DOCUMENT:Q95539 06-NOV-1999 [win95x] TITLE :Orchid Fahrenheit VA Version 4.1 and Windows 3.1 PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1,3.11 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= The Orchid Fahrenheit VA version 4.1 is a graphic accelerator card designed for use with Windows and other graphical environments. This article discusses what changes it makes to the Windows installation. MORE INFORMATION ================ The Orchid Fahrenheit VA version 4.1 contains an on-board processor that enables the majority of screen painting functions to be processed locally; this is designed to free up the main CPU so that it can carry out other system functions. This board also enables you to use voice annotations for all Windows-based applications that support OLE, such as Windows Write, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and so on. A voice annotation icon is created upon installation and placed in a new group. This enables you to record a sound using the supplied microphone and then attach it to a specific document, file, spreadsheet, and so on. The REG.DAT file is updated with the following entries: A new File Type called "Voice Note" identifier = OrchNote Action = Open Command = C:\Windows\System\Orchnote.exe %1 DDE Messages = [FileOpen("%1")] Application = Orchnote Topic = System (optional) left blank These files are added to the Windows directory: VOICENTE.GRP PROGMAN.INI ORCHID.INI OVN.INI These files are added to the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory: ORCHIDF.INF ORCHIDF.386 ORCHIDF.3GR ORCHIDF.2GR ORCHIDF.CPL SNDSETUP.CPL ORCHIDF.HLP SNDSETUP.HLP OVN.HLP ORHCIDF.HLP ORCHIDF.DRV ORCHID1.DRV ORCSND.DRV ORCHNOTE.EXE Other information about the card: - The Fahrenheit VA has a RAM address range A000-BFFF. - Its ROM address is C000-C5FF,C680-C7FF. - Its video I/O range is 3B0-3DF (the IBM standard range for general VGA usage.) Because this card has another feature (voice annotation) that it also has to communicate to the processor, it can use either 354 or 344. This setting for voice annotations is configurable. - It comes with 1 MB of RAM. - It is supplied with a small mono microphone. A cable connects the board to the PC speaker plug on the motherboard and the PC speaker into the Fahrenheit VA. A stereo output to connect external speakers is available on the back of the card. For more information about the Fahrenheit VA, call Orchid Technology Technical Support at (510) 683-0300. The Fahrenheit VA is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. REFERENCES ========== Orchid Fahrenheit VA user's manual Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 3rdparty farenheit ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.