I have a vmware image. I'll see if i can find an installer ISO
The comment about being off topic is not true. I don't like Fords, but
let people collect them. Also if you need to get a Ford going to do
something useful and the topic were relevent to a list about old fords,
it should be on topic overall to such a list
If you started delving too far into topics about things not related to
classic hardware you'd be better to take them to a windows forum. But
asking how to get classic hardware running with older devices / hardware
and specific topics to that is on target.
Reason being.
The hardware for the x86 PC progressed from an 8088 thru a 286, 386,
486, and Pentium.
The Dos and windows platforms operated in ways that were unique, in this
way.
Original 8088 in pure 8088 real mode. 286 introduced protected mode but
still had to deal with return to real mode and booted and ran as a real
mode OS going into protected mode and back. I believe Windows 3.1 used
a mode that was somewhat different than win95, but the essential thing
for dos, Win3.1 and win95 were all real mode that ran another mode, but
basically were real mode OS's.
Windows 98 booted almost directly into protected mode and created a dos
box to run such software as had required real mode.
From there on, the transition was to Windows NT and that is a whole
different can of worms.
A lot of hardware out there deals only with the various windows
platforms, and it is not acceptable to at least be considerate of
questions which relate to the topic of windows related to the older
custom hardware.
Just as an example a lot of the affordable high performance scanners
that have created Bitsavers require older windows and then still barely
run, and getting help to support such should not be banned.
Jim
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