SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP8140
PART NUMBER:  276707-002, 276708-002
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Workstation Fire GL 4000 Drivers for Windows NT 3.51
VERSION:  3.51 Rev A
VENDOR VERSION NUMBER: 3.51.1381.2137
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Drivers

DIVISIONS:  Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstation 5100, 6000, or 8000 using 
                    the Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller
             NOTE:  The Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller is standard on 
                    selected Workstation models, but could be an option installed 
                    on other models.

OPERATING SYSTEM:  Microsoft Windows NT 3.51

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Fire GL 4000 3D+ Graphics Controller

EFFECTIVE DATE:  August 10, 1998

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  2.X

SUPERSEDES:  SP6841

DESCRIPTION:  Creates the two-diskette set, "Workstation Fire GL 4000 Drivers for 
Windows NT 3.51," which contains the NT 3.51 drivers for the graphics card used 
in the above-mentioned Professional Workstations.

Enhancements/Fixes:  

 - SoftImage (OpenGL application)
   - Fixed antialiasing feature (accumulation buffer)  

 - Pro/Engineer (OpenGL application)
   - Added extension GL_EXT_polygon_offset and GL_EXT_vertex_array.
   - Added profile that disables "Fast Polygon Offset"

 - 3D Studio Max
   - Added extension GL_WIN_swap_hint.
   - Added PFD_COPY_SWAP and PFD_COPY_EXCHANGE to pixelformats. 
     Copy swap is used if application requests the PFD_COPY_SWAP bit.

 - Maya application
   - Fixed crash (Dr. Watson) caused by glDrawPixel() - 
   - Fixed SJ-8586, crash in glDrawPixels().

 - Maya NT application
   - Added profile that disables "Fast Polygon Offset".
   - Fixed glDrawPixels() not working if OpenGL window is moved outside of 
     screen.

 - Java3D application
   - Fixed clipping bug.
   - Improved Vertex Array implementation.

 - Pro/Designer application
   - Added new profile "ProDesigner".
   - Fixed problem caused by multi-threaded application if a thread is 
     deleting a context which is not the current context of the thread.

- Hyper Mesh (OpenGL application)
  - Fixed blending modes that were not HW accelerated.
  - Fixed GL_FEEDBACK mode (corrected wrong coordinates in feedback buffer).
  - Fixed overlay planes that were disabled by the changes for the extensions.

 - Quake II Patch 3.14
   - Fixed floating point inaccuracies when going through different source 
     code paths.

 - ArcView/3D Analyst
   - Fixed floating point inaccuracies when going through different source 
     code paths.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain 2 formatted 1.44-MB diskettes.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that 
directory.  The file that is downloaded is an executable with a filename based 
on the SoftPaq Number above.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the downloaded file and follow the 
on-screen instructions.  You will be prompted to insert the formatted diskettes 
in a drive to create the diskettes.

4.  After the diskettes have been created, you may delete the SoftPaq file 
downloaded in step 2.

5.  To Install, see section 2 in the file README.TXT on the first diskette.

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