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The helper driver for the Scitech Software Display Doctor for OS/2. The Display Doctor is a universal driver for almost every graphiccard. Driver for the Scitech Display Doctor, also for some games (e.g. SNES9XOS2) there is also a IBM Special Edition. sddhelp$.

DEVICE=C:\OS2\SDDHELP.SYS <parameter>

Parameter:

  • /Q - Disables the banner during boot.

TIP: To change to the default fontsize add to the OS2.INI in 'Applications' the key 'DefaultFont'. As key value any installed font and fontsize is possible e.g. '10.System Proportional.' (regard the use of the zero terminator '.').

Supported Graphic Chips:

  • 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5
  • 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V, Permedia 3
  • Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT3D
  • ARK 1000PV, 2000PV, 2000MT, 2000MI (Quadro64), 2000MI+ (Quadro64)
  • ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB
  • ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro
  • ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro
  • ATI Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x, Radeon
  • ATI Radeon VE, Mobility Radeon, Radeon 7500, Mobility Radeon 7500
  • ATI Radeon 8500
  • Chips & Technologies 65548, 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000
  • Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446
  • Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD, CL-GD7543 LCD, Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464
  • Cirrus Logic Laguna 5465
  • Cyrix MediaGX
  • IBM VGA Compatible
  • InteGraphics CyberPro 2000, CyberPro 2010
  • Intel i740, i740 PCI, i810, i810/DC100, i810e, i815
  • Macronix 86250, 86251
  • Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique
  • Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400, MGA-G450
  • Matrox MGA-G550
  • NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128ZV, MagicGraph 128XD
  • NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV, MagicMedia 256AV+, MagicMedia 256ZX
  • NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+
  • Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine 128 II, Imagine 128 II VRAM
  • Number Nine Imagine 128 II DRAM, Ticket 2 Ride WRAM
  • Number Nine Ticket 2 Ride SGRAM, Ticket 2 Ride IV
  • NVIDIA RIVA-128, RIVA-128ZX, RIVA-TNT, RIVA-TNT2, RIVA-TNT2 M64
  • NVIDIA RIVA-TNT2 Vanta, RIVA-TNT2 Ultra, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR
  • NVIDIA Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 MX, Quadro2 Pro, Quadro2 MXR
  • NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra, GeForce3
  • OAK Spitfire 64107, Spitfire 64111, Eon 64017, Eon 64217, Warp 5
  • Philips 9710
  • Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2200
  • S3 Vision 864, Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Trio32, Trio64
  • S3 Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Virge, Virge/DX/GX, Virge/VX
  • S3 Virge/GX2, Virge/MX, Trio3D, Trio3D/2X, Savage3D, Savage4
  • S3 Savage/MX/IX, SuperSavage/IXC, Savage2000
  • Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX
  • SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5597/5598, 6326, 300, 305, 630, 5595/530
  • SiS 5595/620, 730
  • Trident TGUI9440, TGUI9440-R2, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682
  • Trident Cyber9385 LCD, ProVidia 9685, 3DImage 975, Cyber9397 LCD
  • Trident 3DImage 985, Blade 3D, Blade 3D (VIA VT8501)
  • Trident Blade 3D (VIA VT8601)
  • Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p, ET6000, ET6100
  • Weitek P9000, P9100
  • VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

Supported Laptop Graphics Chips The following is a complete list of the various laptop graphics chipsets that is supported in this version of SciTech Display Doctor. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not the laptop brand or model itself. Thus you will not see any products from Gateway or Dell on the list, but their products are supported because they use NeoMagic, ATI, Cirrus etc. chips.

  • ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x
  • ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7500
  • Chips & Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000
  • Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD, CL-GD7543 LCD
  • NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128ZV, MagicGraph 128XD
  • NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV, MagicMedia 256AV+, MagicMedia 256ZX
  • NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+
  • S3 Virge/MX, S3 Savage/MX/IX, SuperSavage/IXC
  • Trident Cyber9385 LCD, Cyber9397 LCD
  • VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0

Supported Flat Panel Graphics Chips The following is a list of graphics chipsets that are working with digital flat panels. Please note that if you can't see anything on the display when you boot your machine, SciTech Display Doctor can't fix this, as it is a hardware problem.

  • ATI 3D Rage LT Pro (DFP), Rage XL (DFP), Rage 128 Pro (DVI)
  • ATI Rage 128 Ultra (DVI), Radeon (DVI), Radeon VE (DVI), Radeon 7500 (DVI)
  • ATI Radeon 8500 (DVI)
  • Matrox MGA-G200 (DFP), MGA-G400 (DVI)

Note that the Rage XL is currently not displaying correctly in 640x480.

Supported TV Out Graphics Chips The following is a list of graphics chipsets that are working with TV Out. Please note that if you can't see anything on the display when you boot your machine, SciTech Display Doctor can't fix this, as it is a hardware problem. Note that the OS/2 boot messages will not display correctly on the TV; the text mode used at that time does not work on TV screens, and SDD has no control over this (it's not even active yet).

  • ATI 3D Rage II+, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro, 3D Rage LT Pro
  • ATI Rage 128 (Rage Theater models only), Radeon (AIW only)
  • Matrox MGA-G200, MGA-G400

Note that the G200 should be working, but hasn't been tested at this time.

Platform Support:

OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x
FP35 FP5 Yes