Create a Temporary directory off of the C:\
directory. (assuming that C:\ is the name of the hard drive).
Please name the directory something neutral,
for example C:\TEMP or C:\NEW.
Download
Locate the file for Windows 95 listed in the
Driver Update section of the Web Site. Download that file into
the temporary directory which you created. (You can locate the
file name on the BBS and FTP by going into library for your
Number Nine Product or by searching for the file in the General
Library on CompuServe).
Once the file has been downloaded into the
temporary directory, open Windows Explorer or Windows File
Manager. Locate the Folder where the file has been downloaded and
click on that folder so that one may view the contents.
Expansion of Downloaded File
The downloaded file should be the only file
listed in the temporary folder (C:\TEMP or C:\NEW). Double click
on the downloaded file. At this point one of two things will
happen either a WinZip Window will appear, or the files will be
shown expanding in to a directory.
IF THE WINZIP WINDOW APPEARS:
If the Winzip Window pops up, change the line
which reads C:\WINDOWS\TEMP (or variation of that) to C:\TEMP or
C:\NEW directory. Then click UNZIP in the WinZip window, the
files will then expand to the C:\TEMP or C:\NEW directory.
After the files have successfully extracted to
the diskette, you may close the WinZip window and Windows File
Manager or Windows Explorer.
OK. You have now successfully expanded the
HawkEye for Windows 95 display drivers and utilities for the 9FX
Motion 771
IF THE DOS BOX APPEARS:
If the DOS box appears, the files will expand
into the temporary directory which you created (i.e. C:\TEMP or
C:\NEW). Once the file has finished unzipping, close the DOS box
so that either Windows Explorer or Windows File Manager is
showing. All of the expanded files should now be listed in the
directory along with the downloaded file.
OK. You have now successfully expanded the
HawkEye for Windows 95 display drivers and utilities for the 9FX
Motion 771
After Downloaded File has Expanded
IF HawkEye HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED:
If no other previous versions of HawkEye has
been installed on the system, then you can install the driver
which you have just expanded by doing the following:
Click on START
Click on RUN
Type C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE
Click on OK
This will begin the installation of the HawkEye
for Windows 95 display drivers and utilities, simply follow the
on screen instructions until the drivers install successfully.
Congratulations! You are finished with downloading and installing
the updated drivers.
The version which is relevant to users of
HawkEye is the Disk Version (not the Driver Version), this is the
number which will indicate the version of HawkEye you have
installed on your system. Simply click on the Number Nine ICON
and click on the STATUS option. Here is where you will find the
Disk Version listed.
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The 9FX Motion 771 has support for DirectX 2.0.
This means that DirectX 3.0 will work. However, DirectX 2.0 is
not backwards compatible with DirectX 1.0. This means that if you
have DirectX 2.0 installed, you can run applications that require
DirectX 1.0 however you cannot install DirectX 1.0 over DirectX
2.0. For further information please see our DIRECT
X Technical Document.
Any Direct 3D functionality, for example
Texture Mapping, will be emulated through software. Therefore,
Hardware acceleration will need to be set to the OFF position
when configuring games that indicate that Texture Mapping is
needed.
Create a Temporary directory off of the C:\
directory. (assuming that C:\ is the name of the hard drive).
Please name the directory something neutral,
for example C:\TEMP or C:\NEW.
Download
The downloaded file should be the only file
listed in the temporary folder (C:\TEMP or C:\NEW). Double click
on the downloaded file. At this point one of two things will
happen either a WinZip Window will appear, or the files will be
shown expanding in to a directory in a DOS BOX.
IF THE WINZIP WINDOW APPEARS:
If the Winzip Window pops up, change the line
which reads C:\WINDOWS\TEMP (or variation of that) to C:\TEMP or
C:\NEW directory. Then click UNZIP in the WinZip window, the
files will then expand to the C:\TEMP or C:\NEW directory.
After the files have successfully extracted to
the diskette, you may close the WinZip window and Windows File
Manager or Windows Explorer.
OK. You have now successfully expanded the
HawkEye for Windows 95 display drivers and utilities for the 9FX
Motion 771
IF THE DOS BOX APPEARS:
If the DOS box appears, the files will expand
into the temporary directory which you created (i.e. C:\TEMP or
C:\NEW). Once the file has finished unzipping, close the DOS box
so that either Windows Explorer or Windows File Manager is
showing. All of the expanded files should now be listed in the
directory along with the downloaded file.
