TITLE
    Chips & Technologies Wingine 64300 OPENSTEP Driver Overview
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Modified: 		72223
12/15/98
12/15/98
TOPIC

    This article discusses a device driver for OPENSTEP versions 4.0 through 4.2.

DISCUSSION

    Driver: Chips & Technologies Wingine 64300
    Last Update: December 18, 1997

    Availability Information

    A version of this driver is on the OPENSTEP CD-ROM
    No updated versions of this driver are available

    Driver Name / Installer .pkg: Wingine64300DisplayDriver
    Driver Type: Display
    Driver Scope: Specific Product
    Supported Components: C&T 64300 (Wingine)
    PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver*: Integrated

    General Overview notes: This driver supports the Wingine 64300 Display chipset on the NEC PowerMate 466D.


    Supported Products / Systems (ie integrated into PC System):
    NEC Powermate 466D

    Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes:
    The RAMDAC used in this system supports a Color Pallet only in 8 bit modes. This results in the brightness slider in Preferences, as well as automatic screen dimming, only working if an 8 bit mode is selected.

    Display Driver Details

    Supported Connectors: 15-pin High Density (VGA)
    Access Mode: Linear Framebuffer
    Adapter Memory: 1MB DRAM, 2MB DRAM

    Display Modes (Number in () after resolution indicates frame buffer size required)

    16 Bit Color Modes*:
    640x480 (1MB+), 800x600 (1MB+)

    8 Bit Color / Greyscale Modes*:
    1024x768 (1MB+), 1120x832 (1MB+), 640X480 (1MB+), 800x600 (1MB+)

    Known Problems

    SoftPC will generate an illegal instruction error when switching to full screen mode.

    Driver Version Notes

    4.00 - Released on OPENSTEP 4.0 User CD-ROM


    * - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed.

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: OPENSTEP
Sub Category: Drivers

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