back-up your VGA (SVGA,XGA) configuration BEFORE installing ImageAccel high resolution display drivers. This will allow you to return to VGA/XGA without losing the current desktop. The following steps will preserve the current VGA settings. Install OS/2 and all applications, including and Windows applications. Make a backup copy of the following files; OS2\OS2.INI OS2\OS2SYS.INI OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI At the command prompt, type copy OS2\*.INI *.VGA copy OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI WIN.VGA copy OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI SYSTEM.VGA Your system is now prepared to install OS/2 2.1 display drivers for ImageAccel. ImageAccel's OS/2 2.1 High Resolution Driver Installation --------------------------------------------------------- * NOTE: If you have any difficulty with this installation of the OS/2 2.1 Display Driver, run the DSPINSTL.EXE program again and choose the VGA Display Driver. If you have the same or similar problems installing OS/2 2.1 for VGA, contact IBM for installation support. 1. Run PMShell (VGA mode) and then insert the OS/2 2.1 Display Driver for ImageAccel disk 1 in drive A:. 2. Log on the A: drive: (or double-click on the A: drive Icon in PMShell). 3. From Drive A:, type DSPINSTL.EXE and press [ENTER] 4. Select Primary Display, then Click the OK button. 5. Select your display type from the list, then Click the OK button. 6. Select the display resolution from the list, then Click the OK button. 7. Insert ImageAccel driver diskette #2 when prompted. 6. The Display Driver Install dialog box will reappear. Click on Cancel. 8. Remove the diskette from drive A: and shut down then cold boot your system. * NOTE: The first time you boot the PMShell desktop, ImageAccel drivers builds a large data file, setting up the parameters for your display. For 486 machines, this process may take up to two minutes. For 386 machines, this start up mode takes longer. No disk activity will occur during this process. Subsequent starts will be much quicker. 9. After you have installed the ImageAccel high resolution display drivers, and you've run PMShell to verify that the install completed successfully, we strongly recommend that you make a back-up copy of your ImageAccel settings by preserving the following files; This will allow you to return to ImageAccel without losing the current desktop. The following steps will preserve the current ImageAccel settings. Make a backup copy of the following files; OS2\OS2.INI OS2\OS2SYS.INI OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI At the command prompt, type copy OS2\*.INI *.IA copy OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI WIN.IA copy OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI SYSTEM.IA * * * Section Twelve - Installing OS/2 3.0 WARP with ImageAccel Personal WARP vs. full WARP 3.0: For full WARP 3.0 - that is the version that INCLUDES WIN-OS/2, no special installation instructions are needed; simply follow the normal installation procedure. For Personal WARP 3.0 - the version that DOES NOT include WIN-OS/2, follow the steps below. Depending on the file dates for your version of WARP, some ImageAccel installation files may be older that the ones on you system. If so, you will be asked if you want to replace them during the install process. You may answer either Yes or No, and the installation will proceed normally. RECOMMEND STEPS to Install Personal WARP ---------------------------------------- This release provides Personal WARP display drivers for WARP's PMShell, and WIN-OS/2 Seamless. Since Personal WARP requires native Microsoft Windows 3.1, you must use ImageAccel's native Windows 3.1 drivers for that. The recommended procedure follows. Note: Like all OS/2 installations, it's important to get EVERYTHING - mouse, SCSI, hard drives, etc. - working in VGA before attempting to install the IA high-resolution driver. NOTE: Personal WARP does not include Windows. To get Windows, you must install native Microsoft Windows 3.1 BEFORE installing WARP. (We do not yet have a procedure for installing WARP followed by Win 3.1). Windows for Workgroups seems to work just as well as Windows 3.1. 1. Install DOS 2. Install Microsoft Windows 3.1 to VGA. Get all devices running in VGA. 3. Run ImageAccel's NATIVE Windows 3.1 Setup program from Release 1.05. Test Native Windows 3.1 before installing WARP to be sure everything is running normally. 4. Install OS/2 3.0 Personal WARP. Get all devices running in VGA. NOTE: Warp seems to have problems supporting (recognizing) some third party devices. If you cannot get your device working in VGA, it will not run in ImageAccel either (trackballs, large hard-drives, odd network cards, etc.). These are WARP limitations. 5. From the OS/2 Release 1.02 for ImageAccel, run our DSPINSTL program from your floppy diskette. When complete, shutdown and restart. When you reboot, you should come up to high-resolution in WARP. However, Windows will not yet be configured. 6. Execute the following command from a command prompt; XCOPY \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\*.