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Microsoft Windows 95
Driver Installation Guide
20 September 1995

Hercules Graphite Terminator products


CONTENTS:
Introduction
About This Display Driver Archive
Installing Windows 95 After You've Installed Your Hercules Product
Which Driver Do I Choose?
Installing Your Hercules Card Into a Windows 95 System
Using The Display Properties Dialog Box
Setting The Refresh Rate
How Do I Get Help?

Introduction
============

This guide contains the information you need to install our Windows 95
drivers for the Hercules product. We recommend that you use our drivers
instead of the supplied Microsoft driver.

One of the best features of Windows 95 is its adaptability to the way
you work. No matter what the task, there's probably more than one way
of accomplishing it. This is certainly true with the installation of
display drivers. There are a few ways you can go about installing the
drivers, so rather than document every possible route you might choose
to take, we've covered a few possible methods. No matter how you install
the display drivers, Windows 95 makes it very intuitive, so it's hard
to go wrong.

These instructions apply to the first retail release of Windows 95.
If you're still using an interim build, the procedure may go a bit
differently. As we've mentioned above, however, the intuitive Windows
95 interface makes it hard to make a mistake, so we doubt that you'll
run into any problems.



About This Display Driver Archive
=================================

You've probably unpacked this archive to a temporary path on your hard
drive, like C:\TEMP. During the driver installation process, whenever
you're asked to insert the diskette containing your Windows 95 drivers,
specify the drive and directory in which you've unpacked this archive.
For example:

C:\TEMP

Once you've installed the drivers, you may delete the temporary copy.
You may want to keep a copy of the archive file in case you need to
install these new drivers again.


Installing Windows 95 After You've Installed Your Hercules Product
==================================================================

If your Hercules card is already in your system when you install Windows
95, you have two choices: you may install the high-resolution drivers as
part of the Windows 95 installation procedure, or you may wait until
after Windows 95 has been installed and select our high resolution
drivers using the Display Properties dialog box. If you'd like to use
this method, see "Using The Display Properties Dialog Box" below. To
install our drivers as part of the Windows 95 installation procedure,
insert our Windows Display Driver Diskette and specify the \WIN95
directory when prompted by the Hardware Installation Wizard. Depending
on the model you're installing, you may be asked to choose from a short
list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?" below. Later on, you
can select your desktop area, color palette, and monitor type using the
Display Properties dialog box. See "Using The Display Properties Dialog
Box" below.



Which driver Do I Choose?
=========================

Product Name Bus | Choose this driver
Type |
-------------------------------+----------------------------------------------
Terminator 32/DRAM VL | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 32/DRAM
Terminator 32/DRAM PCI | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 32/DRAM
|
Terminator 64/DRAM VL | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/DRAM
Terminator 64/DRAM PCI | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/DRAM
|
Terminator 64/VRAM VL | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/VRAM
Terminator 64/VRAM PCI | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/VRAM
|
Terminator Professional VL | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator Professional
Terminator Professional PCI | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator Professional
|
Terminator 64/Video VL | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/Video
Terminator 64/Video PCI | [Hercules] Graphite Terminator 64/Video



Installing Your Hercules Product Into a Windows 95 System
=========================================================

If you've already installed Windows 95 on your system, installing your
new Hercules card is easy. Remove your old graphics card and install
your new Hercules product according to the instructions in our
Installation Guide, and then start your PC.

After Windows 95 starts, a dialog box titled "New Hardware Found" will
appear, and you'll be given a few options for installing the display
driver. Choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer, then
insert our Windows Display Driver Diskette into your diskette drive.
Specify the \WIN95 directory on the diskette.

Depending on the model of you're installing, you may be asked
to choose from a short list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?"
above. Later on, you can select your desktop area, color palette, and
monitor type using the Display Properties dialog box. See "Using The
Display Properties Dialog Box" below.



Using The Display Properties Dialog Box
=======================================

The Display Properties dialog box may be used for installing (or
reinstalling) a display driver or monitor adapter, or choosing your
desktop area (resolution), color palette (pixel depth), and system font
size.

You may open this dialog box at any point within Windows 95 by
clicking on the desktop with the right mouse button and selecting
Properties from the pop-up menu, or by launching My Computer by double
clicking its icon, selecting Control Panel, and then selecting Display.

