Never thought I'd be doing this again...

[conjur]

Setting up Windows 95...on a 486SX! Big 120MB harddrive, 8MB RAM, had Windows 3.1 on there before.

WOW!

Memories....like the corners of my mind...

 

[fatbaby]

won't win95 take up most of the memory on that 120 mb hd?

 

[notfred]

You heard about that new 60mhz pentium chip? those things are badass.

 

[N8Magic]

See you in a week when it's finished.

 

[notfred]

<< won't win95 take up most of the memory on that 120 mb hd? >>



About 1/4 of it.

 

[911paramedic]

Isn't 95 limited to ~2gigs per partition, or was that 3.1??

If it is too much trouble, you can always give me the drive


EDIT: LOL, just read that again, thought you said 120 gig... oops, this vicodin is not good

 

[Ionizer86]

Wow, you must have some really good patience to be able to stand a machine with that kinda performance

 

[b0mbrman]

Yeah, I heard they're coming out with this new thing called the internet...

 

[thebestMAX]

I did it on a 386 and it ran fine!

 

[notfred]

<< Isn't 95 limited to ~2gigs per partition, or was that 3.1??

If it is too much trouble, you can always give me the drive >>



Why is that an issue on a 120MB drive?

 

[conjur]

<sigh>

Got enough space cleared on the drive to store the CABS and Win95 itself once installed (Scandisk found 99MB in recovered files! :Q ) and setup was going OK until I got to the OEM license screen...I've lost the original case and the drive I used to keep #s like that on was wiped some months ago (never thought I'd need 95 again).

grrr....Wonder how 98 would work..... :frown:

 

[Static911]

I had to actually upgrade our older P-150 comp so that it could accept Office 97

Static911

 

[RSI]

If all you need is a '95 serial key, I can give you mine... I would never ever want to use that thing again. The oldest I go back to is 98, and I've got SE also, so there really is no need for me to use 95. Therefore I don't see the problem in you using my 95 key. PM me if you need it.

 

[TheVrolok]

lol.. I just spent this weekend throwing this system together outta old spare parts...

200 MMX
Biostar 8500TVX mobo
2 gig Seagate HDD
4mb Matrox Mystique Vid card
Ensoniq VIVO sound card
Some lame 36.6 ISA modem
Some generic CD-ROM


Just finished flashing the bios and putting Win98se on it.. gotta this stuff.

 

[gopunk]

uh, search for serial numbers using *altavista*...

 

[conjur]

Whew! Screamin' demon, there!

Well, this thing's almost past the hardware detection phase (I think by now my dual AMD XP1800+ was finished setting up W2K Server!)

 

[conjur]

Check it out...first boot from Setup. WOW....fast...

 

[tops2]

aahhhh..breathing life into an old computer!
=)
try installing linux on it and see how it runs
;-)

 

[conjur]

heh...it's for my step-brother's dad. His g/f is legally blind and needs some voice software installed (JAWS for Windows).

 

[SWScorch]

why'd you go from 3.1 to 95? 3.1 was the best version of windows ever! (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is THE best, more specifically)

 

[fatbaby]

<< why'd you go from 3.1 to 95? 3.1 was the best version of windows ever! (Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is THE best, more specifically) >>



All your folders were on your desktop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!