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Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware

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On 2023-09-27, Renn Datravern <itstech3000@gmail.com> 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 ran W98SE under an Athlon 2000 until I switched to GNU/Linux, but w98se
ran perfectly well (for its day).
Altough I'd set all the w98 updates from https://legacyupdate.net
and after it finishes *all* the updates (lots of reboots)
I'd put Kernel Ex on top with software like Retrozilla and 7Zip 
to decompress the hosts file from the last URL:

http://piteusz.ovh/files/windows/9x-nt/
http://piteusz.ovh/files/windows/2k/
https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

Open the last URL under Retrozilla as it's an HTTPS link.

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Windows 98 on period accurate hardware Renn Datravern <itstech3000@gmail.com> - 2023-09-27 22:31 +0000
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