Manual Updates A number of new drivers and programs have been added to the utility diskettes. This document is intended to describe their use. BRIDGE.COM ---------- This program has been provided to allow you to use software written for any existing VGA card that uses 800x600 or 132 column modes. The program is a TSR that translates the set mode request into the mode supported by your VGA card. SS.EXE ------ This program has been provided to allow you to specify the number of minutes that will be allowed to pass without any activity before the screen will be turned off. The format of this command is: SS n - where n is minutes ranging from 1 to 9. Limitations 1. Load all TSR's before using SS. 2. Does not work with Windows. 3. Does not work with Hercules. 4. With background color on in EGA, the screen will not be blanked. DS800R10.EXE ------------ AutoCAD Release 10 800x600 graphics driver has been provided. Installation is similar to the Release 9 driver documented in the Software Manual. WDPVGA1.WPD ----------- Wordperfect 5.0 supports graphics screen drivers. Copy a:WDPVGA1.WPD to the directory where you have located WP.EXE. You can configure Wordperfect 5.0 to use the 800x600 driver by entering WP and typing the setup key (Shift F1). Choose DISPLAY and select the 800x600 driver. PARA800.VGD ----------- The following instructions will allow you to configure Generic CADD Level 3 for use with the 800x600 graphics driver. 1) COPY A:PARA800.VGD to the directory on the C: disk that contains GENERIC CADD Level 3 (usually c:\level3). 2) Run CONFIG.EXE. You will be asked to press any key after the current configuration is displayed. 3) Select "1" to select a Video Graphics Display. 4) Select the driver that specifies WD Inc., 800x600 Ver 1.0 5) EXIT to DOS by selecting "8". 6) Respond "Y" to save the selected driver. You have now installed Generic CADD Level 3 for the 800x600 driver. You can now start Generic CADD Level 3 in the normal manner and it will use the 800x600 mode of your VGA card. PVGA.EXE,ENVIRO.CFG and VCAD53.BAT ---------------------------------- The following instructions will allow you to configure VersaCAD DESIGN Version 5.3 for use with the 800x600 Graphics driver. 1) COPY A:\PVGA.EXE to C:\VCAD53 2) COPY A:\ENVIRO.CFG to C:\VCAD53 3) COPY A:\VCAD53.BAT to C:\ 4) CD C:\VCAD53 and execute the ENVIRO.EXE program to setup the new screen driver. Environment menu 3 allows you to select the VGA 800x600 single screen driver. You have now installed VersaCAD DESIGN Version 5.3 for the 800x600 driver. You can now start VersaCAD DESIGN Version 5.3 by executing c:\VCAD53.BAT and it will use the 800x600 mode of your VGA card. VGA Drivers for Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony 800 by 600 and 640 by 480 Graphics and 132 Column Text --------------------------------------------------- For use with Lotus 1-2-3 Releases 2.0 or 2.01 or Lotus Symphony Releases 1.1, 1.2 or 2.0 This file describes how to configure Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony for use in the 800 by 600 or 640 by 480 resolution graphics modes and/or 132 column text modes of the VGA Card. The drivers included will allow you to choose between the many different options listed in the table below. You must have multi- frequency monitor to be able to use 800 by 600 graph display drivers. Text Display Drivers Rows Columns ************************ **** ******* Universal Text Display 25 80 IBM Enhanced Graphics 25 80 IBM System/2 Model 50/60 25 80 VGA (132 x 25) 25 132 VGA (132 x 43) 43 132 Graph Display Drivers Resolution ************************ *********** VGA 800 x 600 (800 x 600) VGA 640 x 480 (640 x 480) IBM Enhanced Graphics (640 x 350) IBM System/2 Model 50/60 (640 x 480) The INSTALL program that is part of your 1-2-3 or Symphony software will allow you to mix and match these various options for the choice of drivers that will best suit your needs. Before you start: Be sure you are familiar with the procedure for installing drivers for 1-2-3 or Symphony. Please read the 1-2-3 or Symphony Getting Started manual, which describes how to use the INSTALL program. If you have never installed drivers for your Lotus software before, you may want to become more familiar with the installation program by installing 1-2-3 or Symphony for standard IBM Enhanced Graphics or IBM System/2 Model 50/60 