M8WR30.ZIP - ATI Technologies Inc.



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      ATI mach8 revision 3.0    

 T E C H N O L O G I E S    I N C .     256 color ATI Desktop driver

      for Windows 3.1 and 3.11  

   



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   2130  Implode    883  59%  04-15-94  17:44  c0d16860 --w-  WININST.HLP

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   2228  Implode   1126  50%  07-26-94  13:39  c938ffdf --w-  README

    788  Implode    336  58%  07-26-94  14:36  cdbecbb6 --w-  LOADER.VSF

    968  Stored     968   0%  07-11-94  16:50  2a21873c --w-  MACHE.LZH

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IMPORTANT DRIVER INFORMATION:



In order to resolve outstanding issues with Windows 3.1/3.11, 

and Windows based applications,  ATI has released this new 

driver for the ATI 38800 (Mach8) chipset based graphics cards.



This new Mach8 Windows driver, which runs on Mach8 cards with 

1MB of accelerator memory, is faster than previously released 

drivers with an emphasis on stability.  Extensive internal and 

beta testing have shown the driver to meet this target criteria.



In order to achieve the speed and stability the designers were 

targeting, the specifications for this new driver differ from 

the original Mach8 Windows driver in the following ways;  



- The new driver does not support 16 color (4bpp) mode. 

Incorporating 16 color mode into the driver would seriously 

affect performance.  This mode was also found to be 

incompatible with most of the software applications that are 

currently being released.



- Since the 1280x1024 resolution was only supported on later 

versions of the Mach8 family of graphics cards, and it only 

supported 16 colors, the new driver does not incorporate 

this mode.



- The proprietary Crystal Font feature that appeared in the 

original Mach8 driver, was also dropped for performance and 

compatibility reasons.





The new driver operates in 256 color mode at 640x480, 

800x600 and 1024x768 resolutions in Windows 386 enhanced 

mode only.  It features an ATI desktop with the look and 

feel of Windows drivers offered with ATI's high end graphics 

products.



This driver is available from Library #17 of the ATI 

forum on Compuserve (GO ATITECH) or for download from the 

Canadian ATI Download BBS at (905) 764-9404 and German ATI 

Download BBS at +<49> 89 460 90766 {8N1}.



Mach8 based graphics cards include the Graphics Ultra, 

Graphics Vantage, 8514/Ultra and VGAWonder GT products.







INSTALLATION NOTES:



1. Ensure that you have a copy of LOADER.ZIP.  The LOADER utility is used 

to install this driver.  LOADER.ZIP is available on the ATI BBS and on

our CompuServe forum.



2. Ensure that you have a copy of PKUNZIP.EXE, v1.10 or later.  PKUNZIP

is available on most BBS and information services, including the ATI

BBS and CompuServe.



3. Do NOT attempt to perform the driver installation from within Windows.

Exit Windows completely, and perform the following operations in DOS.



4. Unzip LOADER.ZIP and M8WR30.ZIP into the same temporary directory on

your hard disk, then run the LOADER utility.  For example:



MD \ATITEMP

PKUNZIP LOADER.ZIP \ATITEMP

PKUNZIP M8WR30.ZIP \ATITEMP

CD \ATITEMP

LOADER



5. Follow the screen prompts for installing the Windows driver.  



6. Once the driver has been installed, you can delete the contents of the 

temporary directory (DEL \ATITEMP\*.*) and delete the directory itself 

(RD \ATITEMP).  



7. We recommend that you copy the ZIP files (M8WR30.ZIP and LOADER.ZIP) to 

floppy disk, in case you need to install the driver again.	


