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Page 1: ...GATEWAY 2000 COMPUTER SYSTEM A 386 33 OL L A8a EOVOO OZO HOd AC Sa...

Page 2: ...terest of continued product development Gateway 2000 reserves the right to make improve ments in this manual and the products it describes at any time without notice or obligation Trademark Acknowledg...

Page 3: ...n 4 1 The System Board Had Disk Drives AMG CONUOIE TS csncscossssceceecsnescesssennesacacseoudeosstsosssiies Floppy DISK DItVe sscexssesssssteterisvnesinsdevscssvestectevcesueasvaastenieniarsriadssnts...

Page 4: ...tion If this equipment does cause harmful inter ference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interf...

Page 5: ...iled descriptions of the 386 33 system board Chapter 6 Hard Disk Drives and Controllers contains instructions on how to install configure low level format partition and high level format the hard disk...

Page 6: ...and able to 64MB with optional 32 bit memory expansion card using 4MB SIMMs Coprocessor Optional socket provided for Intel 80387 or Weitek 3167 BIOS Phoenix BIOS Expansion slots Eight 16 bit expansion...

Page 7: ...packaged separately This allows us to tailor a manual to your specific system To assemble the manual insert the pages in the binder Insert the chapters in the correct order If any of your manual secti...

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Page 9: ...ssvsscstecsse cosas seecsateeacessreatenaererceneeeseenets 1 2 Checking card cable and chip seating optional aiasenwsaransensvaroresass 1 3 Serial port adapter Cable sc ccccsscesstsesseresatswaneticen...

Page 10: ...container Take care not to damage the packing materials Inside the monitor box are the monitor the video cable used to attach the monitor to the system unit and the monitor s instruction manual The b...

Page 11: ...s or the heel of your hand Do not use excessive force 2 Make sure that all power supply and disk drive cables are securely attached to their connectors Many systems have unused cables for additional o...

Page 12: ...ed with your system has a 9 pin serial port connector If you already have a serial cable with a 25 pin connector you can use the supplied 9 pin to 25 pin adapter cable instead of buying a new cable Co...

Page 13: ...u need to set UP a SYStOM cceseeseeseeseeseeeeseeeseeseeneesseeneetaetaeenees 2 Setting up the system for the first time suni Environmental considerations scssccseesesseescssesssseeseeeseeseeeeeseesee...

Page 14: ...red and the latest version of Windows In short the most complicated and difficult parts of setting up the system have already been done for you The part we ve left for you is comparatively easy The ne...

Page 15: ...r Attach monitor power cable here Video cable The cable is permanently attached to this monitor J it is packed separately with some other monitors Power switch Horizontal Phase Vertical Size Adjusts t...

Page 16: ...ond drive in the Option bay system is usually An optional hard disk drive drive B or tape backup system can Power on indicator be installed here additional Lights when system HD access indicator drive...

Page 17: ...s Power cable connector Video display adapter card Attach the supplied Keyboard connector Attach the video cable to the power cable here Attach the connector mating jack on this card from the keyboard...

Page 18: ...highest available CPU speed 8 __ G GATEWAY 2000 386 33 HD access indicator Flashes when system accesses hard disk Never shut down the system while this indicator is lit or flashing Power on indicator...

Page 19: ...modems bus mouse cards MIDI adapters and so forth can be installed in these slots Figure 2 5 Gateway 2000 386 33 tower system rear view Voltage selector switch Select between 110 and 220 VAC operation...

Page 20: ...m with your computer and rein stall them to protect the drive s heads against dam age whenever you move the system unit Place the monitor anywhere you like as long as the video cable can reach the mat...

Page 21: ...he system unit s jack and Keyboard connector plug in the cable Environmental considerations Your Gateway 2000 386 33 computer system has been engineered to provide many years of reliable service Howev...

Page 22: ...r provides protection against many types of voltage spikes that can ride in on the power line and damage your system but it isn t much help against lightening Ifsevere weather or an electrical storm t...

Page 23: ...basic setup You may also have a printer scanner mouse modem MIDI card or other peripherals to install butitis best to get the basic system up and running properly before connecting accessories Check...

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Page 25: ...keyboard ssaisce sisscrsvesvevevensteiseseseceesssevessavevensnureasssexeonts 3 16 A macro programming exaMple cccccsceseesecsessseeseeeseeseeesesseeaseees 3 17 Erasing an existing Macro sssc sssctscs...

Page 26: ...n and the hard disk spins up to speed The three indicators on the upper right corner of the keyboard flash briefly and then go out except for the Num Lock indicator which stays on Various BIOS version...

Page 27: ...les on your hard disk before shipping your system To find out whatis on your hard disk Start up the system and exit Windows Go to the C prompt and type DIR Enter A list of several directories appears...

Page 28: ...ions TSRs and drivers for peripherals Your system was shipped witha very basic AUTOEXEC BAT file Youcancustomize the fileand add more commands to meet your particular needs For example you could add a...

Page 29: ...he Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultane ously If you make a mistake in the either of these files your computer may no longer be able to boot from the hard disk To correct this problem puta bootable floppy...

Page 30: ...and time activate and deactivate the internal and external cache set the CPU speed relocate the system BIOS and set parameters for the floppy and hard disk drives con nected to the system If you have...

Page 31: ...stalled The drive type is refers to a combination of drive parameters it is mot the number of MB of your hard disk For SCSI disks set the drive type to Not Installed For ESDI hard disks set the drive...

Page 32: ...to take advantage of the high speed 70ns RAM However if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed in your system you cannot relocate the BIOS the BIOS shadow option in the setup program must be set to...

Page 33: ...addresses that should not be cached This is necessary because you must not cache the address space used by certain expansion cards such as I O or network interface cards Only one address range is show...

Page 34: ...their system on continuously and never shut it down We don t recom mend either of these extremes We suggest that you turn the computer on at the begin ning of the day and shut it down at the end of th...

Page 35: ...ctuation keys shift keys a tab and the spacebar Your keyboard also has many specialized keys which are not found on a typewriter Function keys Numeric keys Arrow keys ALT CTRL DEL INS Home End Page up...

Page 36: ...FEEL BEE CEE SES EJ PELL y To f fel Eg a fw fe cm ID ni owe flee ft low ft Brew emus flr fs flo a tome A es ELC cy a ic T be fy Prell id es i Ae fhihol eae Figure 3 1 Gateway 2000 101 key keyboard s Q...

Page 37: ...F1 to display Help information Other packages use it for another purpose or may not assign it a function at all 101 key keyboard function keys aig CERCA Numeric keypad NUM Lock LED indicator NUM Lock...

Page 38: ...xact function var ies depending on the software package in use The arrow keys are located directly to the left of the numeric keypad You can use this set of arrow keys at any time they have no relatio...

Page 39: ...CE INS DEL PAGE UP PAGE DOWN HOME END Use the BACKSPACE INS and DEL keys to edit text PAGE UP PAGE DOWN HOME and END keys are usually used to move the cursor or scroll through infor mation on the scre...

Page 40: ...nge the keys however you like After you program macros and rearrange the keyboard to your liking you can store the new configuration on These keys are used Two complete Program LED flashes only for pr...

Page 41: ...he key where the macro will be stored does not get sent from the keyboard to the computer 1 Press the Program Macro key The Program LED begins flashing A flashing LED always indicates that you are in...

Page 42: ...lt F1 and see what happens Erasing an existing macro 4 To erase a macro aBe Di 3 Press the Program Macro key Press the key or combination of keys to erase Press the Program Macro key This restores the...

Page 43: ...d as Alt F1 would be erased in the process Macros within macros When in Program Macro mode all macro play back is suspended For example suppose the key t had the macro Hello programmed into it If you...

Page 44: ...flash ing Program LED To turn playback mode off press the Suspend Macro key The Program LED goes off and macros are not sent whena programmed key is pressed How to reactivate macro playback To turn pl...

Page 45: ...1 Press the Remap key The Program LED begins flashing indicating that you are in remap mode 2 Press the key you want to move and then press the key you want to move it to The Program LED stops flashin...

Page 46: ...d and unremap ped state Thus macros and previous remaps do not move with a key as it is remapped For example sup pose the macro This is atest was programmed into the F1 key If you then remap F1 into F...

Page 47: ...he original configuration This makes it possible to create unique keyboard configura tions for different applications programs or to share a single keyboard with several users allowing each user to ha...

Page 48: ...ogram in the command line mode you should put two parameters on the command line First you need a single letter U D or V to tell the program to Upload Download or Verify respectively Secondly you need...

Page 49: ...y press Ctrl twice press Alt twice and then press Remap again After you have done this try Ctrl Alt Suspend Macro again Continuing on Your basic setup is now complete At this point you should have a w...

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Page 51: ...tic discharge static 1 Before handling any components or touching anything inside the system unit discharge your body s static electric charge by touching a grounded earthed surface Ifthe system unit...

Page 52: ...offers a basic introduc tion Later chapters give detailed information about each of the components in your system Opening the system unit case To open a desktop system unit case 1 With the power cable...

Page 53: ...the system unit To open To open cover cover remove C remove these _ these screws screws 000 Figure 4 2 Screw locations on a tower system unit Warning Disconnect the computer system from AC mains power...

Page 54: ...n Power On Off slots connector board outlet supply switch Gateway 2000 Technical Publications 070 40183 Speaker Keyboard SIMM Video display Hard disk Hard Floppy disk lock sockets adapter card host ad...

Page 55: ...Power a alek U drives supply U U 5 fo sa Hard va en disk drive Keyboard System connector board Hard disk sometimes hoa called the adapter motherboara and 0 card Video display adaptor card Expansion Sp...

Page 56: ...system The power supply connects to the system board with two cables the black wires facing each other The system board is the large circuit board that covers most of the bottom of the chassis It is...

Page 57: ...hard disk drive with an IDE interface the hard disk host interface electronics may be combined with the I O card soa separate host adapter card is not necessary The video display adapter interfaces t...

Page 58: ...r Gate way 2000 computer system unit use interrupts IRQ s to inform the computer that they are ready for instruc tions Aninterruptis actually the suspending of microproces sor program execution by a d...

Page 59: ...y of problems and should be avoided if at all possible Note There are a few hard disk controllers that use interrupt 15 instead of interrupt 14 Inside the Computer System 4 9 Interrupt Number Function...