OK. You have now successfully expanded the
HawkEye for Windows 95 display drivers and utilities for the 9FX
Motion 771
After Downloaded File has Expanded
IF HawkEye HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED:
If no other previous versions of HawkEye has
been installed on the system, then you can install the driver
which you have just expanded by doing the following:
Click on START
Click on RUN
Type C:\TEMP\SETUP.EXE
Click on OK
This will begin the installation of the HawkEye
for Windows 3.1x display drivers and utilities, simply follow the
on screen instructions until the drivers install successfully.
Congratulations! You are finished with downloading and installing
the updated drivers.
IF HawkEye HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED:
Step 1: Set To VGA
FROM WINDOWS 3.1X
At Windows Program Manager:
Click on Main
Click on Windows Setup
At Windows Stetup Window:
Click on Options
Click on Change System Settings...
At Display in Change System Settings:
Scroll down until you find VGA and click on it
Click on OK
Restart Windows
FROM THE MS DOS PROMPT
Change directories to the C:\WINDOWS directory
Type SETUP and hit the enter key
At the SETUP Screen, use the up or down arrows
to highlight the Display Driver and then hit the enter key.
Use the down arrow until you find and highlight
VGA.
Hit the Enter Key to accept the list
Exit Setup
At the DOS prompt, type WIN and hit the enter
key to enter Windows in VGA mode.
Excellent!. You are now set for VGA in Windows
3.1x!
The version which is relevant to users of
HawkEye is the Disk Version (not the Driver Version), this is the
number which will indicate the version of HawkEye you have
installed on your system. Simply click on the Number Nine ICON
and click on the STATUS option. Here is where you will find the
Disk Version listed.
You can Run "9RESET" to reconfigure
the Motion 531 and set you back to 640x480 at 256 Colors. In
order to run 9RESET you will need to do the following:
Reboot your computer to return to the DOS
prompt
Change directories to the C:\WINDOWS
directory
Type 9RESET and press the ENTER key
Restart Windows.
Program Manager reserves only 64 KB of memory
for each ICON GROUP. When you use a true color (32 bit) mode,
each icon requires four times more memory than an icon in
256-color mode. If Program Manager runs out of memory, it paints
some icons black and displays an error message. Unfortunately,
choosing "file properties" as the message instructs you
to do, does not solve the problem. Until Program Manager is
modified by Microsoft to eliminate this limitation, use the
following table as a guideline for your icon groups:
The reason that this has happened is because
your ICOCACHE.DAT file was not updated by Norton when you
switched resolutions. It is very easy to rectify this situation:
1.) From Norton's OPTIONS menu select
CUSTOMIZE.
2.) Choose the QUICK-ACCESS-ICON.
3.) Click on the ADVANCED box.
4.) Click on the RESET ICONS box.
The drivers are generally released to each of
these places simultaneously. There are drivers available on
CompuServe as well (GO NINE), however there is a 48hour delay
when uploading due to scanning requirements by CompuServe
U.S. BBS 617-862-7502
Europe BBS 49 89 61 44 91 66
FTP site ftp.nine-j.co.jp
The most effective way of determining whether
you are experiencing a hardware problem or a software (Number
Nine driver) problem is to change the currently installed driver
to VGA. If the problem does not occur in VGA, then you are most
likely in need of a Number Nine driver update, however, if the
problem still occurs when the VGA driver is being used, then the
problem is not related to the Number Nine video driver, and may
be due to a hardware problem or different driver (such as a
printer driver).
If you are using Windows 95, you can also use
the Graphic Accelerator bar to determine whether the issue you
are experiencing is related to the Video Driver. To locate the
Graphic Accelerator, simply do the following steps:
Click on START
Click on SETTINGS
Click on CONTROL PANEL
Click on SYSTEM
Click on the PERFORMANCE tab
Click on the button labeled
"GRAPHICS…"
Here you will find the Advanced Graphics
Settings window.
Move the slide bar down one notch and then
click on OK. Then click on Close. Restart if prompted to do so.
