herbalist Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Is there a generic display driver for 98 that does better than 640x480, 16 color? It needs to be generic as it's for a live CD experiment.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tihiy Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=105725http://www.bearwindows.boot-land.net/vbe9x.htmvery alpha for now, but reported to work for some cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 If it works, it's exactly what I'm looking for. Hopefully, I'll know by tonite.Thanks.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 It's a big improvement over the default drivers. I'm still working with it but 256 color looks good, all screen sizes available. With 16 bit, the colors are way off. White is a lite, bright blue. With 24 bit, the colors are good, both web pages and image files. Unfortunately, this PC has always had a problem with 24 bit. Screen scrolls in waves, shutdown issues. I can't get it to switch to 32 bit at all. Might be different on another PC but it'll be a while before I'm ready to move this setup to a CD. Still have a ways to go, apps to add, excess to strip out.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 With 16 bit, the colors are way off. White is a lite, bright blue.I had the same symptoms with that colour setting, so I guess the problem is in the driver.I didn't have a problem setting it to 32-bit, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Got the same results with 98SE loaded into the PC. Can only get 32 bit with the ATI updated driver, Rage IIC AGP. I'm surprised it's still listed there. http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/98me/legacy-98me.htmlRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearwindows Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 With 16 bit, the colors are way off. White is a lite, bright blue.I had the same symptoms with that colour setting, so I guess the problem is in the driver.I didn't have a problem setting it to 32-bit, though.In version dated December 2007 I solve some problems in VBEMP for 9x:2004.12.16[-] 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF regen now included in lfb search[-] 16 bit color alignment corrected from 5-5-5 to 5-6-52004.12.26[+] lfb now detected faster and automaticly via vesa bios call[-] 640x400x8 and 800x600x8 modes are correctedP.S. If you haven't already know, I made VBEMP driver for NT/9x. Feel free to test it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thydreamwalker Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 VBEMP-(video drivers) IS GREAT ON a CHEM PC3000(desktop/laptop2000)-450mhz/128ram/11gb-hdd/100mhz-bus:::all 98se---Updates and +AP2007-present,RP7 all,Renovatio,SESP1.5-3.01bnew,mddac1.4new,mdcuie2.0new,all thee bandaids and crutches laid aside as life breathes into me WIN98SE and nice color again W O W ! ! !thanx...thydreamwalker!!!!!!!!!!! {: P.S. keep prayin'as 98se will survive with all thee helps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbalist Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 The 16bit colors are much better with the present version. Very usable. I still can't get 32bit to work. When I change settings without rebooting, it stays at the previous setting. When I switch to 32 and reboot, the display falls back to 16 color.Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadeTreeLee Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 The 16bit colors are much better with the present version. Very usable. I still can't get 32bit to work. When I change settings without rebooting, it stays at the previous setting. When I switch to 32 and reboot, the display falls back to 16 color.RickThere is a bug in the "change settings without rebooting" dohicky that can be fixed by using the Quick Res tweak from 95 Power Toys set supposedly. But only sometimes does it actually work to change settings without rebooting or answering that silly "look OK?" screen first. There is also a stand alone Quick Res toy from these folks http://qres.softwarecave.nl/ which will change your settings automatically when you select a shortcut for a particular game for example and back when done with it. And this one also has the fix for the "change settings without rebooting" bug and/or having to look at a permisso screen again supposedly.The only time I had similar troubles, somehow, something had changed my refresh rate from "Adapter Default" choice. You might check yours?The various options and even choices screen we see are all determined by the various drivers that get installed depending primarily on the hardware installed and or are enabled in the BIOS. Just FYI. So a final check really should involve removing all possibly related devices from the device mangler and rebooting to see what you eventually wind back up with. And then double check your settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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