SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP8605 PART NUMBER: 276190-007 FILE NAME: N/A TITLE: Workstation Fire GL 4000 Drivers for Windows NT 4.0 VERSION: 4.00 Rev B VENDOR VERSION NUMBER: 4.00.1381.2210 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Drivers DIVISIONS: Workstations PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Professional Workstation 5100, 6000, 8000, or AP400 using the Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller NOTE: The Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller is standard on selected Workstation models, but could be an option installed on other models. OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1998 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: SP7758 DESCRIPTION: Creates the diskette, "Workstation Fire GL 4000 Drivers for Windows NT 4.0," which contains the Windows NT 4.0 drivers for the graphics controller used in affected Professional Workstations (see PRODUCTS AFFECTED). Enhancements/Fixes: - Supports multiple monitors and dual Fire GL 4000 Graphics Controllers. Fixed issues in the following applications: - Working Model 3D: Was returning wrong z-values in selection mode when viewing in perspective. - Pro/Designer 19: Disables alpha planes to fix issues caused by alpha values in a pixelmode with PFD_SWAP_COPY set. - Marquee 2.0 Beta: Adds blending for bitmaps; fixes problem when changing textures; reloading texture if border or repeat status changed; fixes Alpha blending for Marquee. - Catia: Fast polygon offset, FPOUnitScale added to profiles. New Tree for FGL4K. J1 and J1A together (FGL4K and FGL5K). Fixes GDI Stress problem and WHQL Short regression problem. HOW TO USE: 1. Obtain 1 formatted 1.44-MB diskette. 2. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory. The file that is downloaded is an executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 3. From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to insert the formatted diskette in a drive to create the diskette. 4. After the diskette has been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded in step 2. 5. To Install, refer to README.TXT on the created diskette. Copyright 1998, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies