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* Reference Driver Installation & Release Notes
*    December 17th, 1998 Developer Release
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Note that the V2000 based drivers may not work with your card
unless you upgrade your BIOS to the latest version. If you own
a Hercules Thriller 3D card you must upgrade your BIOS before 
installing these drivers. Go to the appropriate manufacturer's 
web site for the necessary files and instructions.

To install reference drivers:

- Open the "Display Properties" control panel, choose the 
  "Settings" tab, and click the "Advanced Properties" button.

- On the "Adapter" tab click the "Change" button.

- Click "Have Disk".

- Select either the "v1000" or "v2000" directory in the SDK 
  according to the type of Verite chip which is present in
  the system. "v2000" drivers will work for both "v2100" based
  cards or "v2200" based cards.

- Click "OK" several times to restart with the new driver.


RELEASE NOTES:


Release Drivers
---------------

	Rendition's most recent 'release quality' drivers can
	be found in the "drivers/release" directory. These
	drivers represent the most recent build that has been
	sent to our board customers for incorporation into
	their own driver releases.  

	Generally - the drivers released by our board customers 
	included more recent fixes, tweaks for specific 
	hardware, and enhanced features. You are generally
	better off using the drivers provided by your board 
	manufacturer unless these generic reference drivers 
	contain fixes not yet incoporated by your board maker. 
	
	Please be aware that Rendition does not directly 
	support these drivers - we build chips, not boards. 
	End users seeking support will have to go through their
	board manufacturer.  

			USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

	v1000 - Release 2.1 -- November 17th, 1998
		RRedline API supported.
		OpenGL ICD not available.
		MiniGL support available seperately.

	v2000 - Release 2.3, build 3631 -- September 10th, 1998
		WHQL Release. 
		This driver is Windows 98 compatible.
		RRedline API supported.
		OpenGL ICD available seperately.


Beta Drivers
------------

	Beta reference drivers for the V2000 series can be 
	found in the "drivers/beta" directory. Support for 
	RRedline and our OpenGL ICD is included in these 
	drivers. These drivers also support Windows95. 

	Note - these drivers have not been released to the 
	general public yet, and should be considered BETA! 
	Please notify us if you discover any software 
	compatibility issues between the released drivers and 
	these BETA drivers.

	v2000 - Release 3.0, build 5078 -- December 15th, 1998
		BETA Release. 
		This driver is Windows 98 native.
		Windows 95 compatible.
		RRedline API supported.
		OpenGL ICD integrated. 
		  (Remove old standalone ICD's)

		This release has an entirely new core - and as
		such it fixes many bugs present in the older 
		2.3 tree. But it also introduces many new ones. 
		In particular, many new 3D rendering glitches 
		are yet to be isolated and killed. Future
		beta releases will address these issues.


NT4 Drivers
-----------

	Windows NT 4.0 drivers are found in the 
	"drivers/WinNT4" directory. WindowsNT drivers include 
	MCD support for OpenGL. WindowsNT does not currently
	support RRedline or D3D.

	v1000/
	v2000 - Release 1.0, build 5235 -- November 23rd, 1998
		BETA Release. 
		RRedline API not supported.
		OpenGL MCD integrated. 
		  (Standalone ICD should work)
		Not tested on the V1000. Try at your own risk.
		Not confirmed to be NT5 compatible.
	

NT5 (aka Windows 2000) Drivers
------------------------------

	Windows NT 5.0 drivers are found in the 
	"drivers/WinNT5" directory. WindowsNT drivers include 
	MCD support for OpenGL. WindowsNT does not currently 
	support RRedline or D3D. 

	NOTE: These are BETA drivers running on a BETA OS. 
	Do not expect them to be stable. For experimental use
	only!

	v1000/
	v2000 - Release 1.0, build 5238 -- December 4th, 1998
		BETA Release. 
		RRedline API not supported.
		OpenGL MCD integrated. 
		  (Old standalone ICD may work)
		Not tested on the V1000. Try at your own risk.
