Boy do I feel stupid. I've used WinMX for years and have gone to the various screens and customized their color schemes to a fare-thee-well, but I never really looked at the main Appearance screen. Lo and behold, there it was and it worked perfectly. Thanks for jolting me awake.
As to the drivers, been down all those roads (and more) to no avail. Problem is, I used a Gateway desktop OEM version of 98SE to upgrade an old IBM ThinkPad from 98FE. ThinkPad has some features that Gateway did not include in their gyn of SE. Like a flat panel display versus a CRT monitor, for one. Touch Point for another. However, since I only use this machine for WinMX, the larger font makes it very liveable.
Thanks for responding.