Re: some more information about help!!! jfw 3.2 and win98 installation

[Jeff Senge]

Rich,

 

It is not only your video card you need to be concerned with, you also need to be concerned with your video driver.  Apparently, some video cards will support both 16 and 32 bit drivers.  When these cards are running under Win 95, it is my understanding that they usually use 16 bit drivers.  These are usually compatible with JFW.  However, some of the newest Win 98 high performance systems are shipping with 32 bit drivers installed and these may not be compatible with JFW.  It is not completely a matter of the video adapter, the driver must also be compatible.  I have two Dell systems, one with Win 95 and the other with Win 98.  According to Dell, both have the same video adapter but the Win 98 system won't allow me to install JFW.  Both HJ and Dell say this is because the Win 98 system has a 32 bit driver and the Win 95 system has a 16 bit driver supporting the video adapter.  Same adapter, different drivers.  One works and the other doesn't.  If there is a 16 bit video driver available for your adapter that is compatible with Win 98, this might help out.  In my case, there wasn't.

 

Again, I am only trying to pass along what I just learned myself within the last week.

 

Good Luck...

 

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: richard watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: jaws mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 5:59 AM
Subject: some more information about help!!! jfw 3.2 and win98 installation

Good morning to all,

 

I just wanted to give you all some more details.

 

My video card is an STB card. I think the number is 4400. Dr. Jaws was able to set the colors to 2566. The install reports that this card passes all tests. I have used STB video cards on other gateway systems but under win95.

 

Right now my settings for the card are 640x480 256 colors. I also tried 800x600 256 colors.

I think I have active desktop turned off, the view as web page is *not* checked.

 

I am looking for more ideas. If you need any other information I will try to get it for you. This is a great list. Lots of good discussion.

 

Thanks in advance for all your help.

 

Rick