ESS Technology, Inc

Windows95 Driver Version 4.05.00.0156

Date: 9/3/97

NOTE: 
- To upgrade or uninstall the driver automatically, please use
  the "setup.exe" utility in the driver release.
- To change the "DOS Game" support level, please use the "setup.exe"
  utility in the driver release.
- Two flags are added in the INF files as default options to enable or
  disable game supports in Real_Mode_DOS and/or in DOS Box.  In
  this release, both flags are enabled as default. These two flags 
  need to be disabled for PC97 logo certification. Please contact
  ESS FAEs for assistance on PC97 logo submission.

  a) "GameSupport" flag in MAESTRO.INF 
  This flag is to enable/disable game support in DOS Box.

  HKR,,GameSupport,1,01,00  ; Enable Game Support in DOS Box
  HKR,,GameSupport,1,00,00  ; Disable Game Support in DOS Box

  b) "TrueDOSSupport" flag in MSTROWT.INF
  This flag is to enable/disable game support in Real_Mode DOS.

  HKR,Config,TrueDOSSupport,1,01,00 ; Enable Game Support in Real_Mode
  HKR,Config,TrueDOSSupport,1,00,00 ; Disable Game Support in Real_Mode


The followings are New Changes from Revision 4.05.00.0012:

- The joystick issue with "EXtreme Assault" is fixed.

- The driver revision number have been changed to match Microsoft's 
  DirectX 5.0 requirements.


The followings are known issues which are being resolved by the software
group:

- Slight noise during some MIDI playback when the "Chorus" is selected
  in the effect control. 

- DSound Mixing and DSound Streaming Tests have right & left channels
  reversed during wave file playback. 

- Auto detection in DOS box for the game 'Tomb Raider' does not work.
  Manual setup needs to be done instead. 

Future driver updates can be downloaded from
ftp.essservice.com/outgoing/platform

platform is a hidden directory.