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        | README file for
        |
        | ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.11.01.0200-0022
        |
        |       ERAZOR III
        |
        | Copyright (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
        |
        | ELSA AG                    Internet   : http://www.elsa.de
        | Sonnenweg 11               LocalWeb   : +49-(0)241-938800
        | D-52070 Aachen
        |
        | ELSA Inc.                  Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 2231 Calle De Luna
        | Santa Clara, CA 95054
        | USA
        |
        | ELSA Asia Inc.             Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
        | Nanking East Road
        | Taipei 105
        | Taiwan, R. O. C.
        |
        | ELSA Japan Inc.            Internet   : http://www.elsa.com
        | Mita Suzuki Building 3F
        | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
        | Tokyo 108-0014
        | Japan
        |
        | 07/30/99, MWolf/MKreiten


        Contents

        1. Overview
        2. Contents
        3. Installation
        4. History
        5. Release Notes
        6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes


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1.      Overview

        This CD contains the ELSA Display Driver for Microsoft Windows
        95/98.

        The driver supports 256, 65536 and 16 Million colors in
        all resolutions available on used ELSA board.


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2.      Contents

        This directory contains the following files:

        README.TXT      the file you currently look at
        LIESMICH.TXT    german version of README
        VERSION.TXT     Version info about driver and tools
        ELSAEZ3.CAB     display driver file for ERAZOR III
        ELSAEZ3.INF     Installation file for driver and tools
        ELSAVE3D.CAB    Property page "ELSA 3D Settings"
        WINMAN.CAB      Property page "ELSA Settings"
        ST3DSET.CAB     Property page "ELSA 3D Revelator" (optional)
        DRVTOOLS        Folder containing extended Tools as ELSAinfo, 
                        WINman Suite, ELSA Videocontrol, VideoIO and 
                        ELSA 3D Revelator (VideoIO and ELSA 3D Revelator 
                        are only optional available, - depending on the 
                        used graphicsboard or 3D shutter glasses - 
                        hardware.) 

        In case of trouble during or after installation, please make
        sure you have all the files mentioned above!


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3.      Installation

3.1     Installing ELSA graphics board for Windows 95/98

        Remove your "old" VGA and put the ELSA graphics board into your
        computer. If your ELSA graphics adapter contains a VGA-switch,
        be sure that it's position is set to the "1" position (VGA
        enabled).
        On startup Windows 95/98 detects the ELSA graphics board as
        "PCI early VGA Device" or a "PCI standard VGA adapter" and
        prompts for a manufacturer disk. Advanced users can now install
        as described in 3.3, Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install.
        If you prefer an easy way to install the driver or the driver is
        downloaded as EXE from the web you should first confirm Windows
        request to install a "PCI Standard VGA adapter". Later you can
        start the EXE or install by WINNERware CD.

3.1     Installation from WINNERware CD

        During a running Windows 95/98 session insert the WINNERware CD
        into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is
        started and guides through installation. In case 'Auto Insert
        Notification' is disabled in your system, the setup has to be
        started manually by double clicking its icon in the root of CD.
        Now you can choose the components to be installed. After
        rebooting the system your monitor is recognized and installed.
        A resolution and color depth can be chosen now.

3.2     Installing downloaded driver packages

        Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXEs. The files
        are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory and an
        automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed, too.
        After finishing the setup or canceling the procedure the
        extracted installation files are deleted, including the
        temporary created folder.

3.3     Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install

        After Windows recognized the ELSA graphics adapter choose
        'Have Disk...'. If you are updating the driver manually, select
        'change...' in the advanced settings of the diplay properties.
        Now browse through the ELSA CD and select the proper display
        driver subdirectory (e.g. GLORIA\SYNERGY\WIN9X\STANDARD).Windows
        will copy the driver files and prompt you to reboot the
        computer. After restarting, Windows is running with the ELSA
        display drivers active. If your ELSA graphics adapter is not the
        primary display adapter in Windows 98, you have to activate the
        hardware by clicking on the connected monitor bitmap in the global
        windows display settings.

3.4     Installation extension

        The drivers installation routine will additionally create the
        ELSA Settings and ELSA 3D Settings property pages and install an
        OpenGL ICD.
        The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages
        or the WINNERware CD will install additional tools like WINman
        Suite and ELSAinfo. In case your graphics adapter is provided
        with video I/O capabilities, the setup will install the software
        components for these devices, too.

        In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution
        without rebooting your system.

3.5     Installing the video capabilities (optional, depends on hardware)

        In the DRVTOOLS folder you will find three versions of *.inf 
		files. One of this files has to be installed manually depending on 
		the used hardware and operating system.  

        In this case please mark the recommended *.inf file, click the
		right mousekey and select "Install" at the context sensitive 
		menue.
		
