Michael Robinson schreef: > I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying > to drum up some interest in a Windows 9x replacement. Some > have talked about possibly enhacing HX extender and cloning > Windows 3.x first, which makes a lot of sense. > Some have only talked that it might be possible if HX was enhanced, not actually enhancing it. > One thing you lose if you have to use Windows XP is the > ability to run smoothly on older computer hardware. I > am talking 500mhz and below. Also, some programs just > won't work in an NT based environment. Some will say, > just get NT versions of whatever you want. Great, but > that rules out a lot of computers and there is no free > NT option right now. There is WINE, but that only > gets you so far. > Windows 2000 worked fine on lower-end systems like a P2-350. I'm sure Windows NT has even lower requirements. ReactOS should still be at P100/32MB I think, a typical Win9x machine (anything below, Win9x was even crap for) > and you really want to. Thing is, maybe your games or > whatever you use won't work so well under emulation. > And you're suggesting what exactly as replacement for DirectX? The one thing which makes most games possible on Win9x > I run freedos natively. I have given up on trying to > run it under vmware. Sometimes, I use dosbox under > Linux. Nothing allows me to run command and conquer > red alert I under Linux. > Wasn't there a Command & Conquer - The First Decade box released a couple of years ago? I assume the games were patched up to run under WinXP (either native or compatibility mode). > Command and Conquer Red Alert Windows 95 edition by Westwood Associates > see above. > Internet Exporer 5 and earlier, maybe 6. > Obsolete. Mozilla Firefox 2.xx runs on 9x branch still. Other browsers possibly as well. > Microsoft Office for Windows 9x. > Obsolete? I'm unable to determine this as Office can be very specificly used but for normal usage OpenOffice, Abiword etc also will do. Go with Wordpefect 5.1 for all I know ;) > Blake Stone Aliens of Gold requires the MS-DOS 6.22 or the Windows 9x > version. It can run on top of Windows 9x. > > Wolfenstein 3D has the same problem because it's probably based on the > same underlying engine. It starts under Freedos, but none of the keys > work. > FreeDOS can set compatibility version to any DOS number. Not sure if that would help you. Curious that keys don't work. > Warcraft II Battle Net edition requires Windows 95 or higher. Under NT, > it becomes clear that it isn't designed for it when you have to become > Administrator to get it to run. > > Diablo II requires Windows 9x or higher, but it's not designed for NT > either also having the Administrator issue. > So? Run as admin then under NT, 2000, XP etc or ReactOS. Diablo II works there with the Glide wrapper to my knowledge. > ...Insert other programs that need Windows 9x or Windows 3.x to work... > There's many, but those using them generally have a license for the operating system as well.
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