File Name: README.WIN Date : July 29, 1991 ================================================================= INSTALLING A DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 3 1) Make sure you have installed Windows 3 on your hard disk. If you do not have a proper Windows 3 directory, install one by running SETUP from the Windows package. Select VGA as your type of Display. 2) Run VDRIVER on Disk #1. All high resolution display drivers will be transferred to the sub-directory SYSTEM of your Windows directory. 3) In DOS, go to your Windows 3 directory on the hard disk. Run SETUP again. Select `Other' for `type of Display'. When asked for the `display driver disk provided by the hardware manufcturer' or `OEM Display Driver Disk', correct the default drive and path prompted by SETUP to: SYSTEM Then select your desired resolution. SETUP may ask for a `Windows Disk' with an incorrect path prompted. Correct it to an appropriate path or floppy disk drive where you will insert the expected `Windows Disk'. SPECIAL NOTE FOR 800x600 256 COLOR WINDOWS 3 DRIVER There are two 800x600 256 color drivers: 1) WIN3-63B.DRV for those display adapters equipped with a minimum of 512K RAM. 2) WIN3-63C.DRV for those display adapters with 1MB RAM. This driver does NOT work on any cards with less than 1MB RAM. SPECIAL NOTE FOR 32768 COLOR WINDOWS 3 DRIVER Some Windows application programs attempt to determine the number of colors available on the display by enquiring the display driver. The 32768 color driver naturally gives the answer 32768, which unfortunately is interpreted as a negative quantity by certain application programs, resulting in odd colors on the screen. Here is a list of these programs: o WINDOWS PAINTBRUSH The PALETTE appears as shades in black and white. For the colors to reappear, follow this sequence: Go to Options menu Select Image Attributes Change setting to Colors README.WIN Page 2 Go to File menu Select New o TETRIS The screen appears in black and white. The colors may look different than normal. Don`t panic. The game is still good. Play as normal. CUSTOM COLOR DEPTH ENHANCEMENT (CODE) This is a new feature of the 32768-color Windows 3 driver, that eliminates color irregularities resulting from the conversion of a 24-bit color drawing to 15-bit (32768-color). CODE is automatically invoked when loading a 24-bit color drawing. For a printout of this information, type A>COPY README.WIN > PRN