README.TXT MATROX GRAPHICS INC 1997.05.13 Matrox Millennium II Software CD Version 1.10 This CD-ROM contains all the Millennium II software drivers, online documentation, run-time libraries and other software: Matrox MGA drivers ================== Path Product ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ \win95 PowerDesk & Drivers for Windows 95, v3.60 Intl 1 \winNT PowerDesk & Drivers for Windows NT 4.0, v3.12 Intl 1 \acadnt AutoCAD for NT driver, v1.00 (for Windows NT 4.0) \hdi100 3D Studio MAX driver, v1.00 (for Windows NT 4.0) \win31 PowerDesk & Drivers for Windows 3.1, v1.41 Intl 1 \winNT35 Windows NT 3.51 driver, v2.31 Intl 1 \os2 OS/2 Warp driver, v2.11 \acad DOS AutoCAD DynaView driver, v1.20 Intl 1 \ustat DOS MicroStation driver, v1.20 Intl 1 \dosutil DOS Utilities, v1.01 - Matrox supports "Intl 1" software in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. - Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 drivers are automatically installed by the main CD-ROM install program, called "mgasetup.exe". - Other drivers must be installed individually from their respective directories. For more information, see your Matrox Installation Guide and the readme files in the driver directories. Online guides ============= Path Product ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ \acrobat3 Adobe Acrobat Reader, v3.0 (32-bit) \acro21 Adobe Acrobat Reader, v2.1 (16-bit) \doc PowerDesk for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 \win31doc PowerDesk for Windows 3.1 \cadguide CAD Drivers Guide (for DOS AutoCAD and MicroStation) - Matrox provides online guides as Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files, in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. - To view or print PDF files under Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, use Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0. You can install this program with the CD-ROM install program. - To view or print PDF files under Windows 3.1 (which runs only 16-bit programs), use Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.1. You can install this program from the \acro21 directory. - The CAD Drivers Guide comes with Acrobat Reader for DOS. If you prefer, you can view or print this guide under Windows with Acrobat Reader for Windows. - Matrox also provides your Installation Guide as a PDF file in the same directories as the PowerDesk guides. Run-time libraries ================== Path Product ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ \directx3 Microsoft DirectX 3.0a redistributable code \directv Microsoft DirectVideo redistributable code \VfW Microsoft Video for Windows 1.1e run-time - DirectX and DirectVideo are automatically installed by the main CD-ROM install program. This software is for Windows 95 only. - Video for Windows 1.1e is for Windows 3.1 only. It speeds up the playback of AVI video files. To install, start the "vfw\setup.exe" program. Other software ============== In addition to Matrox software, your CD-ROM includes the following to help you get the most out of your Matrox graphics card: Path Product ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ \compcore CompCore SoftPEG MPEG Player, v2.2 \s3d2 Micrografx Simply 3D 2 \picbub7 Micrografx Picture Publisher 7 \kpt3 Kai's Power Tools 3 \netscape Netscape Navigator, v3.01 \WIRL.xxx VREAM VRML viewer for Navigator and Explorer, v1.21 \color Sonnetech Colorific color calibration utility, v95.3 You can find a short description of each of these software components in the "mil2book.pdf" file on the CD-ROM. (To view or print PDF files, use the Adobe Acrobat Reader program.) The same information, as well as any particular notes regarding these products are included below. CompCore SoftPEG Player 2.2 --------------------------- This Windows driver lets you play back MPEG video files with your Matrox graphics card. This driver supports CD-I, Video CD, Video Karaoke and most Windows MPEG programs. For best performance, use this driver with a 16-bit color palette display setting. Under Windows 95, you need to install the Microsoft DirectX software to take advantage of Matrox's hardware video acceleration. Micrografx Simply 3D 2 ---------------------- Use this powerful and easy-to-use software to create professional 3D graphics and animation that you can include in any document or World Wide Web page. Simply 3D 2 makes it easy to create vibrant 3D images and rich color renderings of complex animations. With its ground-breaking innovations like selective ray tracing, VRML 2.0 and animated GIF support, Simply 3D 2 places professional graphics users on the leading edge of 3D design for both Microsoft OfficeŽ and the Internet. Under Windows 95, Simply 3D 2 is accelerated by your Matrox graphics card through Microsoft's Direct3D interface. Under Windows NT, acceleration is through OpenGL. NOTE: When you start Simply 3D 2, it automatically detects which operating system you're using and selects the appropriate hardware accelerated mode for your system. Micrografx Picture Publisher 7 ------------------------------ Micrografx Picture Publisher 7 offers an unparalleled combination of power and productivity in image editing, with many effects specially designed for the Web. >From creation to completion, Picture Publisher addresses the complexities of preparing graphics and effects for the Web in an easy, yet powerful fashion - making the creation and application of effects to images an easier, faster process. Users wanting improved control of color matching, transparency, file size management, or previewing their work before going to the Web or any other media will find that Picture Publisher 7 is the perfect product for addressing those challenges. Kai's Power Tools 3 ------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTE: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Micrografx Picture Publisher 7 to detect your Kai's Power Tools 3 filters, you need to install Kai's Power Tools 3 in the directory: C:\Program Files\Micrografx\Picture Publisher\Plugins If you're using Adobe Photoshop, or any other photo-editing program that supports the Photoshop plug-in architecture, you need to install Kai's Power Tools 3 in the "Plugins" sub-directory of this program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- An award-winning plug-in for extensions and filters, Kai's Power Tools 3 expands the power of Picture Publisher 7, giving graphics designers, commercial photographers and computer artists creative imaging tools. Kai's Power Tools 3 allows users to create digital special effects with optimum true color, elaborate gradient blends and infinite textures. Netscape Navigator 3.01 ----------------------- Netscape Navigator 3.01 is a major new release of the world's most popular Internet client, bringing World Wide Web exploration, e-mail, newsgroups, chat, and FTP capabilities together in a seamlessly integrated package. It provides a superior platform for live online applications, supporting Live Objects and other interactive multimedia content such as Java applets, frames, and Netscape inline plug-ins. VREAM WIRL ---------- VREAM WIRL is an exciting 3D browser for VRML files on the World Wide Web. You can now experience a rich new world of 3D spaces, and interact with text, images, animation, sound, music and video. NOTE: Both the Netscape and the Internet Explorer versions of WIRL work under Windows 95 only. Colorific for Windows --------------------- Colorific gives computer users better on-screen color and "no-surprises" display-to-printer WYSIWYG color matching. Professionals and home users working with photos, charts, or presentations are able to reproduce these images accurately in print. Colorific for Windows also lets the user adjust the color balance on-screen to optimize for multimedia, games, video, desktop publishing, and other computing tasks. Colorific supports both Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Under Windows NT, there are some limitations due to the absence of ICM support. Colorific installs as a property sheet in the Display Properties dialog box of Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. In Windows 95, Colorific overrides the MGA "Color" property sheet. NOTE: You cannot recalibrate while using a 1600x1200 display resolution. Instead, recalibrate at 1280x1024 with the color palette setting you want, then switch to 1600x1200.