Page 60: ...Your system is able to access I O devices through a broad range of addresses Standard assignments for I O port addresses have been established for many com mon input devices Table 4 2 lists these add...

Page 61: ...unit cover About math coprocessors The Intel 80387 math coprocessor is an extension to the 80386 microprocessor architecture The combination of the 387 with the 386 microprocessor can dramatically inc...

Page 62: ...ssor chip may be inserted in the center of the 121 pin PGA Extended Math Coprocessor EMC socket at U45 Refer to Figure 5 1 for the exact location This socket shown in Figure 4 5 can hold the Intel 803...

Page 63: ...eneesssenetsetenssseeeseseeescaseeaeaeees 5 3 System board DIP switch SettingS cscscseceeereeesesereesenerssssessessesesseneees 5 4 Jumpers and connection points 5 5 Installing additional memory RAM 1...

Page 64: ...2000 386 33 system board includes the following features 1 Intel 33MHz 80386 Microprocessor chip with 32 bit architecture Q 64K direct mapped cache using 8K x 8 25ns SRAM 1 On board SIMM memory expan...

Page 65: ...on 12 connectors slots J13 External battery w2 wi BIOS U47 L 80386DX CPU 32 bit slot for U45 optional Socket M 10 for math memory coprocessor card Cache memory SIMM Cache sockets Imeniony Turbo switch...

Page 66: ...Tables 5 1 and 5 2 jank Table 5 1 SW1 DIP switch settings Switch Configuration Position Memory Size Refer to Table 5 1 Memory Size Refer to Table 5 1 Memory Size Refer to Table 5 1 Memory Size Refer...

Page 67: ...or is marked in white on the system board Refer to these markings to verify that you have the correct switch orjumper Setting board options involves placing thejumpers on the designated pins and conne...

Page 68: ...em board holds between 1 and 32MB of RAM using four standard 70 ns 30 pin SIMM memory modules like the one in Figure 5 4 Table 5 5 shows the possible memory configurations and switch SW1 settings for...

Page 69: ...e component side of the SIMM module must face the 386DX CPU chip Figure 5 5 Installing SIMM memory modules 2 Gently press the SIMM module straight down until it is inserted fully into the socket 3 Fol...

Page 70: ...B 1MB 1MB OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 16MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB OFF OFF OFF ON ON 16MB 4MB ON ON OFF ON OFF 20MB IMB 4MB ON ON OFF OFF OFF 24MB 1MB 1MB 4MB ON OFF ON OFF OFF 28MB 1MB 1MB IMB 4MB OFF ON ON OFF OFF 3...

Page 71: ...The System Board 5 9 Direct mapped cache The system board is equipped with 64K direct mapped cache using 8K X 8 25ns chips This cache isnot expandable Cache chips...

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Page 73: ...stallation 6 4 Mounting the drive in the system Unit cccececeeeeeereeeees Making the drive CONNECTIONS oo ccceccseesecteetestteetteetteseneeeseeeees Installing the host AdAPTEr CAL ececcceceeteeeteeee...

Page 74: ...tion This chapter contains Q Instructions on how to install the hard disk drive and host adapter card Q Description of how to select the correct drive type in the system s setup program Q Instructions...

Page 75: ...ables while the system unit power is on Always handle a drive by its frame Do not touch the connectors or any components without first taking precautions against static electricity discharge Installin...

Page 76: ...eft of the power connector tioOo 6 5 To configure the drives for a dual drive installation Master drive 1 Ifyouare installing two IDE drives you must designate configuration one as the primary or mast...

Page 77: ...slave as shown in the following table WEES laity ol te Slave present jumper Single drive system Install jumper Remove jumper Drive 1 in 2 drive system Install jumper Install jumper Drive 2 in 2 drive...

Page 78: ...le To connect the cables to the hard disk and interface card It is important to orient the host interface cable correctly As you look at the cable you ll notice a colored stripe on one side The side o...

Page 79: ...ith the system setup program Note Please refer to Chapter 2 of this book if you don t know how to access and use the setup program After the hard disk and host interface card are physically installed...

Page 80: ...ich can be used with the same or different operating systems For example if you plan to install both MS DOS and XENIX on the same disk you create at least two partitions one for MS DOS and one for XEN...

Page 81: ...s chapter High level formatting the hard disk and installing DOS The instructions for this section assume you are installing MS DOS 5 0 4 01 3 3 ormore recent If you are installing XENIX Novell NetWar...

Page 82: ...ng section below Solving hard disk problems If a hard disk fails to boot after you install it go back and check your work against the instructions in this chapter Here are some common problem areas Q...

Page 83: ...o Host adapter jumpers or switches are incorrectly set Q Defective hard disk drive cable Install a new cable Continuing on At this point you have installed just enough of the MS DOS operating system t...

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Page 86: ...ices and there isn t a great deal that needs to be said about them We install three types of floppy disk drives inGateway 2000 systems QO 3 5 in 1 44MB drives 5 25 in 1 2MB drives QO 5 25 in 360KB dri...

Page 87: ...ks into place To remove a disk from the drive 1 Make certain that the drive is not active the drive s activity LED should not be lit 2 Press the disk release button on the front of the drive and remov...

