Comment on Linux on an 8-bit microComments−signalsignal13yAnd slightly on topic, here is Windows 95 on a 25Mhz 386 with 4 meg of RAM http://everything2.com/title/25+MHz+386+running+Windows+95−qb4513yThis is nothing unusual for W95.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138349−glabifrons13ySlightly closer to the original topic, here's Windows 95 running on a Nokia N900: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxMYuCHxBgE−wazoox13yBack in the time, there were even hacks to run Windows 95 in safe mode on 286 machines. 386 with 4 megs was the official minimal requirement.−qb4513yWhat were the limitations and hacks involved in this? I mean, parts of W95 (certainly including explorer.exe) were 32-bit so either they had to be disabled/replaced or the kernel extended with an 80386 emulator.−wazoox13yIIRC it may involve using some parts from Win 3.11 running on MS-DOS 7.0 and other windows 95 parts.−sigkillOP13yI personally remember running Windows 95 on a 33MHz laptop, although it had a Math Co-processor to be fair. :P
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And slightly on topic, here is Windows 95 on a 25Mhz 386 with 4 meg of RAM http://everything2.com/title/25+MHz+386+running+Windows+95
This is nothing unusual for W95.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/138349
Slightly closer to the original topic, here's Windows 95 running on a Nokia N900: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxMYuCHxBgE
Back in the time, there were even hacks to run Windows 95 in safe mode on 286 machines. 386 with 4 megs was the official minimal requirement.
What were the limitations and hacks involved in this? I mean, parts of W95 (certainly including explorer.exe) were 32-bit so either they had to be disabled/replaced or the kernel extended with an 80386 emulator.
IIRC it may involve using some parts from Win 3.11 running on MS-DOS 7.0 and other windows 95 parts.
I personally remember running Windows 95 on a 33MHz laptop, although it had a Math Co-processor to be fair. :P