Thanks, same to you! I've got a 486 here as well which miraculously seems to be in pretty good shape. I'm largely motivated by sentiment as well. Love the look and feel of old software. I'm a Linux guy nowadays and I think this is a big reason why. Anyway cheers!

No problem. I want to consider all reasonable options so I appreciate you bringing all this up. All of this is really helpful for a newb like me. The mobo in question is made by ASUS so hopefully the holes are reasonable? Although I suppose a good manufacturer can do weird things too. I have a half- …

Sorry, I think my first post was worded a bit weirdly. I was able to get the data off by pulling the hard drive out and mounting it to my current pc. The system will boot with the failing hard drive. What I want to do is install a fresh copy of Windows 98 SE on a new hard drive. The problem is that …

Pardon my ignorance, but is a heat gun necessary? I assumed you only needed the soldering iron (+ flux and desoldering wire). I did see one video of someone removing the dallas chip and I believe they used some kind of hot air device with a fancy bit on the end to target the two rows of pins. Is …

Ok well I think I prefer the module too but I've got a bit of homework to do. Thanks very much once again!!

I'm vaguely familiar with him but didn't think to look him up for some reason, so thanks. Oh and debs (or anyone), I was just wondering if you have a preference between soldering a socket and that replacement module you linked to in the post above? I guess I like the socket because it feels more ' …

Thanks very much for the reply. I do have a few non-working boards lying around that I can practice on. I wasn't aware of the option of soldering a socket or that neat-looking device you linked to, and both are appealing. I assume that soldering a socket makes the Dallas units pluggable. If you are …

Hi everyone I pulled the old Windows 95 family computer out of the closet a few weeks ago so I could pull the data off, and I noticed the hard drive was failing. I thought I would like to reinstall some old Windows version on it, and based on what I read here Windows 98 SE should be good for this …