OpenGL with Older Video Cards

From: George
Subject: OpenGL with Older Video Cards
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:36:17 -0400
Hello:

I am trying to run VPython, which uses OpenGL. I have a PC running
WinXP Pro.
My computer had an AGP Nvidia GeForce2 MX 100/200 video card with
Driver Version: 5.6.7.3(that's what the Device Manager said). With
that card, I got this error message,
"pythonw.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are
sorry for the inconvenience.", and WinXP wants to send an error
message to Microsoft.
I downloaded the file 177.35_geforce_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe from
Nvidia, but it (apparently) does not apply to my video board.
I am now using a PCI S3 ViRGE DX/MX, and I have the same problem.
I know this is old hardware, but VPython is the first program that has
not run on my computer.
I hope someone can tell me what I can do to solve this problem w/o
buying new hardware.
Thanks.
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