display as described in the Getting Started manual before you attempt to install your Lotus software for the extended capabilities of your VGA Card. ******************************************************************************* Transferring drivers to for use by your Lotus Install program Warning: When you add new drivers to the 1-2-3 or Symphony Install program, there will be a file created called SINGLE.LBR. If you are using 1-2-3 Release 2.0 or Symphony Release 1.1, you must make sure there is not already a file called SINGLE.LBR on the Utilities/Install Disk or in the Lotus hard disk directory. If there is such a file, you must delete it prior to running the INSTALL program to add the new drivers. If you are using 1-2-3 Release 2.01 or Symphony 1.2 or 2.0, you do not need to worry about presence of the SINGLE.LBR file. Hard disk systems: If you have copied the 1-2-3 or Symphony program and utilities to your hard disk, you will need to copy the VGA Card Lotus drivers to the same subdirectory as your 1-2-3 or Symphony program and utilities. Advanced users: The following procedure copies the files: SP0_25S.DRV, SP0_43S.DRV, SP1_480S.DRV and SP1_600S.DRV from your VGA Utilities disk to your Lotus subdirectory. 1. Insert the VGA Card Utilities disk in your A: drive and change drives to A: by typing: A: [return] 2. Copy the Lotus drivers from the VGA Card Utilities disk to the directory that contains your 1-2-3 or Symphony program and utilities. There are batch files that will do this automatically. They are called 123HD.BAT and SYMHD.BAT. 1-2-3 users: Type the following command to proceed: 123HD where and refer to the drive and path of your hard disk directory that contains your 1-2-3 files. For example, if your had disk is drive C: and you have installed 1-2-3 in a subdirectory called \123, you would type the following command: 123HD C:\123 [return] Symphony users: Type the following command to proceed: SYMHD where and refer to the drive and path of your hard disk directory that contains your Symphony files. For example, if your hard disk is drive C: and you have installed Symphony in a subdirectory called \SYMPH, you would type the following command: SYMHD C:\SYMPH [return] Floppy disk systems: You will need a blank work diskette to store your new Lotus drivers during the install process. Make sure you have a blank, formatted disk before you proceed. 1-2-3 users: You will need to use DISKCOPY to make a duplicate copy of your 1-2-3 Utility Disk and erase some of the other utility files because there is not enough room to create a new library of drivers on the original disk. Make a copy of the 1-2-3 Utility Disk with the DISKCOPY program on your DOS system disk. Refer to your DOS manual for details on making copies of disks. Delete the files that end with .XLT from the copy of your 1-2-3 Utility Disk. This will free up enough work room on your 1-2-3 Utility Disk to use the new drivers. 1. Insert the VGA Card Utilities disk in your A: drive and change drives to A: by typing: A: [return] 2. Copy the Lotus drivers from the VGA Card Utilities disk to the blank work disk. There are batch files that will do this automatically. They are called 123FD.BAT and SYMFD.BAT. 1-2-3 users: Type the following command to proceed: 123FD [return] Symphony users: Type the following command to proceed: SYMFD [return] You will be prompted to insert your work disk in the B: drive. Single floppy systems: Since there is only one floppy drive, insert your work disk in the A: floppy drive when prompted to insert the disk for the B: drive. Insert the VGA Card Utilities disk when prompted to insert the disk for the A: drive. ****************************************************************************** Use INSTALL to modify your Lotus 1-2-3 or Symphony driver set 1. Start INSTALL. Hard disk systems: Change to your 1-2-3 or Symphony directory and run INSTALL. Floppy disk systems: Insert your 1-2-3 Utility Disk or Symphony Install Disk in the A: drive and start INSTALL. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to get to the Main Menu, and chose the "Advanced Options" selection. 