When you restart, initiate the sequence of
events that indicates the problem you are experiencing. If the
problem no longer occurs, then it is most likely a video driver
problem. IF the problem still occurs follow these procedures
again until you get to the last setting of the slider bar. IF the
problem still occurs at the last setting, then you are most
likely NOT experiencing a video driver problem.
Click on the Start button
Click on Settings
Click on Control Panel
Click on Display
Click on Settings
Click on Change Display Type (or if you
are using a Windows 95 updated
version, then click on Advanced
Properties)
In the Adapter Type window:
Click on Change
In the Select Device window:
Click on Show All Devices
On the Manufacturer’s side:
Scroll to the top and click on Standard Display
Types
On the Models’ side:
Click on Standard Display Adapter (VGA)
Click on OK
Click on Close
Click on Close, again
Click on Yes to restart Windows
Excellent! You are now set for VGA in Windows
95!
If you are not able to enter into Windows 95,
you can press the F8 Key during the boot process and you will
come to a menu screen. Select SAFE MODE and that should bring you
into Windows 95, you can then follow the instructions on how to
change to VGA.
FROM WINDOWS 3.1X
At Windows Program Manager:
Click on Main
Click on Windows Setup
At Windows Stetup Window:
Click on Options
Click on Change System Settings...
At Display in Change System Settings:
Scroll down until you find VGA and click on it
Click on OK
Restart Windows
Excellent!. You are now set for VGA in Windows
3.1x!
If you are not able to get into Windows 3.1x,
it is possible to set to VGA from the DOS prompt:
Change directories to the C:\WINDOWS directory
Type SETUP and hit the enter key
At the SETUP Screen, use the up or down arrows
to highlight the Display Driver and then hit the enter key.
Use the down arrow until you find and highlight
VGA.
Hit the Enter Key to accept the list
Exit Setup
At the DOS prompt, type WIN and hit the enter
key to enter Windows in VGA mode.
Excellent!. You are now set for VGA in Windows
3.1x! J
The 9FX Motion 771 is VESA 1.2 Compliant, if
you are trying to load software that requires 2.0 compliance,
please download the Universal VESA driver from SciTech Software
(http://www.scitechsoft.com) and use this software to emulate
VESA 2.0 modes.
The 9FX Motion 771 has fixed memory and is not user upgadeable. Users who
require a higher memory configuartion can take advantage of our upgrade
policy. For details and pricing please see our UPGRADE PAGE
The VGA pass-through connector allows for the
resolution 640x480 at 16 colors or VGA. That is the only
resolution that will come across the connector. Although it is
possible to use a TV Tuner or MPEG card, the ONLY resolution that
will function will be 640x480, 16 colors (VGA).
The best possible TV Tuner or MPEG card that
one could use with the Number Nine graphic accelerator is one
that makes use of PCI BUS Mastering. This type of TV Tuner or
MPEG card does not require the use of the Video Graphic
Accelerator’s Feature Connector, and therefore you would be
able to get more than 640x480 at 16 colors. Contact the TV Tuner
or MPEG card manufacturer to find out if they carry a product
that makes use of this technology.
MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) is a video
syntax that provides an efficient way to represent image
sequences in the form of more compact coded data. The specific
video syntax which Number Nine currently supports is MPEG phase
I, or more commonly called MPEG-I. It defines a bit stream for
compressed video and audio optimized to fit into a bandwidth
(data rate) of 1.5 Mbits/s with parameters of 352 pixels by 240
lines by 30 frames per second. MPEG-I is primarily used in the PC
market for video-clip playback and for games by providing
VHS-like video on any machine equipped with an MPEG decoder and
compatible CD drive. The algorithm is based on two key
techniques—temporal and spatial compression. Temporal
compression relies on similarities between successive pictures
using precondition and motion compensation. Spatial compression
relies on redundancy within small areas of a picture and is based
on the discrete-cosine transform (DCT), quantization, and
entropy-coding techniques.
Support for MPEG can be accomplished through
both hardware and software. Hardware support is in the form of a
PC card with an onboard MPEG decoder. This MPEG card can either
be a stand-alone card, or be attached to a graphics/video card
via a feature connector or the video output. Software support is
in the form of a driver which will aid the decoding/decompression
of MPEG videos by sending some of the work to the processor on
the graphics/video card (only with specific multimedia
controllers).
