28 Jan
2016
28 Jan
'16
8:32 p.m.
mark at markesystems.com wrote:
Date: Thu, 28
Jan 2016 11:44:44 -0500
From: "Jerome H. Fine" <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to>
Subject: Can Windows 98SE run on an Intel I7 with SATA gard drives?
I run Windows 98SE on a 14 year old Pentium III. I have
replaced the power supply twice and all three hard disk drives.
QUESTION: Is it even possible to run Win98SE on
a current
Intel I7 CPU with SATA hard disk drives? I realize that it might
be possible under a virtual machine, but I really want all of the
advantages that Win98SE provides. One problem, of course,
Almost certainly not, at least practically. Even if you can get it to
boot and install, it will have no idea how to handle any of the modern
peripherals, and drivers certainly won't be available. So sound won't
work, the screen will be limited to VGA-16, and I'm not sure about the
keyboard and mouse (there's a reasonable chance that the BIOS will
emulate the legacy PS-2 devices, just as it's abstracting the details
of the SATA disks).