Re: Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:38:13 -0600, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Anthony Fremont wrote:


Robert Baer wrote:


Need Win98SE driver for Geforce 8400 GS; any equivalent
driver will do; would like to get 600x800, 16 bit or 32 bit.

You can't use the drivers from www.nvidia.com ?


Going to the Nvidia/GeForce site, the drivers they had did
not support Win98SE - the "best" was Win2K, and that is why i asked.


I think Microsoft is requiring companies to not provide drivers
for "non- supported" MS op systems. I have a printer that HAD a
driver supplied for W98SE,but MS got Lexmark to pull the driver
off it's CD as of Jun 07. the Printer's paperwork still mentions
the W98SE driver. No archive site has it anymore,either.

That means some enterprising person could have a site that specifically maintains "legacy" software.
I'd expect such a site to be "visited" by the company's, if not M$', lawyers.


If we really had an effective DOJ it would be M$ that got the visit.
In all your years, you still haven't learned that life isn't "fair"? I'd call you a weenie, but... ;-)

Isn't their a "7-year rule" on product maintainability? There sure
is for car parts.
I'm sure you can still buy all the bits you need. You have to assemble them yourself, though.




I can see requiring no NEW drivers created for out-of-support MS-OS,but to rescind drivers already created,sold with product,and archived seems predatory.

MS wants to FORCE people to upgrade.

Not to defend MS, but the drivers come from Nvidia. They won't write drivers for the old OS. I think the latest series to be supported for 98 was the 6800 series...
Invald44
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