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ELSAERAZORII and ELSA VICTORYErazorLT
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................1
A Look at the ERAZORII and VICTORYErazorLT.................................................. 1
Highlights of the Erazor Graphics Boards............................................................... 2
What Hardware Do I Need?.................................................................................... 2
What's In the Box?.................................................................................................. 2
CE Conformity and FCC Radiation Standard........................................................... 3
After Installing the Drivers ..........................................................................................5
It's Time to Get Moving!......................................................................................... 5
What is Possible?.................................................................................................... 5
What Makes Sense?............................................................................................... 6
Changing the resolution.......................................................................................... 7
Windows 95/98.................................................................................................. 7
Windows NT 4.0.............................................................................................. 10
Useful Stuff and More .................................................................................................11
The Multimedia Player.......................................................................................... 11
Fine-Tuning for Performance Freaks..................................................................... 12
All about graphics .......................................................................................................13
3D Graphics Representation................................................................................. 13
The 3D Pipeline................................................................................................ 13
3D Interfaces......................................................................................................... 16
What APIs Are Available?................................................................................ 16
Direct 3D.......................................................................................................... 16
OpenGL............................................................................................................. 17
Color Palettes, TrueColor and Gray Scales........................................................... 18
VGA.................................................................................................................. 18
DirectColor....................................................................................................... 18
VESA DDC (Display Data Channel)....................................................................... 19
DDC1................................................................................................................ 19
DDC2B.............................................................................................................. 19
DDC2AB............................................................................................................ 20
Technical Data .............................................................................................................21
Characteristics of the Graphics Boards................................................................ 21
Address Assignment of the ERAZORII and VICTORYErazorLT......................... 21
Ports on the Graphics Board................................................................................. 22
The VGA D-Shell Socket ................................................................................. 22
Appendix .......................................................................................................................23
Advice and Help.................................................................................................... 23