Matrox Millenium - OS;2 software; Driver Installation; Changing Resolutions

16 Matrox Millennium Installation Guide
OS/2 software
This MGA OS/2 PM driver supports 256 colors, 64 K colors and 16 M colors display modes under
OS/2 2.1 up to “Warp”, in resolutions ranging from 640 × 480 to 1600 × 1200. The driver also
includes a Seamless Windows driver and the
MGA Settings
utility. For more information about this
driver (including uninstalling), refer to the
readme.os2
file on the Matrox CD-ROM.
Driver installation
1
Restart your computer in standard VGA mode:
a
During startup, press [Alt]+[F1] when “
OS/2
” appears in the top-left corner of your
screen.
b
From the on-screen menu, choose to restart in VGA mode.
2
Insert the Matrox CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. Using the
Presentation Manager
of
OS/2, open the
OS/2 System
Æ
Icon View
window, and click on
Drives
.
3
Double-click on the icon for your CD-ROM drive, double-click on the
os2
subdirectory,
then double-click on the
install.cmd
file.
4
You will see a dialog box in which you can select the
Primary Display
. Choose
Matrox MGA
Millennium
.
5
The installation program will then proceed. When it is complete, you will have to shut down
your system in order for the MGA driver to take effect.
If you are installing this driver for the first time, OS/2 will restart in the default MGA resolution
(640 × 480 × 256 colors).
Changing resolutions
To change the driver mode (resolution or pixel depth), use the following procedure:
1
Click the right button on the PM desktop background.
2
Select
System Setup
to open the system setup folder.
3
Double-click on the
System
icon.
4
Select the
Screen
tab and choose the resolution/pixel depth.
5
Restart your computer for the change to take effect.