Windows 3.1 installation
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The Windows 3.1 driver installation utility copies all of the graphics driver 
and utility files to your hard disk. It also allows you to configure your 
graphics system for Windows 3.1 in either DOS or OS/2 v2.1. You can change the 
monitor refresh rates, resolution, number of available colors, large or normal 
size fonts and font cache size. After new options have been selected, you can 
either immediately restart Windows, in which case the new configuration will 
take effect immediately, or you can continue working in the current resolution, 
in which case the new resolution will take effect the next time Windows is 
started. In some configurations the AUTOEXEC.BAT file needs to be modified to 
make the changes permanent.

Using Install
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To run the installation program, start Windows 3.1. Insert the floppy labeled 
"Windows 3.1 Display Drivers" into your floppy disk drive. From the Windows 
Program Manager select Run from the File menu. Type the letter of the floppy 
drive that the driver diskette is in, followed by the word INSTALL. 
For instance, if the driver disk is in drive A:, type A:\INSTALL.EXE. Click on 
the OK button. In the first dialog box that is displayed, you can set the path 
where you would like the utility programs to be installed. If you want to use 
the default directory, click on Continue. To change to another directory, you 
can either type the path name or you can click on the down arrow and select a 
directory for installation. The drop down box works just like the Directory 
field in a file open dialog box. After you select the directory, press the 
Continue button. The configuration dialog box for the installation utility is 
where you actually configure how you want Windows to work. The various sections 
are described below.

Resolution
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These buttons let you choose the resolution that WinMode will use to run 
Windows 3.1 after Windows is restarted. Some of these buttons may be grayed out 
because of the amount of video memory in your system or if some of the monitor 
refresh rates have been set to Unavailable.

Colors
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These buttons let you choose the number of colors that will be available to 
Windows 3.1 after Windows is restarted. Some of these choices may be grayed 
out.This is because of the amount of video memory in your system and the 
resolution that you have selected. If you have chosen OS/2 v2.1 in the 
Operating System field, then the only possible choices are for 16 or 256 
colors. Generally, 256 color mode will be the fastest choice. If you need 
more colors then there will be some slowdown in graphics performance.

Font Size
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The small fonts are intended for lower resolutions and higher resolutions on 
large monitors. With smaller monitors, the large fonts are more readable at 
higher resolutions.

Monitor Refresh Rates
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The drop down list boxes let you select the monitor refresh rates for each 
resolution. If you select Unavailable for any screen resolution, any higher 
resolutions will also be tagged as unavailable. This will also turn off the 
corresponding choices in the Resolution box.
In general, the higher the refresh rate, the better the display quality and 
the lower the performance. This is because the graphics system can only do so 
many operations per second. The more operations that it spends drawing the 
screen, the fewer it has left to do work.

Consult the manual that came with your monitor to determine the proper settings 
for these fields.

Font Cache Size
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The Font Cache Size lets you set the amount of system memory that will be 
available for font caching. 
Next to the font cache size is an up arrow and a down arrow. Click on the up 
arrow to increase the cache size. Click on the down arrow to decrease the cache 
size. 

Font caching is a technique to increase the performance of Windows by saving 
the bitmaps of frequently used characters. The next time that the cached 
characters are needed, they are just copied instead of having to be built from 
scratch.

WinMode has tried to determine the correct setting for this field for you, 
but you may change it. Just remember that memory set aside for font caching 
will not be available for anything else.

Operating System
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The Operating System buttons let you set the operating system that you are 
running Windows in. 
This is very important because the configuration and capabilities of the 
drivers are very different in OS/2 v2.1 and DOS. The most obvious difference 
is that the drivers will only work in 16 and 256 color modes in OS/2. There are 
a number of other differences in the configuration of the drivers. 
Prior to installing OS/2 For Windows, you will need to run WinMode and select 
the OS/2 v2.1 option.

OK
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The OK button closes the dialog box and accepts the choices that you have made.
After clicking OK, your computer will be reconfigured to use the choices that 
you have made. These changes may need to be added to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file 
for them to be permanent. If this is necessary, you will be prompted by the 
program.If WinMode detects that you changed your Windows 3.1 configuration, 
you will be asked if Windows should be restarted. If you answer yes, Windows 
will be restarted immediately, if you say no, then you will have to exit 
Windows and restart it manually for the changes to take effect.

Cancel
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The Cancel button closes the dialog box and exits the program without making 
any changes. Selecting Close from the control menu or double clicking on the 
control menu box will have the same effect.

About
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The About button will display a dialog box with the version number of WinMode 
and a copyright notice.

Help
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For help on WinMode, select the Help button. The main help screen contains an 
image of the WinMode screen. Place the cursor over the field(s) that you need 
help with. When the mouse pointer changes to a hand, click to display the help 
text for that field. Click again to make the pop-up text disappear.
After the extended resolution drivers and utilities have been installed, they 
can be reconfigured either from within the Windows 3.1 Control Panel or from 
the DOS prompt.

Reconfiguring Windows 3.1
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To reconfigure from the DOS prompt:
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Insure that Windows 3.1 and the extended resolution drivers are already 
installed on your computer. 

