SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP8147 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Fire GL Drivers) VERSION: 2.00 Rev a LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Drivers DIVISIONS: Workstations PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation AP400, 5100, 6000, and 8000 OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: 4 SEPTEMBER 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.x SUPERSEDES: SP7639 DESCRIPTION: This SoftPaq creates two files -- a description file and a self-extracting executable file. The self-extracting executable file contains Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 that supports the following subsystems and features of Compaq Professional Workstations: Diamond Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Graphics Controller Compaq Workstation Support Software Installation utility Enhancements/Fixes: The release of the Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Version 2.00 Revision A, supports the following Compaq Professional Workstations: · Compaq Professional Workstation SP700 · Compaq Professional Workstation AP500 · Compaq Professional Workstation AP400 · Compaq Professional Workstation AP200 · Compaq Professional Workstation 8000 · Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 · Compaq Professional Workstation 5100 · Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 This release is the first Compaq Workstation SSD for Windows NT release to support workstation-only products. Note: The Compaq Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, which supported Compaq Professional Workstations and Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia Servers, is no longer a combined product. The two new products are Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Version 2.00A (or later) for Compaq Professional Workstations and Compaq Server Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Version 2.10A (or later) for Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia Servers. Diamond Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Graphics Controller—(FGL4K.SYS) · Updated the Diamond Multimedia Fire GL 4000 Graphics Controller Driver from Version 2.1.0.29 to 4.00.1381.2137. This updated driver corrects the following in these applications: SoftImage (OpenGL application) · Fixed antialiasing feature (accumulation buffer). Pro/Engineer (OpenGL application) · Added extensions GL_EXT_polygon_offset and GL_EXT_vertex_array. · Added profile that disables "Fast Polygon Offset." 3D Studio Max · Added extension GL_WIN_swap_hint. · Added PFD_COPY_SWAP and PFD_COPY_EXCHANGE to pixel formats. Copy swap is used if the application requests the PFD_COPY_SWAP bit. Maya application · Fixed crash (Dr. Watson) caused by glDrawPixel() - · Fixed SJ-8586, crash in glDrawPixels(). Maya NT application · Added profile that disables "Fast Polygon Offset". · Fixed glDrawPixels() not working if OpenGL window is moved outside of screen. Java3D application · Fixed clipping bug. · Improved Vertex Array implementation. Pro/Designer application · Added new profile "ProDesigner". · Fixed problem caused by multi-threaded application if a thread is deleting a context that is not the current context of the thread. Hyper Mesh (OpenGL application) · Fixed blending modes that were not HW accelerated. · Fixed GL_FEEDBACK mode (corrected wrong coordinates in feedback buffer). · Fixed overlay planes that were disabled by the changes for the extensions. Quake II Patch 3.14 · Fixed floating-point inaccuracies when going through different source code paths. ArcView/3D Analyst · Fixed floating-point inaccuracies when going through different source code paths. For details, refer to NTREADME.HLP in the created support files. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions to unpack the files. The number of files to be created and total file size is displayed. You will be given the chance to specify the target directory for the files, or default to the download directory. The following files will be created: README.TXT DMND.EXE 3. After the files have been created, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 1. 4. From the directory in which the files are created, execute the self-extracting executable: DMND.EXE [ENTER] 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to extract (unzip) the support software files to a folder on your hard drive and run the program SETUP.EXE to install the software. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.