ELSA Erazor II - Manual (Page 5)

ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1
A Look at the ERAZOR II and VICTORY Erazor LT.................................................. 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 ERAZOR II and VICTORY Erazor LT ......................... 21
Ports on the Graphics Board ................................................................................. 22
The VGA D-Shell Socket ................................................................................. 22
Appendix ....................................................................................................................... 23
Advice and Help .................................................................................................... 23