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  • Page 2 Voyager 64...

  • Page 3: Before You Begin

    differently, you may be required to perform Before You some basic DOS or Windows tasks. If you Begin are not familiar with basic DOS commands your such as DIR, CD, or EDIT, you should check Installation your DOS manual, or seek assistance from you local computer dealer to install the The product you product.
  • Page 4 Call 407-241-8088; M-F, 8 am to Sometimes, however, a component may be 6:30 pm EST. Voyager 64...
  • Page 5 Boca BBS corrupt in some way. If this happens, 407-241-1601 immediately return the entire package to your place of purchase so you may exchange it for CompuServe a new one. Your dealer should be able to...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ......................8 EXPRESS Installation ..................... 9 Installing the Voyager 64 ..................10 Product Overview ....................12 Hardware Features ........................13 Maximum Resolutions/Color Depths Supported .............. 13 Maximum Clock Frequencies .................... 13 Memory ..........................14 Hardware GUI Accelerator Functions ................14 VESA Support ........................
  • Page 7 Appendix A: Troubleshooting ................25 Appendix B: Technical Specifications ..............29 Appendix C: Video Modes ..................32 Appendix D: FCC Compliance................37 Appendix E: Servicing Your Boca Product ............38 Appendix F: Warranty ................... 41 Software License Agreement ................43 Glossary ........................ 44...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Make sure you have received the following INTRODUCTION items: Congratulations on the purchase of your Voyager 64 Accelerator VGA board from Boca Research, a leader in high-tech computer VOYAGER 64 enhancement products. The Voyager 64 is IBM ACCELERATOR VGA compatible and is designed to work in all standard PCI 2.0 Local Bus and compatible...

  • Page 9: Express Installation

    Express Installation Replace your START system cover. Turn OFF your computer. HERE! Remove your system cover and any existing video ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ card.

  • Page 10: Installing The Voyager 64

    1 2 3 1 2 3 2. Select any available PCI-Bus expansion slot. The Voyager 64 board must be installed in a PCI-bus compatible slot. PCI expansion slots 3. Remove the screw and the metal plate that are shorter than standard ISA slots. The...
  • Page 11 4. Insert the Voyager 64 in the slot that you 7. Attach the appropriate monitor cable to the have selected, so that the edge connector Voyager 64. on the bottom of the board mates with the socket on the motherboard. Press firmly on 8.

  • Page 12: Product Overview

    228 MB/ Its 2MB of display memory allows the second bandwidth to support resolutions up Voyager 64 to display 16M colors at 800 x to 1600 x 1200, color depths up to 16M 600 resolution. The Voyager’s high...

  • Page 13: Hardware Features

    Maximum Clock Frequencies modes supported by the DDC compliant • Dot Clock 135 Mhz monitor, and only allows the Voyager 64 to be • Memory Clock 57Mhz placed in those modes. Memory Hardware Features •...

  • Page 14: Hardware Gui Accelerator Functions

    • 4-Point Trapezoid Fill Pattern • Programmable Hardware Cursor Windows NT 3.5 and Windows 95 come with built-in support for the S3 Trio64 on which the VESA Support Voyager 64 is based. • DDC Monitor Communications Support • Standard VESA Feature Connector Voyager 64...

  • Page 15: Utilities

    The Voyager 64 board is compatible with VGA our BBS. Color and monochrome analog monitors. TTL monochrome monitors with 9-pin connectors are NOT compatible with the Voyager 64. It is Utilities also compatible with Multiple Frequency • VREFRESH Display refresh setting utility for...

  • Page 16: System Compatibility

    15-pin (DB15) cable available from monitor Most systems with PCI Local Bus slots are manufacturers to interface with IBM compatible with the Voyager 64. If you are computers. Using an incorrect cable may uncertain, refer to your system’s guide to...

  • Page 17: System Requirements

    • Video monitor capable of the desired resolution (check the manual which came with your monitor) The Voyager 64 must be installed in a PCI-bus compatible slot. PCI expansion slots are shorter than standard ISA slots. MAIN CHIP SET...

  • Page 18: Display Drivers

    • 640 x 480 resolution in 16.7 million colors also contain information on new drivers which became available after the printing of this If you intend to use your Voyager 64 in manual. The drivers allow you to use the standard VGA modes, you DO NOT need to extended features of the Voyager 64 board.

  • Page 19: Installing The Display Drivers

    For Windows users, turn to the next page. In this Manual On README • Windows 3.1/3.11 • AutoCAD • Make sure the Voyager 64 is present • Windows 95 • AutoShade (physically installed) BEFORE installing any • Windows NT (3.5+) •...

