I think that MSFN has some great support for Win98 - I followed it for some time a few years back and there are quite a few dedicated volunteers there who had included USB 2.0 drivers, perfected the various security updates etc. Plenty of debate there as to the legality of the unofficial upgrades, but looks like a hassle-free project ideal for your hardware, HTH
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012, at 02:29 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Michael Robinson > <plu...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 03:32 +0000, dos386 wrote: > >> > I'm not even sure there's a reason to have FreeDOS in the mix. > >> > >> Sure there is, especially if your 98 copy isn't legal. > > > > My copy is sort of legal, but I don't have as many licenses for it > > as I have computers running it. > > At this point, I'm not sure Microsoft will even *care*, and MS is the > only one who would have reason to. They no longer sell or support > Win98, and you aren't exactly depriving them of revenue because you > don't have licenses for as many copies as you run. Microsoft is far > more concerned with large businesses who are under licensed, and may > have hundreds or thousands of machines with not quite legal Windows > installations. > > > The computer I'm running Windows 98 > > on is under spec for emulation. It only has a K6-2 500 processor. > > Yep. You could get Linux to run on it, depending upon what you wanted > to do, but emulation would be right out. > > > I wonder if Freedos32 some day will have extensions to support old games > > designed for Windows 98? > > It will if someone competent to do so writes them. > ______ > Dennis > https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
