Driver: Chips & Technologies Wingine 64300
Last Update: December 18, 1997
Availability Information
A version of this driver is on the OPENSTEP CD-ROM
No updated versions of this driver are available
Driver Name / Installer .pkg: Wingine64300DisplayDriver
Driver Type: Display
Driver Scope: Specific Product
Supported Components: C&T 64300 (Wingine)
PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver*: Integrated
General Overview notes: This driver supports the Wingine 64300 Display chipset on the NEC PowerMate 466D.
Supported Products / Systems (ie integrated into PC System):
NEC Powermate 466D
Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes:
The RAMDAC used in this system supports a Color Pallet only in 8 bit modes. This results in the brightness slider in Preferences, as well as automatic screen dimming, only working if an 8 bit mode is selected.
Display Driver Details
Supported Connectors: 15-pin High Density (VGA)
Access Mode: Linear Framebuffer
Adapter Memory: 1MB DRAM, 2MB DRAM
Display Modes (Number in () after resolution indicates frame buffer size required)
16 Bit Color Modes*:
640x480 (1MB+), 800x600 (1MB+)
8 Bit Color / Greyscale Modes*:
1024x768 (1MB+), 1120x832 (1MB+), 640X480 (1MB+), 800x600 (1MB+)
Known Problems
SoftPC will generate an illegal instruction error when switching to full screen mode.
Driver Version Notes
4.00 - Released on OPENSTEP 4.0 User CD-ROM
* - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed.