hope and the anchor wrote:

> Windows 95 *likes* all the ram you can give it, but all it *needs* is 2Megs.
> Yes, really.
> 
> Maybe it needs more if it's being emulated, but Windows 95 on an x86 machine
> only NEEDS 2mb.
> 

 From Microsoft's support site:
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System requirements for installing Windows 95:

Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)

4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended)

Typical hard disk space required to upgrade to Windows 95: 35-40 MB The 
actual requirement varies depending on the features you choose to install.

Typical hard disk space required to install Windows 95 on a clean 
system: 50-55 MB The actual requirement varies depending on the features 
you choose to install.

One 3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive

VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended)
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For grins and giggles we installed windows 95 on such a system.

It took some 20 minutes *to boot*.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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