  • Page 20: Windows 3.1/3.11

    1. Put the disk labeled “Voyager Driver Diskette” into your A: or B: drive. 2. Start Windows 3. From the Program Manager screen, select File, then Run. 4. In the Command Line box, type A:SETUP or B:SETUP, then select OK. Voyager 64...
  • Page 21 5. An introductory Voyager screen appears. the README.TXT file in the C:\SVGP64 Select Continue. subdirectory. Installation is complete. 6. Next, you are presented with a Drivers/ Utilities selection box. Make your selection (choose at least SVGP64 utilities and Windows 3.1/3.11) and select OK. 7.

  • Page 22: Windows 95

    Windows NT documentation. Settings, then Change Display Type. Select S3 as the manufacturer and S3 Trio 32/ 64 PCI for the card type (The Boca Voyager is based on the S3 chipset). If you require additional assistance, consult your Windows 95 documentation.

  • Page 23: The Vrefresh Utility

    The Vrefresh Utility to your AUTOEXEC.BAT. Choose YES if you want to use the new refresh rate every time This is a DOS-based utility which allows you you turn on your system. to change the refresh rate of the display. Vrefresh is installed when you select “SVGP64 NOTE: The refresh rate set with Vrefresh has Utilities”...

  • Page 24: The Fcon Utility

    Y = 0 (56Hz), Instructions for FCON are provided on-screen. 1(60Hz), 2 (70Hz), 3 (72Hz), 4 (75Hz), 5 (interlaced). Note that 1600 x 1200 and 1152 x 864 each have a single refresh rate so this utility is not needed. Voyager 64...

  • Page 25: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    PROBLEM The computer seems to boot, but there is no POSSIBLE SOLUTION display. • Ensure the Voyager 64 is properly inserted in its slot. POSSIBLE SOLUTION • Check all cable and power cable connections • Ensure you do not have another video card and verify that the monitor is powered on.
  • Page 26 Remember: application the Voyager 64 must be the only VGA video adapter. POSSIBLE SOLUTION • Set the vertical hold properly on your •...
  • Page 27 Voyager 64. BIOS requirements. PROBLEM PROBLEM You are experiencing difficulty installing the You are unable to get the Voyager 64 to work Voyager 64 on a network. in your computer, but have found that it works well in another. POSSIBLE SOLUTION •...
  • Page 28 16-bit I/O address. with Windows Setup. • The Voyager 64 has a global set up register at REMEDY an I/O base address of 46E8h. A network card Go to the Main Program Group...

  • Page 29: Appendix B: Technical Specifications

    Ground connectors. Red Return Green Return IMPORTANT: Blue Return T he Voyager 64 uses the same 15-pin (DB15) Not used cable available from monitor manufacturers to Ground interface with the IBM PS/2 computers. Using an Not used incorrect cable may result in damage to the DDC Data monitor and/or adapter.

  • Page 30: Technical Specifications

    VESA Standard VGA Pass Through Blanking Connector Specification Horz. Sync A 26-pin header stake connector (J1) is Vert. Sync ground provided which maintains pin to pin ground compatibility with IBM’s feature connector as ground shown in the table which follows. Voyager 64...
  • Page 31 Signal Feature Connector Pin For additional information see the Auxiliary Video Connector description in the IBM PS/2 Enable External Pixel Data Enable External Sync Hardware Technical Reference Manual. Enable External Pixel Clock not used ground ground ground ground not used not used A low enables feature connector pixel data input to the RAMDAC.

  • Page 32: Appendix C: Video Modes

    Appendix C: Video Modes In this case, you must either lower the The Voyager 64 supports the graphic modes resolution to one that can be supported, or listed on the following page. (I) indicates that lower the refresh rate. Refer to your monitor the display is interlaced (i.e., only every other...
  • Page 33 VESA Screen Resolution Colors Refresh Rate (Hz) Refresh Rate (Hz) Mode # (Vertical) (Horizontal) 132 x 43 characters 31.5 132 x 25 characters 31.5 640 x 400 31.5 640 x 480 31.5 640 x 480 37.9 640 x 480 37.5 800 x 600 35.1 800 x 600...
  • Page 34 640 x 480 16.7M 31.5 640 x 480 16.7M 37.9 640 x 480 16.7M 37.5 800 x 600 32,768 37.9 800 x 600 32,768 48.1 800 x 600 32,768 46.8 800 x 600 65,536 37.9 800 x 600 65,536 48.1 Voyager 64...
  • Page 35 VESA Screen Resolution Colors Refresh Rate (Hz) Refresh Rate (Hz) Mode # (Vertical) (Horizontal) 800 x 600 65,536 46.8 800 x 600 16.7M 37.9 800 x 600 16.7M 48.1 800 x 600 16.7M 46.8 1024 x 768 32,768 43 (I) 35.0 1024 x 768 32,768...
  • Page 36 1024 x 768 43 (I) 35.5 1024 x 768 48.4 1024 x 768 56.5 1024 x 768 60.2 1152 x 864 55.3 1280 x 1024 43 (I) 47.7 1280 x 1024 63.7 1280 x 1024 77.7 1280 x 1024 79.8 Voyager 64...