Page 88: ...gure 7 2 1 44MB disks Write protect Write protect have extra cutout tab tab 720KB 3 5 in disk 144MB 3 5 in disk Figure 7 2 Identifying 1 44MB disks Many people buy 720KB disks and make the extra cutou...

Page 89: ...is inserted all the way and then push the drive lever down To remove a disk from the drive 1 Make certain that the drive is not active the drive s activity LED should not be lit 2 Push the drive lever...

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Page 91: ...cavee deevererstansteseraaesieestees 8 3 Gonventional MeMOLY secsxessessesvasissvesnssiescsdesecesssnssensessntaenvescesnesesvensans 8 4 Expanded Memoly scscvevsiesisencesssicssstinsiensetecrariencrte...

Page 92: ...ke you can just keep doing the same things you can do with a regular AT except faster QO Your system s video and system ROM BIOS have slower access times than fast 32 bit RAM By relocat ing the conten...

Page 93: ...addresses only IMB of RAM MS DOS shackles your new 386 33 system with the same limitation So even though you can install megabyte upon mega byte of RAM in your system you cannot access this memory in...

Page 94: ...extended memory Many people are confused by these terms but youneed not be They simply describe two different approaches to addressing memory above 1MB Let s look at ex panded memory first Because MS...

Page 95: ...n fact it is perfectly pos sible toset up your system withsome expanded memory and some extended memory Using extended and expanded memory Ifyou don t know whether to configure your memory as expanded...

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Page 97: ...drivers SpeedCAD DLD ADI 4 0 eeeseesseeesesseeeseeeeeeseeeees 9 21 Software drivers SpeedCAD DLD386 ADI 4 1 eeeeseseeseeeeeeeneeeeeees 9 38 Software drivers Microsoft WiINGOWS 3 0 cccsscceseesseeetece...

Page 98: ...such as the IBM 85XX series Q Extended text modes providing 132 x 25 132 x 28 132 x 44 110 x 40 and 80 x 60 resolutions allowing your microcomputer using popular emulator and micro mainframe link pro...

Page 99: ...Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Optional added 512K memory Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Standard 512K memory Y7 optional xeae J4 Video display connector SW DIP switch bank 1 Y4 V4 stanara GD 7 w a Tochteal Puisheatons 070 40039 QOQNONAAO...

Page 100: ...ettings are shown in Table 9 1 Table 9 1 Jumper settings JP3 Settings JP3 ON closed JP3 OFF open IRQ2 enabled IRQ2 disabled default setting One bank of DIP switches shown in Table 9 2 are accessible f...

Page 101: ...d SW1 SW2 and SW4 OFF Connectors The Gateway 2000 VGA card uses a 15 pin DB15 cable commonly used to interface with analog multi frequency and dual frequency monitors To avoid possible damage to your...

Page 102: ...d Ground Not used Ground Monitor ID bit 0 Monitor ID bit 1 Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync Not used Signal Description PB PG PR Pl SB SG SR Sl Dot clock Blank HSync VSync Ground Ground Ground Ground Ext...

Page 103: ...VGA card can accommodate up to IMb DRAM Using standard 10 pin 256 x 4 DIPs you may install an additional 512Kb in sockets at locations Y5 Y6 Y7 and Y8 See Figure 9 1 With IMb DRAM on the card the reso...

Page 104: ...y type VMODE Enter A menu appears with the following options on the command line MODE TEXT MONITORand HELP The MODE option permits switching to the various compatibility modes i e monochrome Hercules...

Page 105: ...g timing andscreen centering information unique to your Note Monitor frequency drops to the next lower frequency if you monitor It functions as a memory resident file Use the select 256 colors arrow k...

Page 106: ...text mode and IBM 8514 frequencies You can also use the utility without the menu by typing VMODE and a parameter i e VMODE cga If you do notuse the menu refer now to the following sections The compat...

Page 107: ...ity with the mono chrome display adapter Type VMODE HERCULES Enter to set the adapter for compatibility with the Hercules card Type VMODE EGA Enter to set the adapter for compatibility with the enhanc...

Page 108: ...modes in addition to the standard 80 x 25 and 40 x 25 modes With the appropriate software the 132 column display capability allows emulation of terminals that require 132 columns of text With the Gat...

Page 109: ...e three modes are described on the follow ing page Type vMoDE 200 to provide 200 scan lines in 40 or 80 x 25 text modes Type vMobE 350 to provide 350 scan lines in 40 or 80 x 25 text modes Type vmope...

Page 110: ...9 5 VESA BIOS extensions Graphics Modes Text Modes 640x400 256 colors 108h 80col x 60 row 640x480 256 colors 109h 132col x 25 row 800x600 16 colors 10Ah 132col x 43row 800x600 256 colors 1024x768 16 c...

Page 111: ...6 256K 132x44 B8000 161256K 132x25 B8000 16 256K 132x28 B8000 16 256K 80x60 A0000 16 256K 80x60 B8000 16 256K 100x37 A0000 16 256K 100x40 B8000 256 256K 80x25 A0000 256 256K 80x30 A0000 256 Z56K 80x25...

Page 112: ...COM selects the video emulation text mode and monitor type The mode displayed de pends on the parameter used You can access VMODE from the VMODE menu or directly from the command line This is probabl...

Page 113: ...e the following message results upon loading FASTBIOS NOT INSTALLED Another earlier installed device driver has taken over the video interrupt make sure the line DEVICE FASTBIOS SYS occurs first in yo...

