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T-R-A
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:02 am |
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Got to thinking about something while on computing.net's Win95 board.
What would be the smallest "usable" installation of Win95 given the following parameters:
1. Has to have the Explorer interface (not IE, just windows explorer)
2. Has to have the following "accessories": A calculator, text editor, system tools (i.e. defrag/scandisk)
3. Has to have internet and e-mail capabilities via dial-up or network.
4. All programs must operate in Win'95 (not a DOS-box), but anything can be 16-bit replacements for any of the Windows 32-bit equivalents' (you'll understand what I mean if you saw my response at computing.net).
Bonus:
Throw an "office-suite" at it and keep it all under 40MB (not counting swapfile)...
Any takers?...
I'm thinking of trying it out one free weekend day on an old clunker, just to see the results... |
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Puckdropper
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:37 am |
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This would have to be Win95, not Win 3.1 skinned to look like 95, right? |
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T-R-A
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:29 pm |
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Right....
No Calmira, no Geos, etc... |
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:13 am |
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I've gotten windows 98 down to 80mb including internet exploder, MS Works, some games (8mb) |
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