  • Page 37: Appendix D: Fcc Compliance

    Appendix D: FCC accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, Compliance there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause This equipment has been tested and found to comply with harmful interference to radio or television reception, which the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,...

  • Page 38: Appendix E: Servicing Your Boca Product

    Appendix E: Servicing Your Boca Product NOTE: CALLING TECHNICAL SUPPORT WITHOUT COMPLETE AND ACCURATE If your Voyager 64 board requires service, first INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR PROBLEM contact the authorized Voyager 64 dealer from MAY BE BOTH TIME-CONSUMING AND whom you purchased the board. If the dealer is FRUSTRATING FOR YOU.
  • Page 39 Inc. Limited Warranty. the software. 4. Certain parts will not be covered under the Boca 2. Call Boca Research Technical Support Research, Inc. Limited Warranty. Dealer installed Department between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and parts are warranted by the dealer.
  • Page 40 Boca Research, Inc. RMA Department - RMA #____________ 1601 Clint Moore Road Boca Raton, FL 33487-2841 6. If the repairs performed on your board were covered by the warranty, Boca Research, Inc. will return it prepaid via UPS. Voyager 64...

  • Page 41: Appendix F: Warranty

    (if any), and the Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number Boca Research, Inc. (BRI) warrants to the original buyer of provided by BRI Technical Support. Refer to the Appendix this BRI product that the hardware is free of defects in in this manual.
  • Page 42 This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that any provision of this warranty is prohibited by any Federal, state, or municipal law which cannot be preempted. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Voyager 64...

  • Page 43: Software License Agreement

    EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 3. Voyager 64 software is not to be modified in any way; it PURPOSE. should be used in its original form. 7. BRI provides a five year warranty for the media on which 4.

  • Page 44: Glossary

    BIOS to support all of its standard functions. The 8514. An IBM color monitor capable of resolutions Voyager 64 also has a BIOS for display features. of 720x400 non-interlaced with a refresh rate of 70MHz; 640x480 non-interlaced at 60MHz; or Bit Block Transfer.
  • Page 45 Digital Monitor. Monitor which receives discrete Extended EGA. Offered by proprietary chip sets on binary signals. Digital monitors do not have as non-IBM adapter cards with 640 x 480 resolution wide a range of color choices as analog types; or better. digital EGA monitors can display just 64 colors.
  • Page 46 The resulting display is select the actual colors that the video adapter will less stable than a flicker-free non-interlaced display simultaneously. Pixel. A single dot on the display. CRT display. This word is derived from the words ‘picture’ and ‘element’. Voyager 64...
  • Page 47 RAMDAC. RAM Digital to Analog Converter. TTL. Transistor-Transistor Logic; a fast, reasonable-cost type of integrated circuit used in Refresh Rate. Also called Vertical Scan Rate, the some monitors. speed at which the screen is repainted. Typically, color displays must be refreshed at 60 times per TTL Monitor.
  • Page 48 Boca Research, Inc. Boca Research is not liable for any damages resulting from technical or editorial errors or omissions contained in this document. The information in this manual is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 49 Index Cables and power cords 11 3D Modeling applications 12 Clock Frequencies 13 3D Studio 19 Color Depth 13 900-priority support number 4 Connector Information 29 Analog/Digital monitor switch 26 Damaged or Missing Items 4-5, 8 AutoCAD 19 DB15 cable 16, 29 AutoShade 19 Dimensions 30 Display Data Channel 13...
  • Page 50 IBM Video Graphics Array 16 IBM-standard video BIOS requirements 27 IBM’s analog monitors 19 FCC Compliance 37 Installing the Voyager 64 8-11 FCON Utility 15, 19, 24 Feature connector 24 Maximum Resolution (interlaced) 13 Maximum Resolution (non-interlaced) 13 Glossary 44-47...
  • Page 51 README.TXT file 18 no display 25 Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number 39 OS/2 19 Servicing Your Boca Product 38-40 Size adjustment controls 27 PCI Local Bus 8 Software Features 14 PCI Local Bus 2.0 specification 12 Software License Agreement 43...
  • Page 52 Vertical hold 26 Vertical adjustment controls 27 VESA DPMS support 13 VESA mode numbers 32-36 VESA Support 14 VGA/EGA card (existing) 10 Video Modes 32-36 Voyager driver diskette 19, 20 Vrefresh Utility 19, 23 Vrefresh with a Mouse Driver 23 Voyager 64...
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