From your Windows directory, at the DOS prompt, type SETUP[Enter] 
Follow the instructions on the screen. When you come to the screen which 
lists the hardware and software components such as display adapter (e.g. VGA, 
CGA, etc.), keyboard type, mouse type, etc., go to the DISPLAY selection by 
using cursor keys to move the highlighted bar and press [Enter].

You will see the list of drivers and 
the associated resolutions, such as:

SS ALPINE v1.0, 1280x1024x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 1024x768x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x256
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x64K
SS ALPINE v1.0, 800x600x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 800x600x256

Highlight the desired choice by moving the cursor to the correct display 
driver, and then press [Enter].

Setup will prompt you that the driver is already in your Windows directory 
and give you a chance to replace it. Use the existing driver.
Continue with the remainder of the setup procedure.

To reconfigure from within Windows:
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Insure that Windows 3.1 and the extended resolution drivers are already 
installed on your computer.

From the Main window of the Program Manager run the Windows 3.1 Setup program.

Select Change Systems Settings... from the Options menu of Setup.

You will see the list of available drivers and their associated resolutions, 
such as:

SS ALPINE v1.0, 1280x1024x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 1024x768x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x256
SS ALPINE v1.0, 640x480x64K
SS ALPINE v1.0, 800x600x16
SS ALPINE v1.0, 800x600x256

Highlight by moving the cursor to the desired display driver, and then click 
on OK. Setup will prompt you that the driver is already in your Windows 
directory and give you a chance to replace it. Use the existing driver.
Continue with the remainder of the setup procedure. The changes will not take 
effect until Windows is restarted. 

Power management screen saver
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The Display Power Manager for Windows 3.1 provides a mechanism to control the 
amount of power used by a computer's monitor.  It provides a total of 5 levels 
of power savings. The first level is a conventional screen saver that turns 
the screen black and bounces a logo around. The black screen provides 
substantial power savings and the animation lets you know that the computer 
is still active. 

The other four levels of power savings are...

        Reduced on mode - Reduced on mode is an optional power saving state 
        that allows the computer to use some power savings while still fully 
        operational. Currently this is limited to some portable computers 
        that can lower the power usage on their LCD displays. This causes 
        some degradation of display quality.

        Stand by mode - Stand by mode is an optional power saving state that 
        gives minimal power savings, but provides the fastest recovery time. 
        It is enabled by blanking the screen and lowering the horizontal rate 
        to less than 10 Hz with less than a 25% duty cycle. There is no 
        change to vertical timing.

        Suspend mode - Suspend mode is a mandatory state in which substantial 
        power savings are achieved by the display. The trade off is that 
        recovery times are longer than from stand by mode. It is enabled by 
        blanking the screen and lowering the vertical rate to less than 10 Hz 
        with less than a 25% duty cycle. There is no change to horizontal 
        timing.

        Off mode - Off mode provides the highest level of power savings and
        the longest recovery times. With this mode the display is actually 
        turned off so that recovery times are equivalent to switching the 
        monitor on. It is enabled by blanking the screen and lowering both 
        the horizontal and vertical rates to less than 10 Hz with less than a 
        25% duty cycle. 

They match the power saving modes defined by the VESA VBE/PM (see below) 
standard. As you move down from one mode to the next, the amount of power 
being saved is greater, but so is the amount of time that it takes for a 
monitor to recover and be ready to display data.
The screen saver will cycle through all of the selected power saving modes 
one after another until the maximum selected power saving mode has been 
reached. The number of minutes that is specified for each level is the number 
of minutes after the previous mode has been enabled. It is not the total time 
before entering that mode.

Please refer to your Windows Users Guide for information on how to install 
screen savers in Windows.

Special considerations
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Some of these power saving modes are intended for specific display types, so 
not all of them are available on all video controllers.  On some controllers, 
only the animated logo will be available.
For the power saving modes to have any effect beyond just blanking the screen, 
the monitor being used must have specific power saving features.
Note that if the screen saver is in any of the power saving modes, moving the 
mouse will not wake it up. This is different from normal screen savers and is 
used to keep the monitor from waking up because of accidents such as bumping 
the desk that the computer is sitting on. This is especially important if the 
password option is enabled, since once the password dialog box pops up, it 
stays there until the user turns it off. This is a limitation of the 
Windows 3.1 screen saver interface.

Using the screen saver
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When the screen saver is started, it will initially display a bouncing logo 
on a black background. To enable additional levels of power savings, select 
them from the Screen Saver Mode section of the Setup dialog box.
Screen saver mode

The Screen Saver Mode section has four check boxes in it. They are ReducedOn, 
StandBy, Suspend and Off. The screen saver detects the type of graphics 
controller that is being used and the types of power savings that it is 
capable of. If the text immediately to the right of any of the check boxes is 
grayed out, that option is not available. If a power saving mode is available, 
then the text immediately to the right of the check box is black. If the box 
is selected with the mouse or the keyboard, the rest of the fields on the line 
will also turn black. If the check box is deselected, the other fields will 
turn gray.
The minutes field for each line can be changed only if the check box for that 
line is selected. The amount of time can be set for any number between 1 and 
60. The number can either be typed directly, or by clicking on the up or down 
arrow next to the number. Holding the mouse button down on the arrow will 
quickly increase or decrease the minutes field. 
The number of minutes that is specified for each level is the number of 
minutes after the previous mode has been enabled. It is not the total time 
before entering that mode.

