DIGITAL PowerStorm 4D40T/50T/51T/60T V4.8.1 Readme.1st
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This is the PowerStorm 4D40T/4D50T/51T/4D60T driver kit.  It contains drivers
for Windows NT 4.0 running on Alpha platforms. This kit requires Service Pack 3
(SP3) or later to guarantee proper operation.

This kit can be used to install or upgrade the 2D and 3D display
drivers to support these boards.

The drivers in this kit provide support for the PowerStorm  4D40T, 4D50T,
4d51T and 4D60T graphics options.  See the release notes in the file
relnotes.doc in the kit area and the "Graphics Support Services Software 
Version 4.8 for Microsoft Windows NT Installation and User Guide for Alpha 
Systems" for details of the capabilities of this hardware and software.

To install the new PowerStorm  4D40T/4D50T/4D51T/4D60T drivers as an 
upgrade, please follow these steps. (Which are also outlined in 
Graphics Support Services Software Version 4.8 for Microsoft 
Windows NT Installation and User Guide for Alpha Systems 
with the exception of unzipping):

To install as an upgrade or to replace an existing driver for another
card use these steps.

1) If you are using a CD distribution skip to step 2. If this is a Zip file 
   from the web Unzip the file to a directory somewhere on your disk, 
   maintaining the directory structure in the zip file. 

2) Start the Control Panel. (My Computer->Control Panel)

3) Select the DISPLAY applet.

4) In the Display Type dialog box, click on the "Settings" 
   tab.

5) In the Settings dialog select the "Display Type" button.

6) In the Display type dialog select the "Change" Button.

7) In the Change Display dialog select "Have Disk". Enter the path to the
   directory where you unzipped the V4.0 NT kit.  For Example
   for cd <cd>:\alpha\pbxgi\nt40 where <cd> is your CD drive letter, 
   for an unzipped kit something like d:\kit\pbxgi where \kit\pbxgi is where
   you unzipped the kit files.

8) You will get another change Display dialog with ONLY the
   line " Digital PowerStorm 4D40T/50T/51T/60T. Select "OK".

9) You will be informed that this is a third party driver and 
   asked to proceed. Select "Yes"

10) Windows NT will display a status box with a gauge to show you 
    the progress of the installation.  A dialog box announcing the
    completion of the installation process will  be displayed.  Click on
    "OK".

11) Select "Close" in the Display Type dialog.

12) Select "Close" in the Display Applet.
     
13) You will be informed that you must restart your computer to use 
    the new drivers.  Click on "Yes".

14) Your system will reboot and use the new PowerStorm 
    4D40T/4D50T/4D51T/4D60T drivers.  You may want to reset the screen 
    resolution and refresh rate using the Control Panel Display applet.

15) The installation is now complete.


To install these as part of a new NT V4.0 installation please Install Windows
NT using the default V4.0 VGA drivers. Then use these drivers as in the
above procedure and install the PowerStorm 4D40T/50T/51T/60T drivers.










