Hi Damon,
You asked some good questions in your post. I suggest you send it to HJ
and ask them if they'll address this issue and also give us some answers on
the mailing list.
I do have a laptop which works quite well so far as the video driver is
concerned, but even so it has a quirk or two with the odd graphics in a
particular program. Coupled with this, the interaction of the machine,
because of the way that many laptops work (ask Bill Cameron), makes the
machine slow at times when the sound card and video card need to be
accessed. I therefore wouldn't necessarily recommend this one.
Yes, we therefore do need to know which laptops are recommended by HJ.
There should be a list.
As for the 16 and 32 bit drivers, I am sure someone can explain more
adequately than I, but I understand 16 bit drivers are leftovers from the
3.11 days.
It seems to me that we are going to get less and less (rather than more)
choice in these things if HJ don't do some work here and switch to 32 bit
drivers, but that's only my thinking.
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Carol Pearson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 11:22 22/04/99 -0400, Krajczar Tech Center, Damon Fibraio wrote:
>I am running a Gateway solo 9100XL laptop with a Trident Cyber something
>video adapter and have had some video problems with JFW, like not being
>able to label task tray icons, not being able to get JawBone working
>because it couldn't find a label in the task tray, etc. I checked my
>resolution settings and they are fine. I think it is the video driver. We
>have a dVD drive in this machine, so I think it is the drivers that are set
>up to work with the video driver. I know HJ's official stance is to find
>16-bit drivers. i called Gateway, and they don't understand why we can't
>use 32-bit drivers and think there should be a patch to fix this problem.
>So, ax Gateway off the liost. I have treid to get to the trident web site,
>but have had no success. This brings me to my question.
>
>What laptops work with JFW, from a video driver persepctive. I work for a
>state agency that buys equipment for its clients and blind employees and we
>need to have this information. Is there a list of JFW supported laptops? If
>not, should there be? I need a comprehensive list to present to my boss and
>other appropriate people. And we need some more clarification about this
>driver issue with JFW. For instance, aren't 16-bit drivers windows 3.1
>drivers? If jfw is a 32-bit app, why do we need to run 16-bit drivers? and
>did win95 use 16-bit drivers in the beginning? When did these 32 bit
>drivers start appearing? What is the difference betweena 16-bit and 32 bit
>driver, and why do we need the higher bit drivers? I am just trying to get
>all the answers for the appropriate people. I would like to recommend to HJ
>that they start seriously investigating a solution to this problem. Thanks.
>
>--
>Damon Fibraio, -- Associate for Technical Support, De Witt and Associates
>Norma Krajczar Technology, Resource, and Developement Center
>130 Livingstone Ave.
>new Brunswick, NJ 08901
>phone: 732-937-6394, fax 732-729-6561
>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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