Screen saver animation speed
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The scroll bar controls how fast the animation moves. The checkbox controls 
whether or not a bouncing sound will be played whenever the logo hits an edge 
of the screen.

Password options
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If the password checkbox is enabled, then the screen saver will prompt the 
user for a password before it quits. The password is the same one that is used 
for other Windows 3.1 screen savers. 

WinMode
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The  WinMode utility configures your graphics system for Windows 3.1 in either 
DOS or OS/2 2.1. It allows the user to change the monitor refresh rates, 
resolution, number of available colors, large or normal size fonts and font 
cache size. After new options have been selected, the user can either 
immediately restart Windows, in which case the new resolution will take effect 
immediately, or continue working in the current resolution, in which case the 
new resolution will take effect the next time Windows is started. In some 
configurations the AUTOEXEC.BAT file needs to be modified to make the changes 
permanent.

WinMode assumes that the Windows drivers have been correctly installed and 
configured using installation utility provided on the Windows 3.1 Drivers and 
Utilities Diskette. For installation instructions see the section on Windows 
3.1 drivers in this manual.

Using WinMode
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WinMode is run by selecting it's icon.  The icon will be in the group that 
you specified during the install process. 
The main windows for WinMode is exactly the same as the configuration dialog 
box for the Windows driver installation program (see the section in this 
manual on installing Windows 3.1 drivers). The various sections are described 
below.

Resolution
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These buttons let you choose the resolution that WinMode will use to run 
Windows 3.1 after Windows is restarted. Some of these buttons may be grayed 
out because of the amount of video memory in your system or if some of the 
monitor refresh rates have been set to Unavailable.

Colors
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These buttons let you choose the number of colors that will be available to 
Windows 3.1 after Windows is restarted. Some of these choices may be grayed 
out. This is because of the amount of video memory in your system and the 
resolution that you have selected. If you have chosen OS/2 v2.1 in the 
Operating System field, then the only possible choices are for 16 or 256 
colors. Generally, 256 color mode will be the fastest choice. If you need 
more colors then there will be some slowdown in graphics performance.

Font Size
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The small fonts are intended for lower resolutions and higher resolutions on 
large monitors. With smaller monitors, the large fonts are more readable at 
higher resolutions.

Monitor Refresh Rates
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The drop down list boxes let you select the monitor refresh rates for each 
resolution. If you select Unavailable for any screen resolution, any higher 
resolutions will also be tagged as unavailable. This will also turn off the 
corresponding choices in the Resolution box.
In general, the higher the refresh rate, the better the display quality and 
the lower the performance. This is because the graphics system can only do so 
many operations per second. The more operations that it spends drawing the 
screen, the fewer it has left to do work.
Consult the manual that came with your monitor to determine the proper 
settings for these fields.

Font Cache Size
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The Font Cache Size lets you set the amount of system memory that will be 
available for font caching. 
Next to the font cache size are an up arrow and a down arrow. Click on the up 
arrow to increase the cache size. Click on the down arrow to decrease the 
cache size. 
Font caching is a technique to increase the performance of Windows by savin
g the bitmaps of frequently used characters. The next time that the cached 
characters are needed, they are just copied instead of having to be built 
from scratch.
WinMode has tried to determine the correct setting for this field for you, 
but you may change it. Just remember that memory set aside for font caching 
will not be available for anything else.

Operating System
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The Operating System buttons let you set the operating system that you are 
running Windows in. 
This is very important because the configuration and capabilities of the 
drivers are very different in OS/2 2.1 and DOS. The most obvious difference 
is that the drivers will only work in 16 and 256 color modes in OS/2. There 
are a number of other differences in the configuration of the drivers. 
Prior to installing OS/2 For Windows, you will need to run WinMode and select 
the OS/2 2.1 option.

OK
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The OK button closes the dialog box and accepts the choices that you have 
made. After clicking OK,  your computer will be reconfigured to use the 
choices that you have made. These changes may need to be added to your 
AUTOEXEC.BAT file for them to be permanent. If this is necessary, you will be 
prompted by the program.
If WinMode detects that you changed your Windows 3.1 configuration, you will 
be asked if Windows should be restarted. If you answer yes, Windows Will be 
restarted immediately, If you say no, then you will have to exit Windows and 
restart it manually for the changes to take effect.

Cancel
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The Cancel button closes the dialog box and exits the program without making 
any changes. Selecting Close from the control menu or double clicking on the 
control menu box will have the same effect.

About
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The About button will display a dialog box with the version number of WinMode 
and a copyright notice.

Help
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For help on WinMode, select the Help button. The main help screen cantains an 
image of the WinMode screen. Place the cursor over the field(s) that you need 
help with. When the mouse pointer changes to a hand, click to display the help 
text for that field. Click again to make the pop-up text disappear.



