Thank you for purchasing the Dynamic Pictures V192 PCI-based graphics board.
The V192 provides workstation graphics on PCI-based systems for a number of
architectures, including:

	* Alpha AXP
	* MIPS
	* X86 and Pentium

In order to get the most out of your purchase, please follow the instructions
below on installing the software for your architecture.


[X86 SYSTEMS]

There are no special instructions for installing NT on Intel-based systems.
The entire installation process takes advantage of the built-in VGA hardware
on the V192 graphics board.  Please refer to the section below, "RISC and X86
SYSTEMS", for instructions on installing the Windows and OpenGL drivers.


[RISC SYSTEMS (alpha, mips)]

When installing NT on a new system, please follow the instructions provided
with your system to start the installation process.  A typical sequence of
steps might be:

1. Turn on the machine.

2. At the first menu, select "Run a program".

3. At the "Run program" prompt, type "cd:\<architecture>\setupldr", where
   <architecture> is "mips", "alpha", or "ppc".

At this point, the NT executive will be loaded and the installation procedure
will attempt to determine the type of video hardware in your system.  In most
cases, you should see another menu similar to this:

	+-----------------------+
	| Frame buffer		|
	| VGA compatible	|
	| S3-based		|
	| Other			|
	+-----------------------+

The specific entries will vary with your particular system.  Select "Other".

When prompted, insert this floppy into the floppy drive (usually A:) and hit
ENTER.  Another menu should appear, similar to this:

	+-----------------------------------------------+
	| Dynamic Pictures V192 2D Display Driver	|
	+-----------------------------------------------+

Hit ENTER to select this option.  From hereon, NT will install normally.  At
this time, only the 2D drivers are installed.  To load the 3D drivers, you
must follow the instructions outlined in the section "RISC and X86 Systems".

However, on some systems, you may not be presented with the video selection
menu.  Instead, the installation process will continue loading NT and boot to
the installation-type menu:

	Express setup (recommended)

	Custom setup

If you did NOT see the video selection menu, you MUST select "Custom setup".
After selecting Custom Setup, you will be presented with a verification
screen, similar to:

	CPU: MIPS R4xxx
	Keyboard: PS/2
	Mouse: PS/2
	Video: S3-based

	Accept the selections above

At this point, change the video selection by moving the highlight to the video
line and hit ENTER.  You will then see a menu similar to this:

	+-----------------------+
	| Frame buffer		|
	| VGA compatible	|
	| S3-based		|
	| Other			|
	+-----------------------+

The specific entries will vary with your particular system.  Select "Other".

When prompted, insert this floppy into the floppy drive (usually A:) and hit
ENTER.  Another menu should appear, similar to this:

	+-----------------------------------------------+
	| Dynamic Pictures V192 2D Display Driver	|
	+-----------------------------------------------+

Hit ENTER to select this option.  The "Video:" line should now look like this:

	Video: Dynamic Pictures V192 2D Display Driver

Accept the selections.  NT will now install normally.  At this time, only the 
2D drivers are installed.  To load the 3D drivers, you must follow the 
instructions outlined in the section "RISC and X86 Systems".


[RISC and X86 SYSTEMS]

The V192 display adapter is specially designed to accelerate 3D graphics.  In
order to take full advantage of the V192's capabilities, drivers for the
OpenGL API are provided on this floppy.  This section describes how to install
the 3D drivers (for RISC and X86) and Windows drivers (for X86).

Installation of the OpenGL drivers is through the Control Panel's Display
applet.  Please refer to your Windows NT System Guide for more information
regarding the Control Panel.  The steps outlined below will install the OpenGL
drivers for the V192 graphics board:

1. Select the Control Panel from the Main program group.

2. Select the Display icon from the Control Panel.  A "Display Settings"
   window appears.

3. Select "Change display type..."  A "Display Type" window appears.

4. Select "Change..."  A "Select Device" window appears.

5. Select "Other..."  An "Install From Disk" window appears.

6. Insert this floppy into drive A: and select "OK".

7. From the "Select Device" window, choose the V192 resolution and refresh
   rate desired from the "Models" list.

8. Click on "Install".

9. When the "Windows NT Setup" window appears, select "New".

10. Reboot your system to be sure that the drivers are installed properly.
    You are now ready to run your 3D applications.


[SPECIAL INSTALLATION NOTE FOR DEC ALPHASTATION 600 SYSTEMS]

As of this writing, the AlphaStation 600 ('Alcor') system has a problem in the 
PCI configuration portion of Windows NT V3.51 HAL code which causes another 
system PCI device to interfere with the operation of the V192 module.  The 
problem causes the system with a V192 module installed to machine check during 
the NT system boot process.  A corrected system HAL is available; please 
contact your DEC representative.  If you must proceed with installation
before installing the corrected system HAL, the following setup will 
workaround this problem:

	1. Boot your system with another video adapter, such as the TGA device
		usually shipped in Digital's systems.
	2. Install the V192 driver software as described in the 
		"[RISC and X86 SYSTEMS]" section above, except do not select 
		the reboot option or otherwise reboot your system until
		completing the rest of these steps. (If you do reboot you will 
		encounter the boot system failure.  To recover from this, 
		start again from step 1 above and when booting the other video
		adapter select the NT 'last known good configuration' option by
		pressing the spacebar when prompted.)
	3. Start the registry editor from a command window or 'run' prompt
		by entering the command 'regedt32'.
	4. Select the following registry folder:
		HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
		   SYSTEM
		      CurrentControlSet
		         Services
		            pvp
		               Device0
	5. With that folder selected, choose the 'Edit' menu's 'Add Value'
		command.
	6. Enter the value name 'AccessRangeBaseAddress', change the
		data type to 'REG_DWORD', and choose OK.
	7. Enter the number '3000000' or '4000000' or '5000000'...
		(your system configuration may be such that one of these
		numbers works and others do not.) with radix hex, choose OK.
	8. Exit the registry editor and reboot the system.


[Pro/E HINTS]

Parametric Technology's Pro/E CAD package can more fully utilize the
capabilities of the V192 graphics board if the "config.pro" file is modified
slightly to enable certain Pro/E features.  Please refer to your Pro/E manual
for more information regarding Pro/E's configuration files.

The following lines, added to your config.pro, will help 3D graphics
performance with Pro/E:

	WINDOWS_SCALE 0.9
	MENU_HORIZONTAL_HINT RIGHT 
	THERMO_POSITION_HINT NO_WINDOW_OVERLAP 
	SHADE_STRIPS_LONG YES
	GRAPHICS GL


[*** RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 951100 ***]
(see below for release notes pertaining to more recent versions)

The 951100 release of the V192 3D graphics accelerator drivers contain a
number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and new functionality.  This
section highlights the changes since the 951002 release.

1. Features

    The most notable addition is V192 driver support for the OpenGL overlay
    plane feature. The V192 includes hardware support for 4 bits
    double-buffered graphics overlay planes, allowing one to select on a
    pixel-by-pixel basis whether to display an overlay pixel or the normal
    true-color pixel.  This feature could be used, for example, to smoothly 
    animate a 3D object "overlaying" a complex rendered background without
    incurring the cost of re-rendering the background.  In order to take
    advantage of the overlay API, you must update your NT3.51 OpenGL DLL to
    a version that exports the overlay API, and your application must be
    "overlay-aware".

    Set Pro/E environment variable to use display list when the drivers are
    loaded.

2. Performance

    A number of performance enhancements have gone into the 951100 release.
    These include the following:

    OpenGL immediate-mode performance has been significantly improved.
    Display-list mode is still recommended when the highest graphics
    performance is critical.

    Little or no performance degradation for partially excluded 3D windows.
    Taking advantage of the programmable features of the V192 hardware, the
    impact of overlapping windows on 3D graphics performance is minimalized.

    Overall performance improvement for OpenGL 3D applications, particularly
    for common operations and modes used by real-world applications.

3. Bugs

    Fixed the fatal application error when running Winbench 4.0.

    Fixed problems in GLU conformance; the test now passes.

    Replaced REG_BINARY with REG_DWORD for the Registry entry 
    DefaultSettings.BitsPerPel.

    Fixed triangle dropouts seen when running viewperf with 117aL and Skullm
    models and backface culling is enabled.

    Fixed Pro/E shortcheck model's (fempost) missing wireframe.

    Fixed Pro/E shortcheck model's (layers) clipping bug producing incorrect
    wireframe drawing.

[*** RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 951218 ***]

The 951218 release of the V192 3D graphics accelerator drivers is a
maintenance release which contains a number of bug fixes.  In addition,
the 951218 release has been certified by SoftImage to run Soft3D (see note 
below).   This section highlights the changes since the 951100 release.

1. Bug fixes

    Fixed OpenGL rendering problems encountered by SoftImage V3.01.

    Fixed intermittent crashes when running double-buffered texturing 
    applications at resolutions other than 1280 by 1024.

    Fixed intermittent window clipping problems when running multiple
    3D applications.

2. Quality

    The 951218 release has undergone the most extensive quality assurance
    testing to date.  Conformance tests assure continued adherence to the
    OpenGL standard.  Real-world CAD applications, benchmarks, and demo
    programs have contributed to highly optimized, stable drivers. Enjoy!


3. Outstanding Issues

    OpenGL Conformance requirements (mustpass, covgl, covglu) are met, but
    the HCT OpenGL Conformance test fails.

    HCT ResView (auto) test and Video ROP tests fail on the V192 due to
    HCT test program problems dealing with TrueColor pixel depths.

Note: SoftImage certifies integrated systems (i.e., particular configurations
of computer and graphics-option).  The V192 has been certified on certain Alpha
configurations, and is expected to shortly be certified on certain MIPS 
configurations.  The x86 V192 drivers are identical to the Alpha and MIPS
drivers, but have not yet been officially certified by SoftImage.  Contact 
your SoftImage representative in order to determine whether or not a particular
vendor/graphics-option combination has been certified.
