23 May
2023
23 May
'23
8:45 a.m.
On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 09:01:58AM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 5/19/23 04:36, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
[...]
According to this page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#System_requirements
the lowliest machine supported is 486 with 16MB (Windows 98) or 24MB
(Windows 98SE). However,
"Users can bypass processor requirement checks with the undocumented
/NM setup switch. This allows installation on computers with
processors as old as the Intel 80386."
But I have no way to verify this.
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Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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On Thu, 18 May 2023 at 20:10, Fred Cisin via
cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I'm not so sure about a 386 and Win98. Seems to me I tried to install
98SE on a 20MHz 386 years ago and it didn't work. Said 386 has a
whopping 13MB of RAM, all located on a plug in card. The AT-sized
motherboard is nothing but SSI/MSI TTL with no custom chipsets, so no
room for RAM.
a 386 desktop running Win98SE (first version to support USB)
Hang on a minute.
[1] Win98 on a 386? Really? It might work but it will be horribly
horribly slow.
Win95 was just barely usable on a 386; I benchmarked it at release.