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        | README file for GLoria-XXL
        |
        | ELSA graphics driver disk for Windows NT 4.0 build 1381.
        |
        | Version: 5.36.00.416
        |
        | (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
        |
        | 08/06/1998, FNicklis


        Table of Contents:

        1.  Introduction
        2.  Installation
        3.  Additional Configuration Options
        4.  Known Problems
        5.  History


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1       Introduction

        This file explains how to setup and to configure the ELSA
        Windows NT driver software for your graphics board.

1.1     Requirements

        This driver software only runs on ELSA AGP bus graphics
        boards.

1.2     Further Information

        For more information on configuring installed ELSA graphics
        drivers, refer to the Windows Help or to the help files to
        ELSA Utilities.


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2       Installation

        NOTE:   This driver was designed for full functionality
        under Windows NT 4.0 only!

        There are several ways to install an ELSA graphics driver:
        - Automatic installation by ELSA Setup Utility  (2.1)
        - Via the Windows dialog "display properties"   (2.2)
        - During the NT Windows 4.0 installation        (2.3)

2.1     Automatic installation by ELSA Setup Utility

        First of all, start the Windows NT. To run SETUP.EXE then,
        you can either double click on it in the Microsoft
        Explorer or choose "Run..." in the "Start" menu.

        NOTE: Please close all programs before running Setup -
              especially older ELSA utilities.

2.1.1   Further Hints and Configuration

2.2     Manual Installation

2.2.1   Manual Installation of the graphics driver

        NOTE:   First install the Standard-VGA driver, then shut
        down your computer and exchange the graphics board.

        Click on the symbol "Control Panel" in the
        Startmenu/Settings or on the desktop with the right mouse
        button and select "Properties"in the pop-up menu. Select
        here "Desplay" (DISPLAY.CPL) and, under the tab "Settings",
        click on the key "Change configuration..." to modify the
        display settings.

        Selecting the ELSA graphics board by selecting "Change..."
        in the following dialog. The dialog box "Select graphics
        board" appears with a selection of available drivers (under
        "Model").

        Select the key "Other..."in the lower right-hand of the
        dialog box. The dialog "Install from disk" appears with an
        indication of path or floppy drive ("A:\"). Change the
        entry to the path where you find the driver files for your
        board (e.g."D:\GLoria\XXL\WINNT40") and confirm with
        "Continue". Now a list of ELSA graphics drivers is
        displayed. Select the driver for your board. Confirm the
        dialog. The driver is installed after confirming the
        warning that a third-party driver will be installed. Close
        all display windows.

        NOTE: With Windows NT 4.0, graphics drivers cannot be
        loaded dynamically.

        To activate the ELSA driver the computer has to be
        restarted. Please press >>Yes<< in the relevant dialog.
        The system will reboot and the initial installation is
        finished.

        The initial installation of ELSA drivers for Microsoft
        Windows NT 4.0 installs the driver in a resolution of
        640*480 pixel at 60Hz refresh.

        NOTE:   With the installation of the Windows NT 4.0 driver,
        the ELSA OpenGL driver is automatically installed .

2.2.2   Manual Installation of ELSA Utilities

        The ELSA utilities can be easily installed from the
        Explorer by clicking on the appropriate .INF file with the
        right mouse button (see 2) and then selecting "Install...".

        NOTE: The utilities can be uninstalled in the Control Panel
        under "Software", "Install/Uninstall...".

2.3     Making Installation Disks

        To create installation disks for the ELSA graphics driver
        you will need four empty floppy disks labeled
        "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 1",
        "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 2",
        "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 3" and
        "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 4".

        Please note that not all listed files are required and some
        files may have different filename extensions (e.g.
        "EGLXLD.dl_" instead of "EGLXLD.dll").

        Copy the following files (as available) from CD-ROM to:
        - Disk 1 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 1"):
            _INST32I.EX_
            _ISDEL.EXE
            _SETUP.DLL
            _SYS1.CAB
            _USER1.CAB
            DATA.TAG
            DATA1.CAB
            DISK1
            EGLXXL.INF
            INSERV.INI
            LANG.DAT
            LAYOUT.BIN
            LIESMICH.TXT
            OS.DAT
            README.TXT
            SERVICE.INI
            SETUP.BMP
            SETUP.EXE
            SETUP.INI
            SETUP.INS
            SETUP.LID
            UNINST.DLL
            SETUPDIR\001E\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\001F\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0007\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0009\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0011\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0012\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0019\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0021\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0404\_SETUP.DLL
            SETUPDIR\0804\_SETUP.DLL

        - Disk 2 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 2"):
            DISK2
            EGLXXL.INF
            INSERV.INI
            SERVICE.INI
            I386\EGLXXLD.DLL
            I386\EGLXXLM.SYS

        - Disk 3 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 3"):
            DISK3
            EGLXXL.INF
            INSERV.INI
            SERVICE.INI
            I386\EOGLXXL.DLL

        - Disk 4 ("ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 3"):
            DISK4
            EGLXXL.INF
            INSERV.INI
            SERVICE.INI
            I386\GLSET\EAPPSXXL.INF
            I386\GLSET\GLSET.CAB
            I386\WINMSUIT\WINMSUIT.INF
            I386\WINMSUIT\WINMSUIT.CAB
            I386\ELSAINFO\ELSAINFO.CA_
            I386\ELSAINFO\ELSAINFO.INF

2.4     Testing the Installation and Determining the Driver Version
        Number

2.4.1   Testing the Installation

        Select from the Start menu "Settings" and in the Control
        Panel click on "Display". Select the tab "Settings" and
        there the key "Change configuration...". The following
        dialog gives information of the manufacturer, the version
        number and the current driver files.

