Re: laptops, video drivers and jfw 3.2

[Krajczar Tech Center, Damon Fibraio]

Patrick, thanks for the info, I will try to change these settings and see
if anything changes.
At 04:18 PM 4/26/99 , you wrote:
> I have been using the exact same Gateway (Solo 9100, Trident Cyber 9397 vid
> card). It has done everything I have asked of it.  I can label Task Tray
> icons and the labels stick. I haven't tried Jawbone yet, so can't comment.
> 
> My settings may be a bit strange, but everything works fine as far as I can
> tell:
> 
> 256 colors
> 1024 by 768
> Screen Area 100%
> Hardware Acceleration 100%
> 
> Thanks for providing the specifics on the problems you are having.
> 
> Good luck,
> Patrick
> 
> At 08:22 AM 4/22/99 , 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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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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Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net