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	| README file for
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        | ELSA Windows driver, ver 5.34
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	|       WINNER 3000-M
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        | Copyright (c) 1994-97 ELSA GmbH, Aachen (Germany)
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	|                                     Subsidary:
	| ELSA GmbH                           ELSA Inc.
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	| D-52070 Aachen                      Suite 101
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	|                                     USA
	|
        | Phone      : +49-241-606-0         Phone: +1-408-935-0350
        | Support Fax: +49-241-606-6399      Phone:  1-800-272-ELSA
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        | WWW        : http://www.elsa.de    WWW  : http://www.elsa.com
        |
        | 01/13/97, cskopins


	Table of Contents:

	1.      Overview
	2.      Contents
	3.      Installation

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1.      Overview

	This directory contains the ELSA Windows drivers as
	well as ELSA Windows applications, e.g. WINman and SETUP.

	The Windows drivers support all resolutions and color depths
	available with the ELSA graphics boards. All Windows
	drivers on this disk take best advantage of the ELSA graphics
	hardware, thus enabling the full feature set of the boards for
	use in Windows. Ergonomics as well as Windows performance are
	significantly enhanced by the drivers.

	WINman is a Windows utility program to configure the rich
	feature set of the drivers. It features a intuitive user
	interface that allows you to configure resolution, color
	depth, refresh rate and the virtual desktop.
	WINman offers extensive online help, describing it's own and
	the Windows drivers' configuration options. Please take the time
	to read the online help! It will help you better take advantage
	of your ELSA graphic board.

	SETUP is an installation program for the installation of the
	ELSA Windows driver and the ELSA Windows utilities.


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2.      Contents

	Almost all files are compressed, their names are slightly
	changed.  Please note that the files can NOT just be copied
	from this directory. (see installation)

	This directory contains the following files:

	DATE.DOC      file identifying the disk, prod. date, etc.
	README.TXT    the file you currently look at
	LIESMICH.TXT  german version of README
	OEMSETUP.INF  control file for Microsoft SETUP

	WINVCT08.DR_  256 color driver ( 8 bpp)
	WINVCT16.DR_  64k color driver (16 bpp)
	WINVCT24.DR_  16M color driver (24 bpp)
	WINVGA.2G_    grabber file
        WINVCT.2G_    grabber file
        VDDWIN.38_    virtuell device driver
        VDDVCT.38_    virtuell device driver
        WINVGA.3G_    grabber file
        WINVCT.3G_    grabber file
        8514FIX.FO_   several system fonts for the both
	8514OEM.FO_               font/captionbar sizes
	8514SYS.FO_          "
	VGAFIX.FO_           "
	VGAOEM.FO_           "
	VGASYS.FO_           "

	WINMAN.EX_    WINman program
	WINMAN.MO_    WINman monitor configuration file
	WINMADEU.DL_  german resource DLL for WINman
	WINMADEU.HL_  german help file for WINman
	WINMADEU.DL_  english resource DLL for WINman
	WINMAENG.HL_  english help file for WINman

	SETUP.EXE     Setup Programm: loads WSETUP.EXE
	WSETUP.EX_    Wsetup program
	WSETUP.INF    Wsetup installation description file
	WSETUDEU.DL_  german resource DLL for WSETUP
	WSETUDEU.HL_  german help file for WSETUP
	WSETUENG.DL_  english resource DLL for WSETUP
	WSETUENG.HL_  english help file for WSETUP

	In case of trouble during or after installation, please make
	sure you have all the files mentioned above!


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3.      Installation

        ATTENTION! Before updating from version 5.31 you have setup the
        vga display driver first!

3.1     Installation of the ELSA Windows driver with ELSA SETUP.EXE

	You can install the ELSA Windows drivers with the program
	SETUP.EXE on this disk "Drivers for Windows 3.1x" or with CD ROM.

	Start Windows, call in the "Program Manager" "File"/"Run ...",
	enter the commandline "a:setup" or the corresponding path on the
	ELSA CD (e.g. D:\VICTORY\3D\WIN31\SETUP.EXE) and confirm with
	"OK".
	SETUP asks for your language, installs the ELSA Windows drivers
	and configures with WINman a fitting graphics mode.
	Afterwards (and also at following calls of SETUP), when the
	Windows driver installation is o.k., you may install additional
	Windows utility programs.


3.2     Installation of the ELSA Windows driver with Microsoft SETUP.EXE

	Make sure to have the original Windows 3.1 distribution disk
	present. The installation procedure will ask you for some of
	these disks. To install the ELSA Windows drivers, please exit
	Windows and change to your Windows directory and run the
	Microsoft SETUP program. Select the menu 'displays', scroll down
	to the end of the list and select 'Other'.

	SETUP will ask for a floppy disk. Please insert the ELSA
	Windows disk into your floppy drive and press <Enter>.
	SETUP will offer a list of choices of ELSA graphic boards to
	install from the floppy.
	Please locate and select the entry that corresponds to product
	name of your ELSA graphic board.' SETUP will install and change all
	neccessary files for you. If you update an existing installation,
	SETUP will ask whether it should update or keep old files. Please
	be sure to press <ESC> to update the existing files. After SETUP
	completes the installation rerun Windows.

	ELSA WINman will automatically be launched. WINman is a tool to
	help you configure and customize the ELSA graphic board and your
	monitor. You can request help in WINman anytime by pressing the
	<F1> key.

	CAVEAT: Do NEVER enter the path to your Windows system
		directory if SETUP asks for a DISK. Otherwise the
		update fails possibly.

3.3     User Hints WINman

	WINman installs itself in the Program Group ELSAware in Windows.
	After the initial installation and first call, you can call
	WINman from your Program Group ELSAware.

	At first use you should run "First ..." completly inclusive
	storing a Windows graphicmode.

	Later you may modify your graphics mode under "Graphicmode ...".

	After storing more than one graphicmode, WINman starts with a
	fast graphics mode switching menu. Then you may switch your
	Windows graphics mode very fast without testing with test
	screens.

	In all menus you will find context sensitive help (with "Help"-
	button or with F1-key).


3.4     Video-acceleration with DCI

3.4.1   Installation of DCI-support

	To activate the DCI capability of the graphics board, you have
	to install VfW 1.1d (or higher) from the delivered ELSA CD. Even
	when you have installed VfW before, it is necessary to run
	the installation from the ELSA CD, because some additional files
	are copied to the windows system directory and the file
	SYSTEM.INI is modified, too.
	To install VfW you have to run SETUP.EXE under windows from
	the directory \ELSAWARE\VFW from the ELSA CD.

	The following files are copied to the windows system directory:

	  UDH.DLL      (Universal Draw Handler)
	  DCIMAN.DLL   (DCI-Manager)

	The installation-software also modifies the SYSTEM.INI-file:

	  [DRIVERS]
	  DCI=display
	  vids.draw=udh.dll

	  [WINNER.DRV]
	  DCI-SUPPORT=1

3.4.2   Hints

	- If an application doesn't use DCI, there will be no
	  acceleration.

	- DCI allows direct access of visible display-memory (called
	  "Primary Surface"). If no DCI is available, an application
	  needs two steps to render an image: First it renders the image
	  into a bitmap in the computer's main memory. Then it uses GDI
	  to copy the bitmap onto the visible display. With DCI the
	  program can write directly into the display's memory, which is
	  faster than using GDI and a bitmap. The disadvantage is, that
	  the data must be compatible to the display's color-depth
	  (e.g 8-bit palettized, 16-bit hicolor, 32-bit true-color),
	  otherwise the application has to convert the color-space
	  itself, which takes a lot of time.

	- The ELSA gui-accelerators have integrated circuitry to
	  minimize the amount of CPU-power needed to playback video.
	  These boards support access to invisible display-memory
	  (called "OffScreen Surface"), managed by our ELSA DCI driver.

	  When an application finished drawing into offscreen, it
	  advises the DCI-driver to render the offscreen-image into
	  visible display-memory. The DCI-driver uses the accelerator-
	  hardware to perform shrinking, stretching and/or color-
	  conversion.

	  Increasing resolution and color-depth shrinks available
	  offscreen-memory, so that a video may not fit into it anymore.
	  This causes the DCI-driver to switch back to "Primary
          Surface".