        NOTE:   If you see "Version Information missing ", you did
        not set US English as the system language. This problem
        will appear in all non-American NT installations.

2.4.2   Determining the Version Number of the Driver via the Driver
        Files

        Use the Explorer to inspect the file properties for one of
        the files EG*.SYS, EG*.DLL, or EMG*.DLL. The file EG*.SYS
        can be found in the directory System32\Drivers and System32
        of your Windows NT, the files EG*.DLL and EMG*.DLL in the
        System32\index.


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3       Additional Configuration Options

3.1     How to Install and to Configure the Driver

        If necessary, all tools can be manually installed
        afterwards. To do this, change to the corresponding tool
        subdirectory (e.g. 1386\GLSET), click with the right mouse
        button on the ".INF" file and select the entry "Install"
        from the context menu. After a restart the tools are fully
        installed.

        There follows a description of all the possible settings of
        the ELSA graphics driver for Windows NT and of the ELSA
        utilities.

3.1.1   GLoria Settings

        The ELSA GLoria Settings property page allows you to
        configure the 3D options on ELSA GLoria graphics boards.
        You will find the settings under "Start menu/Control
        Panel/Display". You also will find a detailed description
        by clicking the Help key.

3.2     ELSA POWERlib

        ELSA offers the toolkit POWERlib as an option for the
        programmer. This is for creating your own applications
        which use ELSA graphics boards for graphical output. This
        tool is available for Windows NT.


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4       Known Problems

        - If the application under OpenGL requests "Double
          Buffering" and the GLoria cannot realize it, software
          emulation will be installed automatically.
          To force hardware OpenGL you have to disable double
          buffering in your application!

        - The driver cannot run on a system where a port COM4 is
          installed.

        - It is possible that some computers need a very long time
          to boot.

        - IDEAS Master Series 6: Enabling the "Caps" results in
          display errors in shades.

        - SolidWorks98: Bad refresh problems may occurr using 15bpp
          resolutions

        - N-World 3.2: Buttons and menues are not displayed
          correctly

        - Softimage: Running an animation in fastplayback-mode in
          one or more shaded views will cause flickering in these
          views. Activate fastplayback in one wireframe view to
          solve the problem. You also can completly turn of the
          problem by deactivating the pageflip mechanism (force
          buffer blit) but this will result in prefomance loss!

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5       History

        5.34.00.322
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        - first driver release

        5.34.00.332
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        - delayed reaction of buttons in SoftImage 3.7 fixed
        - display errors in Pro/ENGINEER fixed
        - performance optimization in Pro/ENGINEER

        5.35.00.340
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        - Performance optimization in Softimage 3.7x

        5.35.00.366
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        - new Setup for driver installation
        - Bugfixing for Softimage 3.7x
        - Bugfixing for Pro/Engineer
        - Bugfixing for 3D Studio Max 2.x
        - AppSets replace the GLoria Settings
        - new Tool ELSA Informationscenter
        - Tools are distributed in Cabinetfiles

        5.35.00.374
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        - new Setup for driver installation
        - Bugfixing for Softimage 3.7x
        - Bugfixing for Pro/Engineer
        - Performance increase in OpenGL

        5.36.00.402
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        Displaydriver:
        - Stereo support completed and bugfixed
        - Bugfixing for Pro/ENGINEER 18
        - Bugfixing for Pro/DESIGNER 19
        - Bugfixing for OGL Screen Saver

        OpenGL driver:
        - ICD                  2.01.14.128

        Setup and Tools:
        - Setup                2.5
        - ELSAInfo             3.00.02
        - WinmanSuite          1.06.02
        - Applikation Settings 2.16.06

        5.36.00.406
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        Displaydriver:
        - Bugfixes

        OpenGL driver:
        - ICD                  2.01.14.130

        Setup and Tools:
        - Setup                2.6
        - ELSAInfo             3.00.02
        - WinmanSuite          1.06.03
        - Applikation Settings 3.00.00


        5.36.00.410
        -----------
        Displaydriver:
        - Bugfixes

        OpenGL driver:
        - ICD                  2.01.14.132

        Setup und Tools:
        - Setup                2.6
        - ELSAInfo             3.00.03
        - WinmanSuite          1.06.04
        - Applikation Settings 3.00.01

        5.36.00.416
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        Displaydriver:
        - Bugfixes for Solidworks
        - Enhanced Stereosupport

        OpenGL driver:
        - ICD                  2.01.14.134

        Setup und Tools:
        - Setup                2.9
        - ELSAInfo             3.00.03
        - WinmanSuite          1.06.04
        - Application Settings 3.00.01