Page 114: ...22 hex by sending the escape sequence Esc 34h to the screen Note that 34 is the decimal equivalent of 22 hexadecimal To select other modes simply replace 34 with the number of the mode desired The ava...

Page 115: ...that new font The custom font loader and font editor found in the STAR UTIL subdirectory allows instant changes to the character set character font on screen For example the letter A candisplay onscre...

Page 116: ...hard disk are listed below Any file with the FNT extension contains a font 6X8 FNT 6X14 FNT 8X8 FNT 8X8 THIN FNT 8X14 FNT 8X14 APL FNT 8X14 THIN FNT a 6 by 8 font for use with the 132 column by 44 li...

Page 117: ...ETUP does appears Press any key to continue once you have read the over view Follow the instructions on screen Help dur ing DLDSETUP is only a keystroke away At any time you can press the key to get i...

Page 118: ...one screen the one attached to the Gateway 2000 VGA card or two in case you also have a monochrome display adapter in the same system as the VGA If you choose automatic the driver runs single screen...

Page 119: ...GA Choose the appropriate resolution and press F10 to save the configuration information and to get back to the Driver Configuration Menu Press F10 again to create a batch file called FASTACAD BAT in...

Page 120: ...e resource memory The driver itself takes up about 45 Kb of RAM from below the DOS 640 Kb limit The display list size can vary from one tenth to three times the size of the current drawing file the si...

Page 121: ...termixed with complex ones Every time the screen is updated AutoCAD decodes this structure SpeedCAD DLD works differently While you are working it trans lates the normal hierarchical structure into a...

Page 122: ...to ten times faster with SpeedCAD DLD compared to the VGA driver shipped with AutoCAD Changing colors With the advent of SpeedCAD DLD version 2 0 you now receive the CustomColors color configuration u...

Page 123: ...in the 256 color mode to select which physical color to use for your object and then press Enter The screen quickly redraws with the new color selection for that object Now you are back at the start o...

Page 124: ...s Enter to have your selection take effect The highlight box may at times be hard to see namely because of the background color in effect CustomColors is intentionally designed to work this way becaus...

Page 125: ...sliders all objects on the display that are the same color as the one you select change in hue This way you can visually determine the most appropriate setting for your display Pressing Enter sets the...

Page 126: ...eedCAD DLD Memory meter While in AutoCAD you can check to see how much memory the display list and fast redraw list are occupying at any time The way to do this is to type DLDUSAGE at the command prom...

Page 127: ...AutoCAD is the addition of a small outlined box in the left edge of the status line Inside the box is the current AutoCAD drawing color If the status line is disabled this box does not appear On scree...

Page 128: ...mory resident programs after loading SpeedCAD DLD the memory occupied by the driver returns to the pool of free memory used by DOS Memory usage and lists SpeedCAD DLD uses two types of memory program...

Page 129: ...ay list than a simpler drawing In most cases the memory you set aside for the display list driver does not affect the underlying performance of AutoCAD significantly AutoCAD uses paging to sup port dr...

Page 130: ...SEs MOVEs and ROTATESs can also increase the display list size so you may want to occasionally use the DLDCLEAN command to keep your lists fresh and thereforesmaller You may want to use the DLDUSAGE c...

Page 131: ...preserving space below the DOS 640Kb line It s impossible to predict how performance for your drawings on your specific hardware setup are affected by a given set of SpeedCAD DLD configuration param e...

Page 132: ...ids the time loss to find and remove the vectors but causes a strange effect when the screen is updated the erased object is drawn then disappears as it s overwritten by the new vectors in the backgro...

Page 133: ...ce type VIEW Save ALL which will save the display position you see under a view named All Then after you ve done some de tailed editing and want to return back to the big picture type VIEW Restore ALL...

Page 134: ...using DLD386 it may be an indication that you should add more memory to your system To install SpeedCAD DLD386 VGA A At the C prompt type cd STARN ADIYI Enter Type DLDSETUP Enter to start the configur...

Page 135: ...To progress to the next menu the Driver Configura tion Menu you must press F10 or Enter The single vs dual screen option tells the driver ifyou want to operate on only one screen the one attached to t...

Page 136: ...TAR HiColor SVGA If you don t think you have one on your board then you probably don t VGA boards equipped with the HiColor DAC can display up to 32 768 colors when used with 3D Studio or AutoShade 2...

Page 137: ...LDCFG used by PanaRender VGA to find all of its configuration files and DSPADI RCPADI RDPADI used by AutoCAD AutoShade 2 0 w RenderMan and 3D Studio to find the driver file FASTACAD BAT only needs to...

Page 138: ...e driver is loaded by AutoCAD at AutoCAD load time The display list size can vary from one tenth to three times the size of the current drawing file the size of the fast redraw list varies Since DLD38...

Page 139: ...isplay lists was specifically added to AutoCAD with Release 10 via the ADI 4 0 interface When you pan or zoom the driver scales the display list then writes the resulting vectors to the VGA hardware S...

Page 140: ...re running AutoCAD in 16 colors ona VGA use COLOR16 EXE to load CustomColors and for the 256 color VGA modes use COLOR256 EXE Once you enter the utility you are provided with the follow ing configurat...

