Who still uses Windows 95?

Still using Windows 95?

  • Yes

    Votes: 25 24.3%

  • No

    Votes: 78 75.7%
  • Total voters
    103
Unless you can get your hands on a copy of 95 OSR2, which supports FAT32. I got my hands on an unmodified IBM installer of that, and it works well in VMware.
 
On the Socket A board that just crapped I had 3.1, 95, 98, XP, and a Linux idstro run when there was a second drive available before loaning that out. The main thing lacking there was drivers/software for the board. I ran 3.1 briefly on a 2gb partition created there with dos 6.0. 95 was placed at first on an extended 2gb partition. When a dual boot with 98 and Linux was then tried that saw a new 50gb primary eventually replaced by.... XP. So that was to become full circle again until the drive was loaned out.
 
I just disassembled my old Win. 95 machine :p
I pulled out the hdd and the RAm (the RAM isn't much use, but the 3 GB hdd might have one)
The rest of it is sitting about 8 feet away from me right now...
 
That 8gb may find problems easy enough being used on a new board if that is an ATA100 model. While a new drive is backward compatible to an older ATA 33, 66, or 100 board an old drive mostl ikely will fail on an ATA133 model.
 
Not to mention ATA will be gone for support soon. Most only support enough for your (I presume most have this) 2 disc drives.
 
I don't think you will ATA disappear quite that fast. But there are currently boards that no longer have the eide controllers and run strictly SATA drives. The idea there however is to eliminate the ide override of the SATA controllers by default. You may even see 9,200 rpm ide drives before ATA is ever gone for good. That would be the next 2,000 rpm increment there.
 
I voted no, but when I was in the attic today I found a very very old computer.........didnt feel like opening up the case but it booted 95 :D
 
Apparently you found some hidden treasure there is the system still booted after how long of just sitting around? Often the older OSs fragmented a little faster where you sometimes had to reinstall Windows to get it to run depending on the level. Under 15% would easily allow you to keep it going.
 
Due to the age and completely outdated version of Windows on it they usually will offer old systems to students. You got it free courtesy of the tax payers. There shouldn't any complaint there. :D
 
started with 95 for about 2months, upgraded to 98 for a couple years, and switched to good ole' XP Pro, which now runs on the old and new computer
 
I still have a pc with W95 but can trump that by an order of magnitude. I still have my 386 with Win3x plugged in.

Starman*
 
Starman* said:
I still have a pc with W95 but can trump that by an order of magnitude. I still have my 386 with Win3x plugged in.

Starman*
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So you still have the old boat running there. The first time I saw 3.1 was on a 286 with 95 on a 386 later.
 
jp198780 said:
are you serious?! lol, 4 internet and stuff?
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98 was always easier to setup your connection on then 95 to no surprise. Since 98 was supported on the old one setup was to have XP on the primary with 98 and Linux on the second drive. 98 was put on due to 95 also not having the patch for dsl. 98 or newer is required there. :( So that said goodbye to the 3.1/95/Linux setup real fast. Fortunately I can run some of the old dos stuff through a virtual dos shell. :D
 
The only reason I have Windows 95 on an old Cybermax PC is because of my Microsoft Navy Fighter game that only works with DOS 6.22.... what a great game!
 
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