Hi, I have had VPC 5 installed on a similar machine, and it works fine. In general, I'd get the latest reasonable version as VPC has been continually improved throughout its lifetime, though I get the impression that versions after 5 have been primarily concerned with OSX issues.
It's very important to VPC to have enough RAM, and it sounds like you're doing fine there. If it matters, later versions can talk to USB devices; earlier ones can't. Finally, my experience (and it may be atypical) is that if Windows 95 OSR2 can do your job, it's faster and smaller than Windows 98. In no case would I run Win98ME, an overloaded, bloated, and unstable nightmare of an operating system... (I spend a fair bit of time recovering clients from PCHealth issues, for instance...) If you're _have_ to run Win98, check out a product called "98lite" -- use Google -- to replace the 98 desktop with the lighter and faster Win95 desktop. (The 98 "active" desktop integrates Internet Explorer as part of Microsoft's Plan for World Domination, and it's a lot faster, slower to load, and more bug-prone. Removing it requires some major surgery, something that 98lite makes painless...) Loading Win95 into a disk image is no different from loading Win95 onto a PC, really, but it's complicated by the fact that there isn't a floppy on the iMac, and the Win95 OSR2 CD isn't bootable. You can *duplicate* the standard (i.e. Win98) disk image, boot it, copy the Win95 CD files to a directory in the *duplicate* image, boot into command mode, delete just about everything except the install files, and install from those files. I hope this advice helps. I've used VPC for some major work and it can be made to perform very nicely if set up carefully and without loading unnecessary options... Of course, your mileage may vary... Hope this helps. Best wishes, -greg -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