Page 141: ...revious background color For example ifyour current background color is white and you change it to blue all the boxes in the drawing color area middle of the screen in 16 color mode that used to be th...

Page 142: ...en modify the associated physical color to suit your needs Physical Choosing the physical option from the menu allows you to alter the red green and blue components of the physical colors A highlight...

Page 143: ...t the VGA display device during AutoCAD con figuration Reset This option resets the physical colors to their initial state The initial state depends on which of the two palettes ADI or VGA you selecte...

Page 144: ...possible to have up to sixteen display lists But mul tiple viewports don t necessarily have to use multiple display lists even though each viewport has its own fast redraw list because of an AutoCAD...

Page 145: ...this box does not appear Additional Commands As of this version DLD386 supports a number of new AutoCAD command line commands designed to allow advanced user better control over display list process i...

Page 146: ...PharLap Virtual Memory Manager This means that DLD386 automatically pages to disk if it uses up all the RAM that AutoCAD has left for its use See Appendix A 3 in the AutoCAD Installation and Performan...

Page 147: ...as the DWG file size The fast redraw list also occupies some memory with the worst case being that it occupies as much as the display list This means that you should count on both lists generally taki...

Page 148: ...ount of time For small drawings the extra time is not no ticeable but for large drawings it is If you are editing large portions of sizeable over 100K draw ings make sure to use the overwrite option d...

Page 149: ...u still have to suffer from some of AutoCAD s nuances One of these nu ances is that ZOOM ALL and ZOOM EXTENTS both force a REGEN because AutoCAD does not keep track of various boundaries necessary to...

Page 150: ...ile ACAD MNU which contains the commands for all your pull downs as well as the side menus Make sure to make a backup copy of ACAD MNU first Search the file for the Display menu definition usually fou...

Page 151: ...en after a rendering screen Autodesk 3D Studio To configure 3D Studio you need to edit the 3DS SET file located in your 3DS directory Locate the line that starts with DEFAULT DISPLAY You want to modif...

Page 152: ...require 1Mb of video memory on the VGA card To install the drivers ale Change to the STAR WINDOWS directory Type cd STAR WINDOUS Copy all files to the WINDOWS SYSTEM subdirectory on your hard disk To...

Page 153: ...er The VGA monitor must be capable of displaying these resolutions in order to utilize this driver To install GEM 1 Make a DISKCOPY of GEM Device Driver Disk 1 Use this copy in place of the original d...

Page 154: ...ying produces unsatisfactory results The GEM 3 driver files require anew GEMSETUP TXT file to be installed in place of the one on the GEM 3 System Master Disk Ver 3 0 or the GEM 3 Master Disk Ver 3 1...

Page 155: ...the following files from GEM 3 Screen Disk 2 both Ver 3 0 and 3 1 to the newly formatted diskette The following sample commands assume the GEM 3 disk is in drive A and the newly format ted diskette is...

Page 156: ...pter 800x600 1b Color Mode SpeedSTAR VGA Adapter 1024x768 1b Color Mode The program now prompts you to insert Screen Disk 2 Instead of GEM Screen Disk 2 insert the newly formatted diskette with driver...

Page 157: ...ny of the five display modes This allows switching between 80 column and 132 column displays without reconfiguring your Lotus program Because the Gateway 2000 VGA card is EGA compat ible the Enhanced...

Page 158: ...subdirectory Perform the First Time Installation of your Lotus product The Install program guides you through the procedure of selecting the drivers you want Remember that Gateway 2000 VGA supports th...

Page 159: ...Only VGA Adapter 132 x 28 Color Text Only 4 VGAAdapter 132 x 44 Color Text Only 11 The currently selected drivers appear Verify that the VGA driver selected appears in the Text Display field Select Re...

Page 160: ...fferent driver sets fol low Type LOTUS Lotus 123 or ACCESS Symphony to run the programs using the default driver sets named 123 or LOTUS If there is a driver called VGA28 type LOTUS VGA28 or ACCESS VG...

Page 161: ...driver 1 Follow the Ventura installation instructions 2 When asked to select a video adapter choose E IBM Personal System 2 b40x480 two colors Version 1 1 E IBM VGA or Compatible b40x4a80 2 color Vers...

Page 162: ...P1024 WPD for use with WordPerfect 5 0 To choose the resolution desired From the document screen displayed after entering WordPerfect press SHIFT F1 to enter the Setup menu 2 From Setup choose option...

Page 163: ...screen displayed after entering WordPerfect press SHIFT F1 to enter the Setup menu From Setup choose option 2 Display This brings up the Get Setup Display menu From the Get Setup Display menu choose...

Page 164: ...e sure the switch setting matches the Gateway 2000 VGA adapter setting Refer to Op tions for Starting WordPerfect in the WordPerfect user manual Software drivers WordStar release 4 0 for 132 column te...

Page 165: ...You are now finished making a 132 column version of WordStar The nextstep is to put the Gateway 2000 VGA into the proper 132 column mode prior to loading WS132 This is most easily accomplished with a...

Page 166: ...DIAG Enter 2 Testineither the monochrome of color modes Diag nostics for the various write modes are executed and any errors that occur are shown on the screen VDIAG EXE is a good tool for testing res...