3. At the Advanced Options menu choose "Add New Drivers to Library." Follow the on-screen instructions. Floppy disk users: When prompted to insert the diskette with the new drivers, insert the work disk you created in the section above. When Install has added the new drivers to its library, you will be returned to the Advanced Options menu. 4. To select the drivers you want to use choose "Modify Current Driver Set" from the Advanced Options menu. You will then be presented with a list of driver types. There are two types of drivers you can install for 1-2-3 and Symphony that pertain to use of the VGA Card. These are the text display driver and the graph display driver. Text Display Drivers The text display driver's purpose is to display text for spreadsheets and documents. The drivers included with your VGA Card will allow you to display text in several new formats that take advantage of the VGA Card's extended graphics resolution and/or 132 column capabilities. In addition to the standard VGA text format of 25 rows of 80 columns, the VGA Card can display text in 25 rows of 132 columns, 43 rows of 132 columns. The table below lists the text resolutions available. Text Display Drivers Rows Columns ************************ **** ******* Universal Text Display 25 80 IBM Enhanced Graphics 25 80 IBM System/2 Model 50/60 25 80 VGA (132 x 25) 25 132 VGA (132 x 43) 43 132 In addition to different resolutions and formats, Lotus drivers support different configuration modes. The supplied drivers support only separate or toggle mode. This configuration mode allows text and graphs to be displayed on the same monitor but not at the same time. 5. Choose "Text Display", and choose the appropriate text display driver for your configuration from the list of text drivers. Graph Display Drivers The graph display driver's purpose is to display Lotus graphs on the monitor. The drivers included with your VGA Card will allow you to display graphs in resolutions up to 800 by 600 with a multi-frequency monitor. The table below lists the graph resolutions available. Graph Display Drivers Resolution ************************ ********** VGA 800x600 800x600 VGA 640x480 640x480 IBM Enhanced Graphics 640x350 IBM System/2 Model 50/60 640x480 In addition to different resolutions and formats, Lotus drivers support different configuration modes. The supplied drivers support only separate or toggle mode. This configuration mode allows text and graphics to be displayed on the same monitor but not at the same time. Choose the "separate" graph drivers to work in this configuration mode. 6. Choose "Graph Display" and choose the appropriate graph display driver for your configuration from the list of graph drivers. 7. Select "Return to Menu" from the "Current Drivers" menu to return to the "Advanced Options" menu. 8. Select "Save Changes". Install will ask you to verify the name of the driver set that you wish to save. Enter the name of the driver set you wish to change if it is different from the default. If you saved your driver set as 123.SET for 1-2-3 or as LOTUS.SET for Symphony, it will be used automatically when you next start your Lotus software. Note: You may make many different driver sets with different names for different configurations. When you start 1-2-3 or Symphony, you can choose the driver set you want to use by including the name of the driver as a parameter after the name of the program. Example: Save the following drivers as "800.SET" Text display driver: Universal Text Display Graph display driver: VGA 800 x 600 - Separate Save the following drivers as "132COL.SET". Text display driver: VGA (132x25) - Separate Graph display driver: VGA 640x480 - Separate You could then start 1-2-3 with the following command to choose first driver set: 123 800 [return] To start 1-2-3 with the second driver set type the following: 123 132COL [return] Important: After you install your drivers, you should run Symphony or 1-2-3 to verify that the drivers correctly display text and graphs on your display with your VGA Card. Note: The supplied drivers do not work in Lotus View or Tutorial. You must use the standard drivers supplied with your Lotus product to use these programs. Lotus, 1-2-3 and Symphony are trademarks of Lotus Development Corp. IBM, PS/2 and Personal System/2 are trademarks of IBM Corp. Paradise is a trademark of Western Digital Corp. GEM 3.0/3.1 ----------- By running the INSTALL.EXE program, GEM 3.0/3.1 can be configured to use the 800x600 Graphics driver. First install GEM with the standard VGA driver and then execute the INSTALL program.