Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Victory Erazor LT ELSA
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ELSA ERAZOR TM II ELSA VICTORY Erazor TM LT User Manual.
Copyright © 1998 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany) While the information in this manual has been compiled with great care, it may not be deemed an assur- ance of product characteristics. ELSA shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery.
Preface Thank you for placing your trust in this ELSA product. To make sure that you have undiluted fun with your ELSA board, we insist on the high- est quality requirements in manufacturing and stringent quality control to ensure our high product standards and consistent product quality.
Before you continue Installation of the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT and installation of the associated drivers are described in the Installation Guide.
ELS A ERAZO R II and ELSA VICTOR Y Erazo r LT V Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................. . . 1 A Look at the ERAZO R II and VICTOR Y Erazo r L T ..........
ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT VI Who to Contact? .............................................................................................. 24 The ELSA LocalWeb ..........................................................................
Introduction ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 1 Introduction “Reading the manual is a waste of time.” A prejudice you are proving to be wrong right now by reading this manual.
Introduction ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 2 Highlights of the Erazor Graphics Boards 쮿 Wide data flow – True 128 bit graphics acceleration for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows 98 쮿 A giant with potential for growth – the performance of the RIVA 128ZX grows with processor power.
Introduction ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 3 CE Conformity and FCC Radiation Standard CE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Directive on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to elec- tromagnetic compatibility (89/336/EEC) according to EN 55022 class B.
Introduction ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 4.
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 5 After Installing the Drivers You will have completed the most important steps once the Installation Guide has piloted you safely through the hazards of driver installation. Your operating system knows about the Erazor , the ELSA drivers are installed and .
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 6 VICTORY E razor L T What Makes Sense? There are some basic ground rules for you to follow when setting up your graphics sys- tem.
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 7 Changing the resolution You set the resolution of your graphics board in the Control Panel under Windows.
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 8 햴 Here you should click on the ' Settings' tab. Under Windows 98, you can reach the ' Settings ' by selecting the Settings card and then clicking on the Advanced.
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 9 ing the monitor manufacturer, and the model designation, you will have to enter the fre- quency ranges for the horizontal and vertical scan frequencies and specify the diagonal size of your monitor.
After Installing the Drivers ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 10 Windows NT 4.0 The settings for the graphics driver are included in the Control Panel under Windows NT 4.0. Use the command sequence Start 왘 Settings 왘 Control Panel to call the dialog window where you should find the icon for Display .
Useful Stuff and More ELSA ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 11 Useful Stuff and More You have received a CD with your ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT .
Useful Stuff and More ELSA ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 12 Fine-T uning for Performance Freaks After installing the ELSA graphics drivers under Windows 95 and Windows 98 you will find a new tab in the 'Display Properties': The ' 3D Settings'.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 13 All about graphics This is the chapter where we really get stuck in. Anyone who wants to know more about graphics–especially in connection with the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT –will find a whole load of technical stuff right here.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 14 Geometrical transformation This part of the 3D pipeline is very processor-intensive, as all the calculations for the 3D scene are carried out at this stage.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 15 – Bump mapping introduces a new dimension. Relief or raised textures can only be generated with the other methods in two dimensions using light and shadow effects.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 16 3D Interfaces Software interfaces, including 3D interfaces, are known as APIs (Application Program Interface). The question is what are these interfaces used for, and how do they work. In simple terms: They make developers' work easier.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 17 erate the slow 3D display characteristics of the operating system. Direct 3D is based on Microsoft's Common Object Model (COM), which is also used as the foundation to OLE technology (Object Linking and Embedding).
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 18 Color Palettes, T rueColor and Gray Scales Common graphics modes are listed in the following table. Not all graphics modes are available on the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT boards.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 19 The 16-bit graphics modes are organized differently. Most common are (R-G-B) 5-6-5 (e.g. XGA) and 6-6-4 (e.g. i860). 5-6-5 means that 5 bits are used for each of red and blue and 6 bits are used for green.
All about graphics ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 20 DDC2AB With DDC2AB additionally to DDC2B the computer may send commands for controlling the monitor, e.
Technical Data ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 21 Technical Data Those of you with a technical bent will find more detailed information regarding the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT in this chapter. All interfaces and their assignments are described in detail.
Technical Data ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 22 Ports on the Graphics Board The VGA D-Shell Socket Pin Assignment The ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT issue analog signals in accordance with the requirements of Guideline RS-170. The synchronization information is sent sep- arately.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 23 Appendix Advice and Help On the WINNERware CD you will find a list of the questions most frequently asked of the support hotline. In many cases you will quickly find a help for solving problems. The file can be read with the Acrobat Reader which is also included on the CD.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 24 Who to Contact? First you should contact the dealer where you bought your ELSA product. If there are still questions remaining, contact one of the.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 25 ELSA Japan Inc. The ELSA LocalW eb The ELSA LocalWeb provides direct access to ELSA’s local Internet server, and contains the same information as the Internet web server www.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 26 DoC–Declaration of Conformity.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 27.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 28 W arranty Conditions The ELSA AG warranty is given to purchasers of ELSA products in addition to the warranty conditions pro- vided by law and in accordance with the following conditions: 1 Warranty Coverage a) The warranty covers the equipment delivered and all its parts.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 29 c) if the damage occurred due to incorrect handling, especially to non-observance of the system de- scription and the operating instructions, d) i.
Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 30.
Glossary ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 31 Glossary 쮿 3D – Three-dimensional 쮿 3D clipping – Process in geometric trans- formation in which invisible surfaces or parts of a 3D object are removed. 쮿 3D pipeline – Sum of all steps required for the representation of virtual 3D scene on the moni- tor.
Glossary ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 32 쮿 DPMS – Abbreviation of VESA Display Power Management Signaling. This standard allows an energy-saving operation of monitors in sev- eral steps. The graphics boards described in this manual support VESA DPMS.
Glossary ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 33 average colors for inserted pixels). Horizontal interpolation is relatively easy to perform, since the pixels are drawn to the screen in lines. Vertical interpolation is more difficult and requires a complete pixel line to be buffered.
Glossary ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 34 are calculated by interpolating the normal vec- tor. 쮿 Single buffer – By contrast with double buff- ering, where the image buffer is duplicated, the single buffering mode is not able to access the next image, which has already been calculated.
Index ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 35 Index 쮿 ! 3D clipping ........................................... 14 , 31 3D pipeline .......................................... 13 , 31 3D Settings ................................................ 12 쮿 A AGP .
Index ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 36 쮿 R RAMDAC ............................................. 21 , 33 Ray tracing ................................................. 15 RealColor ............................................. 18 , 33 Refresh rate .
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