Page 167: ...ry map Like other text modes the 132 100 and 80 column color text memory map begins at B800 0000 mono chrome at B000 0000 Memory is organized with even bytes as character codes and odd bytes as attrib...

Page 168: ...cking the following Q Ensure that the switches on the Gateway 2000 VGA card are set properly and that the board is seated in the expansion slot 1 Ensure that the system board s switches and jump ers a...

Page 169: ...0 3 Serial interface compatibility issues w 10 4 About COM pot iss ssssisasssensscecsescces w 10 6 Using parallel interface ports wee 10 7 The I O expansion card w 10 8 Card AV OU s cccssaxssessacests...

Page 170: ...ly Earlier cards Rev B for example are nearly identical in appearance but the jumper locations and settings are different The card s revision is stamped just below JP9 If you have a Rev B or earlier c...

Page 171: ...s For example if you have a notebook computer you can transfer data back and forth between the notebook and your Gateway 2000 system using each computer s serial port The serial interface ports in you...

Page 172: ...obtaining a correctly wired cable for your particular application can sometimes be difficult Here is some information to help you sort out potential problems with serial interface cables There are tw...

Page 173: ...igure the serial port as either aDTE ora DCE device by moving jumpers on the card as described later in this chapter The result is that just about any cable can be used to connect to just about any pe...

Page 174: ...ve the same COM port number COM2 for example you ll have to change the settings for one of the cards to another unused COM port number or else disable the port completely Another factor to consider is...

Page 175: ...ion so you shouldn t have any difficulty interfacing a parallel printer to your system just plug it in The pinouts for the parallel interface connector are shown in Table 10 2 Table 10 2 Parallel inte...

Page 176: ...al interface ports to be used with mouse modem serial printer remote display termi nal or other serial devices QO A parallel printer port for connecting a parallel printer to the computer system 1 A g...

Page 177: ...erial port has a male DB9P con nector which is located on the I O card bracket The secondary serial port connector on the I O card isa 10 pin connector J4 The interface cable for the second ary serial...

Page 178: ...you dis able the game port on this 1 O card as described on page 10 15 of this manual One game adapter port is provided for connection to a joystick The game port is a 15 pin connector that at taches...

Page 179: ...port JP1 and JP2 Normal Forced default True JP4 JP5 Serial port DTE or DCE selection You can configure the serial ports as DTE default or DCE with JP4 and JP5 If you are connecting the port to an ext...

Page 180: ...interrupt settings for the serial and parallel ports The jumper positions for the default settings are shown Com2 and Com4 OOO Seat OODODOCODO OO IRQ2 IRQS IRQ4 IRQB IRA2 IRQS IRQ4 IRQS IRQS IRQ7 Pri...

Page 181: ...cts whether the various functions on the board serial ports parallel port game port floppy disk interface and IDE hard disk interface are enabled or disabled loolo Parallel port is Parallel port is OO...

Page 182: ...A Com3 ComA Com1 ComA Disabled ComB Com4 ComB Disabled ComB Com2 eS OO eyote 1e O00 O00 O00 OO Jumper Jumper Jumper Jumper JPS JP JPS JP JP8 and the third through fifth sets of pins on JP3 select the...

Page 183: ...JPS JP3 Oo Game port OOO Gare port O enabled OOO disabled Oo default O00 QO OOO OOO O OOO oO O00 O O00 O O O O Jumper Jumper JPS JPS Serial and Parallel Ports 10 15 The sixth and seventh set of pins...

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Page 185: ...ng the mouse driver from MEMOTY scescseeeseereeeeteeeteeeneees 11 7 USIMG LHENIOUSE ncccccceeinserserorineesntesnsaconstnesnsseuainncisasarsstichsnskedaseobsdtaasesty 11 8 Basic MOUSE MOVEMENS sccsees...

Page 186: ...curacy and simplicity the mouse will become an indispensable part of your work environment You can use your mouse to move or delete text in an instant insert a value into a spreadsheet or choose a com...

Page 187: ...he mouse There are three versions of the mouse to accommodate different systems and configurations The remainder of this section provides instructions for installing each type of mouse Read only the i...

Page 188: ...ble with the connector on the PS 2 mouse cable If you can t connect the mouse cable easily don t force it Locate the compat ible circular port or contact Gateway 2000 for assistance Installing the mou...

Page 189: ...e on your disk so that the mouse driver and the control panel load automatically each time you start the computer Q Ifyouanswer Yes Msetup adds the lines mouse and cpanel to your AUTOEXEC BAT file and...

Page 190: ...iver called MOUSE COM and the control panel CPANEL COM from the disk before running the Msetup program For more information see the expla nation of the del command in the DOS manual After you run the...

Page 191: ...mouse driver from memory You can remove the mouse driver from memory if you runanapplication that needs more free memory Before removing the mouse driver from memory you must exit all mouse menu prog...

Page 192: ...phics based program the pointer often appears as an arrow If you are running a text based program the pointer often appears as a blinking box The rubber coated ball in the mouse rolls within its socke...

Page 193: ...an object onthescreenand quickly clicking a mouse button twice Dragging Dragging means holding down a mouse button and moving the pointer Dragging lets you selecta portion of your screen or move obje...

Page 194: ...nel If you want to remove the control panel from memory switch to the drive or directory that contains the mouse program files and type cpanel off and press Enter at the system prompt Viewing the cont...