From the Display Properties dialog box, select the Settings menu. From
here you may select your desktop area, color palette, and system font
size. To select a display or monitor driver, click the "Change Display
Type..." button near the bottom of the dialog box. This brings up the
Change Display Type dialog box.

If you'd like to install or reinstall your display driver, click the
"Change..." button in the "Adapter Type" section. This displays the
Select Device dialog box. If the driver for your Hercules product does
not appear, insert our Windows Display Driver Diskette into your
diskette drive, click Have Disk..., and specify the \WIN95 directory on
the diskette.

Depending on the model you're installing, you may be asked to
choose from a short list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?"
above. Remember to click Apply when you are back on the Settings menu.

To ensure that Windows 95 offers you all the resolutions that your card
and your monitor support, you'll want to tell Windows 95 what model of
monitor you have by clicking the "Change..." button in the "Monitor
Type" section. Choose your monitor model (or, if your monitor is not
listed, one of the standard monitor types) from the Select Device dialog
box. However, this will not automatically set the refresh rate at which
your card and monitor will operate. See "Setting The Refresh Rate,"
below, for instructions.

Setting The Refresh Rate
========================

Products in the Terminator family use the SETCRT.EXE program to set the
refresh rates at which the card will operate at various resolutions and
pixel depths. If you installed Windows 95 onto a PC in which you were
already running Windows 3.1 with your Hercules product, you probably
already have SETCRT.EXE in your AUTOEXEC.BAT.

If you're installing your Terminator into a system that's already
running Windows 95, you'll want to add the SETCRT.EXE line to your
AUTOEXEC.BAT so you can use your card and monitor at high refresh rates.
With this driver release, you have your choice of two methods for doing
this:

1. Run the DOS-based INSTALL.EXE program according to the instructions
in our Installation Guide. It will help you select your monitor
model, and then place the appropriate SETCRT line in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT.

2. If you're handy with a text editor and you're familiar with your
monitor's capabilities, you can place the SETCRT.EXE command in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file manually. Our Installation Guide contains a
table of SETCRT parameters for your Terminator product.

NOTE: DO NOT choose a monitor model or standard monitor type that
supports refresh rates that are higher than your monitor can support.
If you do, you may permanently damage your monitor. If you are unsure
of what monitor model or standard monitor type to select, please refer
to the documentation on your monitor or contact the manufacturer.

If you've placed the SETCRT.EXE command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT but you're
not getting the refresh rates you think you should be, get in touch with
us and we'll give you the assistance you need.


How Do I Get Help?
==================

Please see our Installation Guide or the README.TXT file on our
Installation Diskette for complete instructions for contacting us.
We'll be happy to help you with any questions or difficulties you may
have.

We've set up a page on our Internet World Wide Web site just for Windows
95 users. It contains the latest information on Windows 95 drivers and
utilities, as well as the answers to our most frequently asked
questions, so you'll want to check it first before contacting us. The
URL is:

http://www.hercules.com/support/Win95/

We're on a very aggressive Windows 95 development schedule, so if
you have an Internet e-mail address, be sure to join the mailing
list to keep up on the latest news. Complete instructions for
subscribing to this service are in our Installation Guide as well as
the README.TXT file on the Installation Diskette.



