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Alternative to SVGA.EXE ???

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Name: j2k
Date: June 15, 2003 at 14:35:37 Pacific
OS: Windows 3.1
CPU/Ram: P2 300MHZ / 128MB RAM
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Hi all,

Is there a 3rd party alternative to the SVGA.exe driver file which gives 640x480x256 on certain cards?

The reason I ask, is that I am creating a System Recovery CD, with Windows 3.1 as the main OS, but the GUI I have designed looks rubbish in 16 colours, and it will be used on different systems, with different graphics cards. The SVGA.exe driver does not work with any of the graphics cards I've tested (ATI Radeon VE 7000, NVidia RIVA-TNT2, Diamond Stealth III and SiS onboard graphics) - the display is all scrunched up into the top two inches of the monitor.

All tested graphics cards are SVGA VESA 3 compliant (according to MSD.EXE), so surely there must be a driver out there which can work with all VESA 3 cards? After all, DOS can do it, and I thought Windows 3.1 only sat on top of DOS, so it shouldn't be _that_ hard?

Any ideas anyone?

Please help.

Cheers



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Response Number 1
Name: homerj
Date: June 15, 2003 at 15:26:38 Pacific
Reply:

yeah, find the exact or a compatale driver for your video card instead of using the windows universal driver. I had the same problem; windows didnt reconize my video card. try driverguide.com registering is free!

please send me this gui that you designed.


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Response Number 2
Name: x86
Date: June 15, 2003 at 16:10:33 Pacific
Reply:

http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/enterprise/free_titles.html


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Response Number 3
Name: j2k
Date: June 16, 2003 at 02:28:00 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks, but Scitech Display Doctor just says "No compatible SuperVGA chip found" :(

Regarding the video drivers - yeah I already knew that, but I was wondering if there was a generic one (apart from SVGA.EXE) because as it is a Recovery CD, it will be used on many different systems, all with different graphics cards (Mainly ATI Radeon 7000 series and NVidia RIVA-TNT2 cards).

Cheers


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Response Number 4
Name: fungko
Date: June 19, 2003 at 23:26:34 Pacific
Reply:

I have the same problems too. My display
adaptor is S3 Graphics Pro SavageDDR.
I still can't get any video driver for
Windows 3.1 after half year. I've post
requset on driverguide.com. However there
was no reply. Then, I tried Scitech Display
Doctor and got the error "No compatible
SuperVGA chip found". I also had asked
the motherboard manufacturer and S3 graphics
. They all do not response on my question.
Is there any way to get a third patry
driver for this card?


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