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    From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to All on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 16:49:10
    Just happened to see this article today - "Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder".

    "Well, start brushing off those vintage 486 rigs, because a modder has actually made it happen. Going by the name Dietmar on the MSFN forums, he has somehow managed to get Microsoft's beloved Windows XP running on the ancient 486 architecture."

    Article: https://www.techspot.com/news/103067-windows-xp-can-run-intel-cpu-1989-thanks.html

    Forum thread:
    https://msfn.org/board/topic/186080-xp-running-on-a-486-cpu

    ISO for Windows XP Professional SP3 (English & German) (works on 486): https://archive.org/details/windowsxp486

    "This is a Windows XP Professional SP3 ISO that has been modified to work on i486 processors. There is a German ISO and English ISO available. The CPU clock speed in Windows system properties is also incorrect, but programs like CPU-Z report the correct clock speed."


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  • From unixl0rd@21:2/150 to AKAcastor on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 18:51:52
    Just happened to see this article today - "Windows XP can run on an
    Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder".

    I saw the article on Slashdot today. The modder had to modify some system DDLs or something. Pretty insane.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to AKAcastor on Friday, May 24, 2024 00:19:00
    Just happened to see this article today - "Windows XP can run on an Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder".

    Brings to mind, justt because you can doesn't mean you should. I can only
    guess it's going to behave like a slug, and want a pretty good slug of RAM to get it vaguely useful.

    I say that having tried running 95 on a 386DX40 when it was new.. just
    because we still had one. You could do it, but... you couldn't do a lot with it.

    Spec


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to unixl0rd on Thursday, May 23, 2024 07:22:00
    unixl0rd wrote to AKAcastor <=-

    Just happened to see this article today - "Windows XP can run on an
    Intel CPU from 1989 thanks to dedicated modder".

    I saw the article on Slashdot today. The modder had to modify some
    system DDLs or something. Pretty insane.

    I'm wondering how well it would run. I ran Windows 2000 on a Pentium Pro
    200 with 64 mb of RAM, and it was *ok* for a test lab but wouldn't want
    to run on anything lower.




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