This card can handle the YUV to RGB conversion
via the Graphic Pixolator which is built into the S3 968 graphics
processor chip. However, you will need Software MPEG drivers in
order to run MPEG files.
Number Nine is pleased to announce that we are making the popular MPEG playback software
widely available to our customers.
The following is a list of Number Nine products
which are optimized to provide the full-screen full-motion MPEG
playback:
* Imagine 128 Series 2 Family of Graphic
Accelerators
* 9FX Reality 772
* 9FX Reality 332
* 9FX Motion 771
* 9FX Motion 531
* 9FX Motion 331
If the Number Nine product you own is on this
list, you can obtain the latest MPEG playback software for a
shipping and handling fee of $12.95. A Windows 3.1x and a Windows
95 version is available.
If the Number Nine product you own is not on
this list, please give us a call for information about how to
upgrade to the latest, MPEG-ready technology!
And for our customers who have upgraded their
operating systems from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95… it's time
to upgrade your MPEG playback software! For a shipping and
handling fee of $12.95, we'll send you the MPEG playback software
you need for Windows 95.
Number Nine is very excited to be able to
provide this state-of-the-art technology to our customers.
How to Request MPEG Playback Software
If you have one of the products listed above,
you're ready to bring full-motion, full-screen MPEG video
playback to your PC! To place your request, follow these quick
and easy instructions:
Have the name of the Number Nine product
and the operating system youuse handy - you will be asked to
provide that information, even if youare simply upgrading
from the Windows 3.1 version to the Windows 95version. The
name of the Number Nine product you use can be found on the
cover of your installation manual.
Have your Visa or Mastercard ready - you
will be charged a shipping and handling fee of $12.95.
Shipping and handling includes First Class Mail postage;
other shipping methods are available for the additional cost,
ask your operator for details.
We pay for your call5. Call 800-627-8384
between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm eastern standard time.
Our order processing desk will take your
name, address, credit card number plus board type and
operating system. Your order will be shipped, via U.S. Mail,
within 48 hours of verification of your credit card.
You will be given an order number. Please
keep that number and use it if you need to contact us
regarding your order.
Terms and Conditions:
If you would like further product
information, or for assistance in determining whether your
Number
Nine product is optimized to provide
full-screen, full-motion MPEG playback, call us at
800-GET-NINE.
Improved MPEG video playback performance is
not guaranteed and all MPEG sales are final.
All charges are in U.S. dollars.
MA residents add 5% tax.
We pay for your call from within the United
States.
If you are calling from outside the U.S.,
please dial 617-674-0009 and press 5 to be transferred to our
order processing desk.
It is not unusual to have a motherboard
installed in your system that already has Video Capabilities
built on to it. If you find that you have one of these types of
motherboards, then you will need to consult the Motherboard
Documentation in order to DISABLE the on board video.
This may require a jumper setting on the
motherboard, or you may need only to insert the graphic card into
the slot and the motherboard will automatically "turn
off" the on board video, or you may need to obtain a
motherboard system BIOS update (Contact the motherboard
manufacturer or company which put the system together for such an
update).
In General, BIOS chips are slow, so in order
for a fast boot, BIOS’s can be copied to SYSTEM RAM via BIOS
shadowing in order to allow for faster access and therefore,
faster boot up. This will not really affect the Video Board,
therefore it is totally up to the individual user whether they
want to leave BIOS shadowing to the default setting or change it.
Make sure that the Video
Accelerator edge is firmly inserted in the slot on
the motherboard. (no Gold teeth should be showing.)
Make sure that the power cables are
securely attached to computer and monitor
Make sure that the monitor cable is
attached securely at both ends.
Make sure that the Motion 531 is
the ONLY graphic board in the system. If there is
another graphics board, turn off your computer and
disable or remove the other graphic board according
to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Make sure that you have made
necessary adjustments to Switches and Jumper Settings
on the Motherboard, if necessary. (Consult you
Motherboard documentation to determine whether you
are going to have to set any jumpers or switches.)
A Memory Exclusion statement may be needed in
order to get your programs to run properly: Please exclude the
range A000-C7FF in your memory manager, if your memory manager
has a "stealth mode", please disable that as well. The
exclusion statement should look something like this…
In the CONFIG.SYS file:
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