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Windows 98 (Some wrong *info*)

SimpleDisketteSimpleDiskette
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So apparently windows 98 says that Virtualbox and vmware work faulty with windows 95 and may require some acceleration features off. I Know it can run still even without proper hardware emulators but this is the equivalent of LGR installing MS-DOS on a Modern Ryzen Processor. You should set it to say that "PCem or 86box is recommended to emulate Windows 98". There, no performance or compatibility issues.

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  • SomeGuySomeGuy
    The problem is we have people coming to this site all the time and they complain when things are not a simple "click-click-click" install. There absolutely are compatibility issues. Without patches they can crash when the CPU is too fast, and there are no guest video drivers.

    If you know what you are doing, yes, you can shoehorn it in there. But most people don't know what they are doing.
  • Bry89Bry89
    When it came to Win98 being an ugly buggy mess under VirtualBox, the only solution to make it "work" better was Scitech Display Doctor. As far as I know, VirtualBox was never optimised for Win98 and earlier, as far as I know anyway...
  • SimpleDisketteSimpleDiskette
    @Bry89 Adding to that, VMware is literally just a trash can probably WORSE than virtualbox when it comes to emulating windows 98, not only is it made by some serious business company but also because their stuff just looks too modern. No way are they ever going to implement even proper profiles to run windows 98 *even as buggy* as virtualbox does.
  • NartbagNartbag
    @SimpleDiskette I had great luck installing 98 in the latest VMware workstation. I didn't even have to patch it.

    You just have to set the hardware version to 5.x or 6.x. Install the old VMware tools. It works fine.

    Sound even works if you set it to sb16 in the vmx file.

    5800X3D host on Win11.
  • SimpleDisketteSimpleDiskette
    @Nartbag I would expect that result if it used older versions because that's closer to the windows 98-perfect computers, but I mean the modern VMware version, the one that's out right now, Because ordinary people don't even think about installing older versions and tools. Sound obviously works since it's a sb16, which is compatible for the era.
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