Post AXUpsoHoqQQDA7gc5I by rnd@toot.cat
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(DIR) Post #AXUpse7Af9xjcCcy6C by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:31:09Z
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trying to get a windows 95 virtual machine running, but the ISO i got isn't bootable so i'm starting with (free)DOS
(DIR) Post #AXUpsnI8Xl584opLwO by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:36:18Z
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think i can install windows now
(DIR) Post #AXUpsoHoqQQDA7gc5I by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:46:17Z
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huh, that's neat, the russian windows 95 install image also has belarusian and ukrainian as available languagesguess they divided the regional variants even more, because when i was installing windows xp back in the day, the russian install disc only had russian
(DIR) Post #AXUpsoJEl9YXEWLkIK by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:33:59Z
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also yes, you can get #FreeDOS on a CD image with a bunch of extra programs, or on 6 floppy disk images! (or even more if you go for lower-density floppy types)
(DIR) Post #AXUpsp1u55HjT3FPuq by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:48:44Z
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i like the pop-ups that explain all the features, because sure, the concepts of the modern desktop paradigm are pretty well-known at this point, but windows 95 literally invented it, like they had to tell people about the right mouse button and the task bar and the long file names
(DIR) Post #AXUpsppt5FGdy4dKpE by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:50:03Z
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i do think it's kinda funny that the installer for windows 95 is based on windows 3.11
(DIR) Post #AXUpsqeE45X8UCBXHs by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:55:16Z
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Remove all disks from devices and press the "Done" button.rips out the hard disk from the computer
(DIR) Post #AXUpsrYEhqKvHuOGae by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T19:57:45Z
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well, that's disappointing. there's some sort of protection error that doesn't let me start the systemalso, you can tell it was written by boomers because two spaces after a period
(DIR) Post #AXUpssFU72vnS2co08 by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:03:10Z
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googling the error message led me to a message board that told people to disable VT-x/AMD-V and Nested Paging, but i can't do that bc i'm running the virtual machine in KVM/QEMU
(DIR) Post #AXUpst0zGQvdpMqk2i by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:12:49Z
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correction: i can run it without those virtualization techniques!all i need to do is launch qemu directly and then specify the machine as isapc apparentlynow i'm supposed to boot into safe mode and run some sort of amdk6fix to help it work
(DIR) Post #AXUpstgokuOBv6Q9FA by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:17:01Z
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booting in safe mode shows me this weird error message (it's not actually meaningful text in russian or any other language i know, so no alt text this time), but it eventually loads
(DIR) Post #AXUpsuQC2CgYBpeNyC by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:24:31Z
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okay, i had to do some mount -o loop magic in order to make a floppy drive image containing the amdk6upd tool, but it seems to work now? let's see if it will boot in normal mode
(DIR) Post #AXUpsvCP8xFYbMCt7I by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:27:43Z
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the system blue-screened after i set up the date and time
(DIR) Post #AXUpsw7phRBfTT4kd6 by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:34:57Z
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okay, now it complained about an NDIS error, i removed the corresponding network driver from the configuration, and it boots
(DIR) Post #AXUpsx5k6h6qTH6b0i by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:50:31Z
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fun fact: virt-manager may not show sb16 as a valid sound card model that qemu supports, but you can type it manually and it will work! i wonder if the same will work if i specify cirrus as the graphics card, because i don't want to be stuck at 640x480 16 colors for this thing
(DIR) Post #AXUpsxmHYX8YbD0ZJg by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:59:25Z
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it does! enjoy this 1024x768 256-color screenshot
(DIR) Post #AXUpsyAO6uQ3nyHotE by rnd@toot.cat
2023-07-08T20:54:03Z
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that moment when i'm so used to full-hd displays that i couldn't tell apart an 800x600 display from a 640x480
(DIR) Post #AXUpw4tjXWm5YCykE4 by Polychrome@poly.cybre.city
2023-07-08T21:05:21.937341Z
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@rnd can you get it to emulate an S3 Vision964 for 32-bit color? :thinkveryhard: