29 Sep
2005
29 Sep
'05
7:22 p.m.
On 29/09/05, Scott Stevens <chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
There are 'aspects' of Windows 95 that are
interesting. Did you know
that there is a 5-1/4" floppy version of Windows 95? It's for HD
floppies, but it does exist. I ordered it using the coupon in the back
of my 'CD' version of Windows 95. It has the unique feature of being
the OLDEST and SMALLEST version of Windows 95. Copy all the diskettes
into one big directory and you have an aprox 30 meg cluster of files.
Install it on a system and it is an extremely no-frills version. No
Internet nothin' for example. And it doesn't prompt for a CD key to
install, and it doesn't 'fingerprint' the diskettes like the 3-1/2"
diskette version.
Hmmm. I'm dubious. I'm not aware of any differing editions of Win95 in
each individual version. Original Win95 - not 95a, not OSR 2 or 2.1 or
2.5 but the plain release version - *was* very basic by today's
standards. No web browser - IE came in the Plus Pack, a paid-for
optional extra. No CD key & I'm not aware of 95 doing anything to
fingerprint diskettes.
Sounds like a standard copy of the 1st version to me, on different media.
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