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Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware

From Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-98se
Subject Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware
Date 2024-02-17 09:31 +0000
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On 2024-01-30, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:
> Renn Datravern wrote:
>> Is it correct to assume that a AMD Athlon/Athlon XP machine is
>> period accurate for Windows 98SE. I built a machine for someone that
>> uses a Athlon XP 1700+ with Windows 98SE because I didn't have any
>> spare hardware.
>> 
>> Would this be considered correctly period accurate? I usually try to
>> stick with Pentium II/III or AMD K6-II.
>> 
>
> I got an AMD Athlon XP clocked at 1.6 ghz back in 2001, months before
> Windows XP released. Everyone was still using Windows 98SE due to the
> Fiasco ME was, so i would say it was still accurate for the final part
> of the period.
>
> If I remember correctly...
>
> - AMX Athlong XP (K7) 1.6ghz
> - 256mb DDR1 ram
> - Radeon 7500 64MB

That was my setup except for Athlon 2000 (1666 mhz) and a Geforce 2 MX
instead of a Radeon 7500.

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Windows 98 on period accurate hardware Renn Datravern <itstech3000@gmail.com> - 2023-09-27 22:31 +0000
  Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware "FE Office" <office@retrospace.net> - 2023-10-29 10:26 +0100
  Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> - 2024-01-30 16:17 +0100
    Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> - 2024-02-17 09:31 +0000
  Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> - 2024-06-08 18:22 +0000

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