PC Compatibility Card: Gets Multiple Resolutions In Win95 (3/97)

I have a PCI-based Power Macintosh computer with a PC Compatibility Card and an Apple multiple scan monitor. I am running Windows 95 in the PC environment. I am able to get multiple video resolutions in the Macintosh environment, but in the PC environment, the only resolution available is 640x480. How do I get Windows 95 to do higher resolutions?
In order to get more than 640x480 resolution in Windows 95, you need to install the updated Windows 95 video driver software that comes with the PC Compatibility Card and select the proper display type for your monitor. Both of these changes are done in the Display control panel in Windows 95.

To install the updated video drivers for Windows 95:

1) Insert the PC Utilities CD into the CD-ROM drive
2) In Windows 95, open the Display control panel
3) Click on the tab labeled 'Settings'
4) Click on 'Change Display Type'. If the Adapter Type shows up as 'ATI mach64 (macxw4)(DirectDraw)', you have already installed the update driver and do not need to reinstall it. Skip to the section below about selecting your monitor type.
5) For 'Adapter Type', click on 'Change...'
6) Click on 'Have Disk...'
7) type in 'E:\\video\\win95'
8) Select 'ATI mach64 PCI (macxw4)(DirectDraw)' and click 'OK'

To select the proper display type for an Apple monitor:
<instructions are in 12" PC Compat Card manual, chapter 4, pp80-82>


This article was published in the 18 March 1997 "Information Alley."


Article Change History:
19 Mar 1997 - Added Information Alley statement.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012