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Offline ExGeeEye

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Virtual Win98 Computer on an SD card?
« on: September 06, 2011, 02:28:19 PM »
Just got a fully licensed copy of Windows 98.

Here's what I want to do (I have some legacy software I want to run):

1.  Build a virtual computer on a 16G SD card

2.  Have it run W98

3.  Use the optical drive in the Windows 7 laptop to run the legacy stuff, also the speakers, trackpad etc.

It would be just super cool if I could plug the card in and have the computer recognize it and start running it with minimal interference from the loose nut behind the keyboard (me).

Soo...

Am I dreaming or what?
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Re: Virtual Win98 Computer on an SD card?
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2011, 02:38:43 PM »
I have a free scaled-down copy of XP that runs from a CD.  I can run XP apps from USB, network, or local drives with it.  Not sure what the performance is like though, but it's usually enough to run antivirus and a few other apps. 

The only virtual environments I'm familiar with are both Microsoft products that run in Windows 7 machines... Virtual XP (good) and MED-V (sucks).

You probably could have picked up an old machine to install 98 on for the cost of that 16GB SD card. :-)
« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 02:42:53 PM by chris_ »
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