		After installing and restaring the system the advanced features
		will be installed and activated for your system. 		
				
		
		- ELSATOOL.INF  please install for Win95/98 for hardware without
                        having video capabilities. 		
		
		- VIDEOIO.INF   only for Win98 and hardware with video in/out
                        capabilities   		
		
		- VIDEOIN.INF   only for Win95 and hardware with video in/out
                        capabilities   		

                - EVIDCTRL.INF  only for Win98 with ERAZOR III with video
                                (WDM-driver necessary)

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4.      Revision History

        This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
        disk.

        Version 4.11.01.0100-0009
        - first released version

        Version 4.11.01.0100-0010
        - added some video features
        - new WINman version implemented

        Version 4.11.01.0100-0012
        - added some video features
        - new video/IO version implemented

        Version 4.11.01.0200-0022
        - based on NVidia v. 208


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5.      Release notes

5.1     DirectDraw/Direct3D support


        The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from
        DirectX6, but to use it in an application, you must install
        DirectDraw/Direct3D. The Microsoft DirectDraw/Direct3D
        components are not included in the standard retail version
        of Windows 95. You need an installation of DirectX6.

        To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your
        ERAZOR CD or start the DX6core.EXE in the folder:

        Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\WIN98

         - and for Windows95 the DX6xxx.exe in:

        Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\WIN95\DE

        Drive:\.....\DE for the german version of Windows 95
        Drive:\.....\FR for the french version of Windows 95
        Drive:\.....\EN for the englich version of Windows 95


5.2     AGP and Windows 95/98


        AGP is supported only by the Windows version OSR-2.1 or higher.
        This is available after upgrading a Windows 95b (OSR2) version
        by the USB-Update 'USBSUPP.EXE'.
        The version number of your installed Windows can be found in
        the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
        Windows\CurrentVersion\Version and VersionNumber.
        The Entries for OSR-2.1 are:


        Version       "Windows95"
        VersionNumber "4.03.1212" or "4.03.1214"

        If your mainboard has no Intel chipset it may be necessary to
        install a chipset specific software patch to get best support
        and performance using the AGP port.
        Normally this patch should be delivered on CD with your system
        or mainboard. Otherwise you may get the newest patches on the
        internetsites of the chipset vendors.
        Other chipset vendors are, e.g.: VIA, SIS, ALI.

        http://www.via.com.tw/
        http://www.sis.com.tw/
        http://www.ali.com.tw/

        If you have any questions about full AGP support on non Intel
        mainboards please consult your distributor.

5.3     Free defineable refreshrates (monitor timings)

        It is necessary to install and use the  specified INF - file
        delivered with your monitor. For information about to install
        please look above or use the windows documentation.


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6.      Known Bugs and Operating Notes


        This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
        hints on work arounds.

        - if there are flashing effects visible while playing 3D games 
          with "3D Stereo" feature enabled, please make sure that the 
          checkbox "poll with interrupts enabled" under:
           
          Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Game Controllers
          -> Advanced 
          
          is enabled. 

        - if using the "no wait for vsync" option under "ELSA 3D 
		  Settings" 3D Revelator stereo support won´t work.	

        - if using this graphics board with Windows9x on mainboards with 
          VIA chipsets (MVP3, Apollo, a.s.o.) it is strongly necessary 
          to install the VIA AGP driver patch "VIAGARTD.VXD" version 3.3 
          or newer. You can download this patch at:
       
          HTTP://www.via.com.tw

          or ask your system distributor. 

        - for maximum performance the AntiAliasing checkbox in: Display
          Properties - Settings - Advanced - 3D Settings - More 3D,
          should be set to "Disable"

        - If you install the ELSA Display Driver over an nVIDIA Display
          Driver, the key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
          CurrentVersion\OpenGLDrivers\RIVATNT will not actualized.
          Replace "nv4ogl.dll" with "ELSAEZ3O.DLL"

        - Do not use "Custom Direct3D Settings" -names with more than
          twenty characters in the "3D-Settings" property tabs. Some
          failures may occure while using WINman Suite.

        - Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to
          corruption of textures in some cases

        - The DirectDraw resolution 480x360 works with too low frequency
          for most monitors. Please take a look at 5.3.

        - OpenGL screen savers oftenly crash if an additional suspend
          is executed by the system or manually.

        - Switching VESA modes to windowed mode (normaly an error
          pops up) leads to system crash

        - Windows suspend during active 3D applications may cause system
          crash in Windows 95

        - For best display quality, in the 'More Direct3D' section of 3D
          Settings Texel Alignment should be set to "upper left corner".

        - Mouse trails are not displayed, because the Riva chip
          accelerates this Windows functionality in hardware
		
		- The TV Out capabilities are currently only available for
		  Windows 98, - Windows 95 is in preparation. 


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