VW701321.DOC - Windows Video Diskette - IBM ThinkPad 701


Chips and Technologies, Inc.
Release Notes
655XX  Display Driver Package
Windows 3.1/DOS

Revision:     Version 3.2.1
Release Date:   August 1, 1995
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WINDOWS  DRIVERS

1.  Fixed a General Protection Fault in CorelPaint 5.0 when
    KAI's PowerTool Filter 2.0 is run using the 16M color (24bpp)
    driver.

2.  Fixed an error in the Fatal Error exit code which was
    causing a stack imbalance.

3.  Fixed a "Not Enough Memory" error in PaintBrush by adding
    an option that disables the Fatline & Polygon driver
    function in all the drivers when drawing an Ellipse of
    height/width of 3 pixels with a pen width of 2/3 pixels.


   NOTE:
   CHIPS' driver implementation of the Fatline and Polygon
   driver function is different from Microsoft's driver
   implementation.  To fix the above problem, make the
   following change in the [DISPLAY] section of the
   SYSTEM.INI file:
   
       [DISPLAY]
       . . .
       Fatline=0   ;disable fatline driver implementation
       Polygon=0 ;disable polygon driver implementation
   
   By default, the driver implementation for the
   Fatline/Polygon function is enabled.  There will be some
   impact on performance by disabling the Fatline/Polygon
   driver implementation.



Revision:     3.2.0
Release Date:   June 8, 1995
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WINDOWS  DRIVERS

1.   Fixed a problem in AfterDark, where extra pixels were left
     on the edges.

2.   Fixed a problem in the monochrome pallete in Windows 3.1
     PaintBrush application when Image Attributes is set to
     Black and White.

3.   Fixed a problem in RLEBLT when running Windows for OS/2 in
     the seamless mode.

4.   Fixed a problem in the Hardware Cursor when running Windows
     for OS/2 and switching between Windows Full Screen and OS/2
     desktop.

5.   Fixed a problem with jitter in the VDD when switching
     between  MSDOS full screen and a DOS box.

6.   Fixed a problem in the ROP2 test when drawing patterned
     ellipses in the 256 color (8bpp) and 64K color (16bpp)
     drivers.

7.   Fixed problems with ROP3 Test (ROP1A and ROPE5).

8.   Improved the time it takes to convert a 24bpp bitmap to
     8bpp using the 256 color (8bpp) driver.

9.   Fixed a problem in the WRITE application with Pen Computing
     For Windows.

10.  Fixed a hang problem in Char Map in Windows 3.1J (Japanese
     Windows) with 256 color (8bpp) driver.

11.  Modified CHIPSCPL.INI to read and set the refresh rates with
     65545 chip.

12.  Fixed a SetDIB Test problem in clipping of SetDIBitsToDevice.

13.  Fixed a Test problem in ColorToMonoBLT with Brush.

14.  Fixed a problem with Lotus 123 Tour (Japanese version) in 16
     color (4bpp) and 256 color (8bpp) drivers.

15.  Fixed a problem with panning in the 64k color (16bpp)
     driver.

16.  Fixed a problem in PaintBrush Eraser (Windows 3.1) in the
     16 color (4bpp) and 256 color (8bpp) driver.

17.  Fixed a problem in RLE for a customer's application.

18.  Added a warning message to be displayed if a mode is not
     supported during display switching.

19.  Added the Cursor Color and Font Cache Escape options for
     CHIPSCPL.

20.  Modified the VDD to fix a problem with the fixed frequency
     monitors losing sync.



Revision:   3.1.7
Release Date:   February 27, 1995
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WINDOWS  DRIVERS

1.  Fixed a problem in the F65540 with 512k video memory on a
    Mono Panel in LINEAR8.DRV.

2.  Fixed a problem with cursor positions when switching to CRT
    mode in high resolution drivers.

3.  Fixed an installation  problem when upgrading to Windows
    For Workgroups 3.11

4.  Fixed a problem with the incorrect color of text being
    displayed in 256 color(8bpp) drivers.

5.  Changed the error message for running Windows 3.1 in
    standard mode.

6.  Fixed a GPF problem with the FoxPro demo.

7.  Fixed a problem with a customer's corporate demo in 256
    color(8bpp) drivers.

8.  Fixed  a problem with LANDMARK(Speed.exe) in 256
    color(8bpp) drivers.

9.  Fixed a DCI problem in 64K color(16bpp) drivers.

10. Fixed  problems with the hardware popup & Cursor in VIDGX?
    drivers.

11. Fixed a problem in Virtual Display Device(VDD) for Audio in
    full screen DOS.

12. Fixed problems with Microsoft mail in VIDGX? drivers.

13. Fixed a GPF problem with Microsoft Word 6.0 in 24bpp driver.

14. Fixed a problem in bitblt with stretching of squares.

15. Modified the XR1A register in the VDD to fix a 800*600 panel
    problem.

16. Fixed the calculator truncation problem in Windows
    3.1/J(Japanese environment).


DOS  DRIVERS

1.   Modified VESA.COM to support the Get Super VGA Mode
     Information(4F01).




NOTES - WINDOWS  DRIVERS

1. These drivers support the linear frame buffer.  Please note
   the following points regarding the Windows 3.1 linear
   drivers:

         Continued improvement in features and performance.

         One driver per color depth supports multi-spatial
          resolutions.

         Added pen compliance.

         PC Video aware.

         Supports DCI (primary surface).

         Supports panning if driver resolution is more than the
          display size of the panel.

         Supports display switching using a Control Panel Applet
          and/or with a hot key if the OEM BIOS meets the CHIPS
          specification for display switching.

          NOTE:  Display switching is not allowed if Windowed VM
                    has focus.

         WINMEM32.DLL needs to be present in the SYSTEM
          directory.

         These drivers cannot run in Windows standard mode
          (WIN/S or WIN/2).

2. The following list describes the Windows 3.1 driver filenames
   and resolutions:

         LINEAR4.DRV:  16 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                       Cursor, Display Switch

         LINEAR8.DRV:  256 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                       Cursor, Display Switch

         LINEAR16.DRV: 32K/64K Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                       Cursor, Display (65535/540 only) Switch

         LINEAR24.DRV: 16M Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                       Cursor, Display Switch (65540 only)

      The following drivers function with the F65545 only

         VIDGX4.DRV:     16 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big Cursor,
                         Display Switch

         VIDGX8.DRV:     256 Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                         Cursor, Display Switch

         VIDGX16.DRV:    32K/64K Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                         Cursor, Display Switch

         VIDGX24.DRV:    16M Color Multi Res, Pan, Pen, Big
                         Cursor, Display Switch

3. Some applications, such as CorelDraw, PhotoStyler and
   Fotoman, assume 16 color drivers are VGA planar drivers and
   renders the image in the planar format.  These applications
   do not correctly interpret Plane and BitsPixel information
   returned by the driver, and are not displayed correctly in
   our 4bpp packed pixel driver (LINEAR4.DRV).
   The following table compares information returned by two
   different formats for 16 color drivers:

                          VGA.DRV    LINEAR4.DRV
                          (Planar)    (Packed)
            BitsPixel        1            4
            Planes           4            1
            Colors           16          16
   
4. CHIPS' driver implementation of the Ellipse and Round
   Rectangle function is different (one pixel off) from
   Microsoft's driver implementation.  CHIPS' RoundRect
   driver implementation causes a problem where the bottom
   line disappears in TCALC.EXE of the ESS Audio card.  To
   fix this problem, make the following change in the
   [DISPLAY] section of the SYSTEM.INI file:
   
       [DISPLAY]
       . . .
       RoundRect=0   ;disable round rectangle driver
                      implementation
       Ellipse=0     ;disable ellipse driver implementation
   
   By default, the driver implementation for the
   Ellipse/RoundRect function is enabled.  There will be some
   impact on performance by disabling the Ellipse/RoundRect
   driver implementation.



5. The following anomalies exist with drivers in the industry
   other than CHIPS drivers:

         Windows 3.1 MPLAYER.EXE has a problem when displaying
          HELP with high color and true color drivers.  This
          problem is fixed in Windows 3.11 MPLAYER.EXE.

         Windows 3.1 Paintbrush has a problem with a black box
          appearing when pasting a DIB and immediately flipping
          the object horizontally.  This problem is in the GDI
          and appears in most 256 color drivers.

         Windows 3.1 Paintbrush has a problem with low memory
          when printing a color image in high color drivers.
          This image is successfully printed by doing a cut-and-
          paste to Word for Windows.

         Windows 3.1 HELP screen has a problem with text
          appearing dark (black) instead of green in high color
          drivers.

         Windows 3.1 DCT ROP3 test has a problem with the 32k
          color(15bpp) driver. This problem occurs with other 32k
          color drivers.

         The TDW(Turbo Debugger) in Turbo C++ for Japanese
          Windows 3.1 causes an error which states "Illegal Video
          Mode".

         Quick Recorder (Video for Windows) has a problem
          displaying small fonts in  high & true color drivers.
          The application does not allocate sufficient memory for
          the small font, but it successfully displays large
          fonts.






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