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		WINDOWS NT DRIVER SETUP INFORMATION
			       for
			     Blade 3D


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Windows NT Device Drivers                                       Dec 1998
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Contents

1.0     Introduction
2.0     Supported Resolutions
3.0     Installation Notes for Windows NT Version 4.0

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1.0     Introduction

This Accelerated Driver runs on the following products:

     Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP local bus adapter

The Graphics Device Drivers supplied here are for the Microsoft
Windows NT operating system version 4.0.

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2.0     Supported Resolutions.

		    256 colors    65000 colors    16.7 million
     Resolutions    8 bpp         16 bpp          32 bpp

     640 x  480     2/4/8MB         2/4/8MB           2/4/8MB
     800 x  600     2/4/8MB         2/4/8MB           2/4/8MB
    1024 x  768     2/4/8MB         2/4/8MB             4/8MB
    1280 x 1024     2/4/8MB           4/8MB              NA
    1600 x 1200     2/4/8MB           4/8MB              NA

2/4MB -  Supported on 2 or 4 Megabyte Trident  products
NA      -  Not Supported


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3.0     Installation Notes for Windows NT

This driver package containing:

  - SGIUL40.SYS         (Trident linear addressing video miniport driver)
  - BIOSDL32.SYS, 
  - P208.SYS,
  - COMMBIOS.SYS,       (Porsche BIOSDLL set)
  - DTV.SYS             (To handle Digital TV)
  - SGIUL40.DLL         (Trident 256/64K/16M colors accelerated video display  driver)
  - TRIDENT.INF         (setup files used by Windows NT Setup program)
  - README              (This README file for Windows NT Version 4.0)
  - TDISPLUS.DLL        (Trident Utility program, for TV output)



Procedure:

1. Run the Windows NT display Setup program located in the Control Panel,
   Select Display Icon.  Double click it to bring up Display Property page.
   Select "Settings" Tab on the Display Property page.

2. Click "Display Type..." button from the Display Settings options.

3. Select "Change..." button from the Display Type options.

4. Select "Have Disk..." button from the Select Device options.

5. Windows NT will prompt you for the correct path where the driver is loaded.

6. Choose "Trident Video Accelerator 3D Adapter" from the
   list of drivers.

7. Then follow the procedures provided by Windows NT to complete installation.

8. Restart Windows NT.  Windows NT will start up with default mode 
   using the Trident drivers.

9. Choose desired resolution, color depth and refresh rate from the
   Display Setting applet, and restart Windows NT.