Page 195: ...placing the pointer directly on top of the marker and holding down the left mouse button dragging the marker in the de sired direction on the sensitivity bar Before you exit the control panel test the...

Page 196: ...el 2 Pointtothelabelcorresponding to the desired mouse profile Slow Moderate Fast or Unaccelerated and click the left mouse button You can test the new profile by moving the pointer around your screen...

Page 197: ...up some dust or lint If you notice that the pointer does not move smoothly or that the ball does not move freely you should clean your mouse To clean the mouse 1 Turn off the computer 2 Turn the mouse...

Page 198: ...EXEC BAT file Or at your operating system prompt you can type mouse along with the command line switches you want to use you can use just one switch or several switches separated by spaces Changing mo...

Page 199: ...o use the Ctrl Shift mouse button sequence to display the control panel type cpanel kl and press Enter at the system prompt Mouse hardware configuration switches You can use the switches shown in Tabl...

Page 200: ...ement profiles where n is 1 2 3 or 4 and corresponds to one of the internal mouse move ment profiles listed on the control panel For example to specify the internal mouse movement profile 2 type mouse...

Page 201: ...determines the distance the pointer moves across your screen for a given movement of your mouse The distance the mouse is moved is one factor that determines how far the pointer moves on screen The s...

Page 202: ...e profile In this sample file the labels are the same as those appearing in the Control Panel Slow Mod erate Fast and Unaccelerated However you can use any text label you want up to 16 characters When...

Page 203: ...been changed to Flat 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 127 BB 2 a2 ah Bt A aR we 2 62 2 2 The same effect can be created by the following 127 To accelerate the poigter you can increase the FACTO...

Page 204: ...ystem prompt type setspeed pn ffilename The value of n is the number of the mouse movement profile you want the number must be in the range 1 4 filename is the name of your customized mouse profile fi...

Page 205: ...oting Contents MeO CEIOM wavesetsseie eareiceeez eaacncesdsaasusdecatsnsnnacaddconscanceananssensndersescendeasonease 12 2 Maintema nC scnsvcecevsveccssueccazsixesssnacdiceaessedsesabstcencetesscscass...

Page 206: ...em after reading through this chapter callus Our Technical Service staff stands ready to serve you A technician will ask you to explain the problem you are experiencing and then may ask you to serve a...

Page 207: ...il ity of failure If you use the system in a dirty environ ment open it periodically and vacuum the boards and components withasmall vacuum designed for this kind of work Take care not to loosen anyth...

Page 208: ...out OK but sys tem is still dead Repair outlet reset breaker replace fuse or use different outlet Make sure all power cables are plugged in firmly Replace cable Contact Gateway 2000 Technical Service...

Page 209: ...has been scrambled Sector not found or other data errors occur when accessing data stored on hard disk Could be anything Note For best protec tion of your data use a file by file backup method rather...

Page 210: ...After installing a new expansion card bus mouse etc part of the systemnolonger works correctly New card is trying to use same interrupt or I O address as another card in the system System may lock up...

Page 211: ...run FDISK to change the partition size and then reformat the drive as described in Chapter 6 of this book Back up the hard disk first Changing the partition size and reformatting removes all data from...

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Page 213: ...of the disk you are booting from for the presence of a file named AUTOEXEC BAT The file contains instructions or procedures which are carried out each time the computer is booted Benchmark A programo...

Page 214: ...this the applications software you are using must be written specifically to support the coprocessor CPU Central Processing Unit A microprocessor on anIC chip that serves as the heart of the computer...

Page 215: ...hat addresses appear to be below 1MB Applications running under OS 2 cannot access expanded memory Expansion slot A connector on the system board that can holdacard suchas adisplay adaptor disk drive...

Page 216: ...st of the world refers to them as hard disks Hard disk partition Itis often desirable to divide large hard disks into several sections called partitions Partitions are created with the MS DOS FDISK ut...

Page 217: ...l NetWare Xenix and OS 2 Peripheral Any device which is attached to or installed in the system unit Examples include printers modems image scanners and pen plotters Program A set of instructions writt...

Page 218: ...ystem board The large circuit board that covers most of the bottom of the chassis It is the heart of your computer system containing the CPU the expansion slots and often the system s random access me...

Page 219: ...5 2 A 2 3 3 A 3 5 9 5 9 6 1ff A 2 A 5 4 6 4 2 4 3 iv 12 3 1 2 CONFIG SYS Connections Conventional memory Coprocessor CPU CPU clock speed D Date setting Default DIP DIR command Disk cache Disk host ada...

Page 220: ...5 2 7 10 1ff A 4 4 8ff 12 6 4 7 5 2 5 5 3 16 12 3 connector described function keys lock macros numeric keypad programming remapping shown Keyswitch M Maintenance Math coprocessors Memory banks Memor...

Page 221: ...2 Technical Service A 5 Time setting 2 5 2 7 Troubleshooting 5 3 Turbo switch 2 8 2 10 3 3 3 4 TSRs 2 4 2 6 4 4 4 5 4 6 12 4 2 6 4 4 4 5 U 3 2 3 4 3 6 Unpacking Upper memory area 5 2 5 6 5 8 A 5 Vv 3...

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