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ATI X1400 Windows 10 (32&64)
(Not sure whether anyone is still playing with these machines; other than me and I have several of them!)
Well it is; up to a point. The v8.561 driver on the MS Cat site worked fine (manual install) for 1607 and it didn't seem to have too many issues with 1703, 1709 or 1803 (at least initially). There were the "usual" problems with the lock screen failing to display but if you shut it down fully rather than using fast start/boot etc it was fine - even if you ended up with a blank screen you could still hit enter; wait 10s and type your password in blind, hit enter and it would get you to the normal desktop
During 1803's death throes a problem developed which as of 1809 is permanent (I am not expecting any charitable fix from MS - unlike the Broadcom 440x situation from 1703-1709). If you let the screen turn off (this used be called suspend) then it won't come back - nothing will achieve it. The only workaround is to set screen timeouts to "never" and to protect the screen, you can dim it using Fn Down Arrow. A bit painful but workable.
I should own up to the fact that I still do all my real work on XP and other than for the absence of a supported browser, I would still be doing internet stuff. Yes; having ignored Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 I have finally found a use for an MS post-XP OS - it is my Netbook OS.......and one day maybe a print server if I live long enough to have to buy a printer that does not have an XP driver!
Here's hoping they have no more dirty tricks to play on me in 2019, else Linux Mint it is!