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|    Louis Ohland to All    |
|    Cornerstone Image Accel1 XGAREAD.ME    |
|    14 Jan 25 13:23:57    |
      From: ohland@charter.net              ===================== Cornerstone Imaging =====================              PS/2's with XGA on a daughter card (not on motherboard) have       2 known problems with Fixed Frequency displays like the ImageAccel       Color 21/76, Color 19, and all ImageAccel Grayscale displays.              Following is a description of the fixes we've developed for these       problems. These fixes are available now in LIMITED quantites       for customers who request it. These parts will be included in       ImageAccel controller boxes in October 1993.              The problem descriptions;       -------------------------       Problem #1.       On any IBM PS/2 with an XGA or XGA-2 display adapter daughtercard       (IE: PS/2 Valuepoint Model 77), installing Fixed Frequency displays       is difficult without a separate XGA-compatible display attached for       the system configuration.              NOTE: If you have a multisync ImageAccel display, you can use it       for the XGA compatible display to setup your ImageAccel card, and       then switch the video cable from the XGA card to the ImageAccel       card when the MicroChannel configuration setup is complete.              Problem #2.       Once ImageAccel is configured and installed, and Windows 3.1 is       running, changing to a DOS window or DOS Full-Screen shows       garbage on the screen (this is documented in the ImageAccel       READ.ME file for Release 1.01 and 1.02).              NOTE: This problem does not occur with the OS/2 display driver       for ImageAccel.              The FIXES:              Problem #1 Solution       -------------------       Step 1: Install the ImageAccel Display adapter into the IBM        PS/2 mocrochannel video slot.               NOTE: If you add or remove any other adapter cards to        your system, you have to keep the connector 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 Special connecter (we provide) onto the XGA        display adapter port.              Step 4: Boot the PC with the ImageAccel boot disk and special        connector installed. (Note: This is not a DOS format        diskette - its not readable by DOS).               Follow all the prompts for Automatic Configuration.        Remove the ImageAccel Boot diskette and re-boot.               When prompted for the ImageAccel configuration file, put        the Windows 3.1 Display Driver disk 1 into drive A:.               Follow the remaining instructions and the PC will reboot.               DOS should now be running on the ImageAccel display.              Problem #2 Solution       -------------------       NOTE: The file PS_XGA.BAT is located on all Release 1.03       diskettes in uncompressed form. You must manually copy this       file from the Release 1.03 diskettes to your \Windows\System       directory for this fix to work.              Step 1: Install the Windows 3.1 XGA driver.               While in the Windows directory, type SETUP from DOS.               Insert the diskette labelled "IBM PS/2 XGA Device Drivers-        DOS, Windows and AutoCAD Support" (V 2.02). This disk is        supplied with your IBM computer.               NOTE: Cornerstone tested the V2.02 XGA driver for this fix,        but previous versions of the XGA driver should work as well.               Select the Display entry under the System Information        window, and scroll down to the bottom of the list.               Select the entry: "Other (requires disk provided by a        hardware manufacturer)"               When prompted, enter: " A:\WINV31" and press enter.               A list of XGA drivers will appear. Select the one shown        as "IBM XGA v2.02 640 x 480 256 color". (you may use any        VGA driver listed with 256 Colors and 640 x 480 parameters).               NOTE: If you are using an XGA driver other than the V2.02        driver listed, you'll have to edit the batch file and rename        the line in PS_XGA.BAT: XGAVD202.386 to your XGA driver        to reflect the driver version you're using.               Exit to DOS when this step is complete.              Step 2: Install the ImageAccel Display Driver.               You have to rename IASETUP.INF file to OEMSETUP.INF on        distributed ImageAccel Display Driver diskette.        Follow the usual steps in the Manual for installing        ImageAccel. Don't run Windows yet.              Step 3: Copy the file PS_XGA.BAT from disk 1 of the Windows 3.1        display drivers for ImageAccel into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM        directory.               In the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, run the DOS batch file        called: "PS_XGA.BAT".               Run Windows.              ================ XGAREAD.ME - for ImageAccel =================              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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