* \WINDOWS\SYSTEM NOTE: If it is different, you must substitute the actual name of the directory where you installed Microsoft's Windows. (We do not yet have a way of detecting where the user installed Windows 3.1, so this step is manual. We are looking at ways to make this step better for 1.02, however, we will not delay 1.02 for that.) 7. Shutdown and reboot. You should now have FULL driver support for WARP. The WARP install program writes two special entries to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.INI file to support Full-screen and Seamless Windows from WARP. They are; SYSTEM.INI [BOOT] sdisplay=IA_SEAM.DRV fdisplay=IA.DRV If your entries don't match these, then Win 3.1 will not work correctly under WARP. If the files that these entries are pointing to are not in the right place, then it won't work (Step 6 does that). PERSONAL WARP 3.0 KNOWN PROBLEMS -------------------------------- 1. Clipboard The Clipboard functions work differently in Personal WARP than in OS/2 2.1x. You can CUT/COPY/PASTE text or graphics from a full-screen program to another full-screen program, or from a seamless program to another seamless program, or from a PMShell program to another PMShell program. The WARP clipboard is separated for each session. You cannot clipboard copy from say, full-screen to seamless, or even Full screen to PMShell. In OS/2 2.11, you can CUT/COPY/PASTE from Seamless to PMShell, or from Fullscreen to Seamless, and vice-versa, etc. This may be a WARP limitation - we'll investigate. 2. ImageAccel Control Panels With OS.2 2.1x, our OS/2 control panel for ImageAccel controls BOTH WIN-OS/2 settings, plus the PMShell settings. Because WIN-OS/2 does not exist in WARP, our PM control panel automatically disallows changes to the full screen Windows side, and will only manage the PM and Seamless settings. (NOTE: setting a large ICON for PM will give Large Icons in Seamless but not in full-screen). Because the native Windows 3.1 driver is actually fully installed, including our Win 3.1 IA control panel, it will control the full-screen session only. If you want the PM/Seamless settings to match to the full-screen Windows, you have to make the same settings in both control panels. It's possible to get things out-of alignment, if for example you set large system font for PM/Seamless and small fonts for Full-Screen Windows. We recommend you make settings match for both environments, or strange results may occur. 3. Scale-To-Gray Scale-to-Gray is supported in EXACTLY the same manner as in OS/2 2.1x. I.E.: PMShell Supports S-T-G in hardware Seamless Supports S-T-G in SOFTWARE only Full Screen Supports S-T-G in hardware * * * Section Thirteen - Installation of ImageAccel Displays in a CID Environment At the time of this Release, CID installation instructions for 1.02 had not been finalized. Therefore, no instructions are yet available for installing ImageAccel Release 1.02 into a CID environment. Please use the Release 1.01 display drivers for installing ImageAccel into a CID environment. The instructions for that are in the Release 1.01 IAREADME.TXT file included with that release. Call Cornerstone Tech Support at the numbers listed below for up to date information on CID support for this release. * * * Section Fourteen - Tips and Troubleshooting 1. VGA Restore / ImageAccel Quick Reinstallation Procedure NOTE: This process may not preserve ALL of your Desktop settings. See Section 11, above, or the ImageAccel Installation Guide for details on ensuring all your Desktop settings are preserved. If it becomes necessary to reinstall ImageAccel, or you need to restore VGA quickly, use the following process (NOTE: Be sure to type the following EXACTLY, or you may damage your OS/2 installation). 1. Change to the \OS2\DLL directory 2. Type 'Del CTI*.* CAUTION: entering the wrong keys here can kill OS/2, forcing a reinstallation of OS/2. 3. Change to the \OS2\IMAGACCL directory 4. Type Del *.* CAUTION: entering the wrong keys here can kill OS/2, forcing a reinstallation of OS/2. 5. Shutdown OS/2 and reboot. Run PMShell Your OS/2 2.1 system will come up in VGA mode. 2. WIN-OS/2 Program Installation It is usually safest to install Windows 3.x programs in VGA mode. (then switch back to the ImageAccel high resolution drivers once you've verified the Windows program is running in VGA mode). When installing Windows applications under WIN-OS2, ALWAYS respond NO to updates for your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT entries. 3. WordPerfect Print Preview You have to setup WordPerfect to use the VGA driver for the Print Preview to work in OS/2. This will not change the PMShell driver settings. 1. In OS/2 Full screen, type WP 2. Press Shift-F1 keys to get the setup screen 3. Select 3 for display 4. Select 5 for graphics screen type 5. Select IBM 640x480, 16 colors 4. Lotus 1-2-3 - Setting up Expanded Memory for very large spreadsheets Setting up very large spreadsheet EXPANDED MEMORY space causes memory error messages. To prevent this you must EXCLUDE the ImageAccel memory space. Refer to page 308 in the booklet "OS/2 2.1 - Using the Operating System". ImageAccel default memory space is DE000-DFFF. You must exclude this space when assigning extra expanded memory for Lotus 1-2-3. All versions of Lotus 1-2-3 use expanded memory and look in the C000-CFFF range to find it. If you set ImageAccel to CE000-CFFF, this is a direct conflict with Lotus 1-2-3. The recommended DOS settings are; EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 12 MEMORY_INCLUDE_REGIONS C0000-CFFFF MEMORY_EXCLUDE_REGIONS D0000-DFFFF (ImageAccel default) * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------ If you need technical assistance please contact Cornerstone Imaging Technical Support at the following numbers: Technical Support & Information 800-562-2552 Main 408-435-8900 International Technical Support 011-49-89-744-154-0 Bulletin Board System 408-435-8943 (Modem required: 1200, 2400, 9600 or 14,400 baud, 8,1,N) Fax 408-435-8998 FAX on Demand 408-325-3300 All Trademarks are property of their respective owners. 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