April 5, 2010 at 10:29 am
Steve Jones - Editor (4/5/2010)
Didn't w98 will require some DOS boot stuff for setup? Not sure since I stuck with W95 until W2K
I will check the packaging when I get home, but as I recall, the initial retail copy (clean install) did, since bootable CD's were a foreign concept. By the time you hit win98 SP2, the disk you got was bootable (the Bios versions had caught up by then).
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April 5, 2010 at 10:34 am
You still have a package!?!?!?!?!
Geek alert! Whoop!
I don't think I had good bootable images until W2K or XP even. Seems like I always had some rigamarole when I downloaded an image from MS until then.
April 5, 2010 at 10:42 am
Steve Jones - Editor (4/5/2010)
Didn't w98 will require some DOS boot stuff for setup? Not sure since I stuck with W95 until W2K
The stuff was still there, but you could rip it out if you knew how.
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April 5, 2010 at 10:48 am
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Kit G (4/5/2010)
... Memories of holding my breath during reboot hoping that the operating system (Windows 3.11) would come up abound. ...Wasn't Windows 3.11 "just" an application back in those days that required one of the DOS versions underneath as an OS? Or do I have a memory leak?
Yes, as I remember, there was DOS 6.0 on the computer as well. However, from what I remember, the bootup sequence was DOS 6.0 directly into Win 3.11. Thus, if Win 3.11 got corrupted by the blue screen of death, your only option might be to reinstall the operating system so you could get to the computer. I never had to build a Win 3.11 machine so I'm not familiar with the install problems, just talk from a co-worker who was responsible for such things.
Win 95 was when I started building my own systems. I fondly remember making the stack of floppies to use in installing all my programs form scratch and sitting there for an afternoon (if nothing went wrong) feeding the computer floppies. Just don't knock the stack down.
-- Kit
April 5, 2010 at 11:23 am
Steve Jones - Editor (4/5/2010)
You still have a package!?!?!?!?!Geek alert! Whoop!
I don't think I had good bootable images until W2K or XP even. Seems like I always had some rigamarole when I downloaded an image from MS until then.
So - this is probably not a good time to bring up the packet of 5.25" disks containing Windows 3.0 and dos 5...? (I also shrinkwrapped a workable "dual" 5.25 /3.5" floppy drive, just in case 😛 )
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April 5, 2010 at 11:26 am
A couple years ago someone gave out a complete copy of W95 on floppy disks as a white elephant gift at Christmas. That was pretty funny.
I think I've trashed all floppy disks that I've found in my desk. Nostalgic, but the reality is that I'm not sure I have hardware to even read them in the house.
April 5, 2010 at 11:29 am
I don't remember if it was Win 95 or 98, but I remember the 30+ floppies it rode in on.
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April 5, 2010 at 11:30 am
Steve Jones - Editor (4/5/2010)
A couple years ago someone gave out a complete copy of W95 on floppy disks as a white elephant gift at Christmas. That was pretty funny.I think I've trashed all floppy disks that I've found in my desk. Nostalgic, but the reality is that I'm not sure I have hardware to even read them in the house.
I think I'm pretty safe with trashing my 5.25's these days, but I did have a lot of upgrade-resistant folks (not for proifts, hospitals, etc...) so I decided to play it safe.
If you need a gag gift - I think I have a full set of floppies AND manuals for Office 4.3... It only weighs 30 or so pounds!
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April 5, 2010 at 11:31 am
I still have my original copy of the Commodore 64 programmer's reference guide, and a complete disassembly of the ROMs...
April 5, 2010 at 11:31 am
Nostalgic yes - But I have found that a bunch of mine were unreadable after several years in storage. I think I still have some, but most were trashed.
White Elephant Gift - funny. Could you imagine Windows 7 being installed via floppy?
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April 5, 2010 at 11:32 am
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2010)
Nostalgic yes - But I have found that a bunch of mine were unreadable after several years in storage. I think I still have some, but most were trashed.White Elephant Gift - funny. Could you imagine Windows 7 being installed via floppy?
Heck, Win 7 on CD might be funny now!
April 5, 2010 at 11:33 am
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2010)
Nostalgic yes - But I have found that a bunch of mine were unreadable after several years in storage. I think I still have some, but most were trashed.White Elephant Gift - funny. Could you imagine Windows 7 being installed via floppy?
Make them single-sided, single-density, and then you have a real gag gift.....
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April 5, 2010 at 11:34 am
Alvin Ramard (4/5/2010)
I don't remember if it was Win 95 or 98, but I remember the 30+ floppies it rode in on.
I had the floppies for both versions.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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April 5, 2010 at 11:35 am
Matt Miller (#4) (4/5/2010)
If you need a gag gift - I think I have a full set of floppies AND manuals for Office 4.3... It only weighs 30 or so pounds!
Maybe Steve could use them as door giveaways at the SSC party at PASS Summit. :w00t:
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April 5, 2010 at 11:36 am
Matt Miller (#4) (4/5/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2010)
Nostalgic yes - But I have found that a bunch of mine were unreadable after several years in storage. I think I still have some, but most were trashed.White Elephant Gift - funny. Could you imagine Windows 7 being installed via floppy?
Make them single-sided, single-density, and then you have a real gag gift.....
Ouch - I had actually forgotten about that. I remember when DS/DD came out and it was the bomb...
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