*** End of File ***

	Filename	Size	Readme	O.S.	Description
	gtw95920.exe	120KB	gtw95920.htm		Hercules Terminator September 20th release of the Windows 95 drivers for the entire Graphite Terminator line. The Windows 95 drivers are slightly faster than those provided by Microsoft; they also address some problems with the Microsoft-supplied driver. Note to Terminator Professional users: these are the same drivers contained in the tp210w.exe archive.
	t395124.zip	1350KB	t395124.htm		Hercules Terminator Windows 95 drivers for the Terminator 3D & 3D/DX video cards
	t3nt410.exe	105KB	t3nt410.htm		Hercules Terminator Windows NT 4.0 drivers are for use with the Terminator 3D only (for all other Terminator products, use tnt410.exe).
	t3os2w10.exe	1171KB	t3os2w10.htm		Hercules Terminator release 1.00 of the OS/2 Warp 3.0 software for the Terminator 3D
	t95465.exe	1309KB			Hercules Terminator release 4.65 of the Windows 95 software for the Terminator 64/Video. Note:If you are upgrading from a previous release, please reset your video driver to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) and reboot before installing this new driver.
	td400i.exe	633KB	td400i.htm		Hercules Terminator Release 4.00 Installation Diskette for the Terminator 32/DRAM and Terminator 64/DRAM. Also requires td400w.exe If you are using Windows 3.1, use the INSTALL.EXE program; if you are using WIndows 95, use our new SETUP.EXE native Windows 95 installation program.
	td400w.exe	500KB	td400w.htm		Hercules Terminator Release 4.00 Windows Display Driver Diskette for the Terminator 32/DRAM and Terminator 64/DRAM. Contains both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 drivers.
	tdos2w11.exe	1254KB	tdos2w11.htm		Hercules Terminator This self extracting archive contains version 2.80.19 of the OS/2 Warp Display drivers for the Terminator 32/DRAM, Terminator 64/DRAM and Terminator 64/Video products.
	tmpg9511.exe	578KB	tmpg9511.htm		Hercules Terminator Windows 3.1 / Windows 95 hardware MPEG drivers for the Terminator 64/Video MPEG
	tnt3511.exe	72KB	tnt3511.htm		Hercules Terminator Release 1.1 of the Windows NT3.5x driver for the Terminator 32/DRAM, Terminator 64/DRAM, Terminator 64/VRAM, Terminator Professional and Terminator 64/Video. Includes bug fixes and more complete refresh rate support.
	tnt410.exe	128KB	tnt410.htm		Hercules Terminator Windows NT 4.0 drivers,these display drivers are for use with all Terminator family products EXCEPT FOR THE TERMINATOR 3D (use t3nt410.exe)
	tp210i.exe	534KB	tp210i.htm		Hercules Terminator release 2.10 of the Installation Diskette for the Terminator Professional. The only difference between the two releases is an updated README.TXT file, so there is no need to download this file if you already have Release 2.00 of the Installation Diskette.
	tp210w.exe	389KB	tp210w.htm		Hercules Terminator release 2.10 of the Windows Display Driver Diskette for the Terminator Professional. Contains Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 drivers. The Windows 95 drivers are slightly faster than those provided by Microsoft; they also address some problems in the driver provided with Windows 95.
	tp400i31.exe	524KB	tp400i31.htm		Hercules Terminator Release 4.00 Windows 3.X Installation Diskette for the Terminator Professional. Contains an INSTALL.EXE installation utility that runs under DOS and helps you install Windows 3.X drivers. If you are running Windows 3.X, you will want to download this along withTP400W.EXE.
	tp400i95.exe	583KB	tp400i95.htm		Hercules Terminator Windows 95 Installation Diskette for the Terminator Professional. Contains a SETUP.EXE installation utility for Windows 95. If you are running Windows 95, you will want to download this along with TP400W.EXE.
	tp400w.exe	421KB	tp400w.htm		Hercules Terminator Release 4.00 Windows Display Driver Diskette for the Terminator Professional. Contains both Windows 3.X and Windows 95 drivers. You will also want to download ONE of the two Release 4.00 Installation Diskettes for the Terminator Professional
	tv110s1.exe	910KB	tv110s1.htm		Hercules Terminator his self extracting archive contains the files for disk 1 of 2 of the Supplemental Display Driver Diskette, Release 1.10. The Supplemental Display Driver Diskettes contain OS/2 and Windows NT display drivers for both the Terminator 64/VRAM and Terminator Professional products.Disk 2 of 2 may be downloaded as a file named TV110S2.EXE. Extract the contents of this file to a temporary directory on your hard drive, and read the README.1ST file for further instructions.
	tv110s2.exe	1388KB	tv110s2.htm		Hercules Terminator This self extracting archive contains the files for disk 2 of 2 of the Supplemental Display Driver Diskette, Release 1.10. The Supplemental Display Driver Diskettes contain OS/2 and Windows NT display drivers for both the Terminator 64/VRAM and Terminator Professional products.Disk 1 of 2 may be downloaded as a file named TV110S1.EXE. Extract the contents of this file to a temporary directory on your hard drive, and read the README.2ND file for further instructions.