		     WINDOWS NT 3.5 (Daytona) DRIVERS
Copyright (c) 1995  Number Nine Visual Technology - All Rights Reserved

Version 1.12
Release notes - July 24, 1995


Products supported :
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9FX Motion771 - Vision968 - VRAM 2MB - 4MB 
9FX Motion531 - Vision868 - DRAM 1MB - 2MB 
9FX Vision330 - Trio64    - DRAM 1MB - 2MB 
#9  GXE64 PRO - Vision964 - VRAM 2MB - 4MB 
#9  GXE64     - Vision864 - DRAM 1MB - 2MB 





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1.0 INSTALLING THE WINDOWS NT DRIVER
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 Before installing the driver it is recommended that you backup your driver
 disk. 
 Example:  diskcopy a: a: 

* NOTE: If you have downloaded the driver from the Number Nine BBS or other Site, 
        the driver should be unpacked and copied to a floppy disk to be installed.
        In some instances installing the driver from the hard drive does not work 
        correctly.

 Steps for installing the Windows NT driver
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 1. Bootup Windows NT in VGA.
 
 2. Within the Main folder double click or enter on Control Panel.
 
 3. Double click on the Display Icon.
 
 4. Single click or Alt-C on "Change Display Driver" button.
 
 5. Single click on the "Change" button adapter.
 
 6. Single click the "Other" button.
 
 7. It will prompt you for a manufacturer's installation disk in drive a:, 
    put the Windows NT Driver disk into the a: drive, and press the 
    "enter" key.
 
 8. The System may give you a message that the driver is a Down-level driver. 
    Disregard the statement and hit the Enter key.

 9. Scroll to the bottom of the list and select the S3 compatible Graphics 
    adapter, then single click the "Install" button. CAUTION: There are two
    entries for the "S3 Compatible Graphics Adapter", DO NOT SELECT THE FIRST
    ENTRY YOU COME TO, GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
  
 10. A message box will come up and ask, This operation will change your 
     system configuration. Do you want to proceed anyway? Click on the "yes"
     Button.
 
 11. A window will come up about selecting the "current" or "new" driver, select
     the "new" button.
 
 12. Windows NT setup will prompt you for the path, enter A:\. Now click on  
     the "continue" button.
 
 13. A message box will tell you that the drivers were successfully installed.
     Single click on the "OK" button.

 14. A message box will tell you that your display setting have changed. 
     Single click the "Restart now" button.
 
 15. Once in Windows NT repeat steps 2 and 3.
 
 16. Select the desired resolution, color depth and refresh rate, * NOTE * THE 
     RESOLUTION AND REFRESH RATE THAT YOU CHOOSE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR 
     MONITOR, DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IF YOU GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF YOUR MONITOR.

2.0  Resolutions and color depths:
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Number Nine    Memory          Pixel                         Refresh 
Product        Configuration   Resolution    Colors          Rate 
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Vision330      1 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K         60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K         60,72,75
			       1024x768      256             60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
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Vision330      2 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K,        60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
			       1280x1024     256             60,72,75
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Motion531      1 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K         60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K         60,72,75
			       1024x768      256             60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
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Motion531      2 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K,        60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
			       1280x1024     256             60,72,75
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Motion771      2 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K         60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
			       1280x1024     256             60,72,75
			       1600x1200     256             60
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Motion771      4 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1152x864      256,65K         60
			       1280x1024     256,65K         60,72,75
			       1600x1200     256,65K         60,72,75
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GXE64          1 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K         60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K         60,72,75
			       1024x768      256             60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
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GXE64          2 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K,        60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
			       1280x1024     256             60,72,75
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GXE64 PRO      2 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K         60,72,75
			       1152x864      256             60
			       1280x1024     256             60,72,75
			       1600x1200     256             60
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GXE64 PRO      4 Megabytes     640x480       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       800x600       256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1024x768      256,65K,16.7M   60,72,75
			       1152x864      256,65K         60
			       1280x1024     256,65K         60,72,75
			       1600x1200     256,65K         60,72,75
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3.0 Known Limitations:
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There are no known driver defects at this time.

    This driver has been tested with Windows NT 3.5 Final Release build 807.
    Please notify Number Nine Visual Technology of any problems you encounter
    with this driver.

    The following system problems, application problems or driver limitations 
    have been observed during testing with Release 807.

1.  Windows NT with Large Fonts at 640x480 resolutions.  The Large Font option 
    at 640 resolutions results in dialog boxes that are larger than the screen 
    and may be difficult to use.  WORKAROUND:  Avoid selecting Large Fonts for 
    any 640 resolution.

2.  Animated cursor fails as Default Refresh with resolution of 1280x1024x256 
    colors with some boards with customer bios.  Customer Bios or board default 
    may be set to Interlaced mode which is not supported by the driver.  
    WORKAROUND:  
    Disable the animated cursor.

3.  Windows NT 3.5 with Corel Draw Photo-Paint 5.0:  A mask outline may 
    display diagonal lines instead of vertical lines.  This is an application 
    problem.

4.  Windows NT 3.5 with File Manager:  Extra vertical outlines may appear when 
    scrolling to right in file list.  Extra black bars may appear on left side 
    or in bottom scroll bar when resizing the window.  This problem also 
    occurs with the VGA driver and appears to be an application problem.

5.  Windows NT 3.5 with Marquee Screen Saver:  When a message in a large font 
    is used at a slow speed, the text appears to blink or cycles from light 
    to dark.

6.  Windows NT 3.5 Display Applet Test Screen:  Resolution size is listed as 
    1152x900 instead of 1152x864.

7.  Windows NT 3.5 with Paintbrush:  Double clicking on Color Erase tool may 
    not erase selected object.

8.  Windows NT 3.5 with DOS Prompt:  Black line appears after returning from 
    DOS Editor when using a color background and the edit command was entered 
    from the lowest line of the screen or window.
	

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