Your reply was useless. you did not contribute any useful idea as I
did
several numbered suggestions and links.

On Nov 3, 12:40 pm, "Don Phillipson"
<d.phillipsonSPAMBL...@rogers.com> wrote:
> <windows.lov...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1194117949.789013.111910@y42g2000hsy.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > We have a number of PC's that use the Matrox Millenium cards with the
> > MGA-2164W chipset and screen resolution upto 1200x1600. These are
> > excellent hardwares. . . .
> > The question is this: Is there a way to get these hardwares working in
> > the newer OS's just as they worked on NT4.0 ? Specifically, the market
> > has a lot of older cards floating around, and people are still using
> > these cards.
>
> Yes, if neither MS nor the hardware manufacturer does not provide
> drivers for MS Vista you can write your own drivers, if dissatisfied
> with Vista compatibility or legacy procedures, and if you buy the
> necessary information from MS
>
> > We know that Linux can make use of ANY of these video cards and make
> > them work to the best performance under X windows.
>
> Have you not just answered your own question?
>
> > Each monitor thrown away, each video card thrown
> > away just because a driver was not available or software was not
> > supporting its basic feature is contribution to global warming. The
> > processes to make these cards were not only energy intensive but
> > highly polluting.
>
> If you want to make a calculus of the carbon cost of (say) my
> upstairs CRT monitor, just discarded after approx. 15 years'
> use, you have to offset the date when that "contribution to global
> warming" was made (Japan approx. 1970) and compare the net
> cost with that of the replacement unit (Dutch-made approx. 2000,
> also CRT) and quantify also the difference in video quality as well
> as manufacture and operating costs of LED technology, so far
> not installed. Such methods should work for people who
> rationally prefer "trailing edge" hardware (oldest and cheapest
> fit for the planned purpose) as well as new customers, i.e.
> would be a valuable service to "Windows lovers."
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)