You can compile up to v17 on GCC 4.7.2. It's the external dependencies that'll get you. In theory, v12 should be the last 98-friendly version to work with (for being the last non-Wx/SDL2 release).

Okay thanks but AFAIK raw input required XP minimum and in win.c i see #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501, it was added in that commit for international keyboards.

what if the windows 98 install has kernelex added to it for xp compatibility?

That's one way to get the release to work. 😀

Direct3D crashes on this though, and these earlier PCems don't have good options for fullscreen video.

I forgot to ask about kernelex, that's a good alternative. I think v9 would be good enough.
I've just checked v16 and i don't see any options to configure the emulator itself in the GUI, i can only configure the VMs.

Hi! Just like to say there's another workaround to get it running on a 98 system..

It's possible to install Virtual PC 4 for Windows on Win98.

Then, you can run a virtualized copy of 32-Bit Windows XP/7, which in turn runs PCem.
I know, it's a very unorthodox solution likely.

But if you've got a hot-rod Win98 PC.. It's an alternative to dual-booting, Windows 98 will still be in control. 😀

Jo22 wrote on 2022-02-04, 12:28:

Hi! Just like to say there's another workaround to get it running on a 98 system.. […]
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Hi! Just like to say there's another workaround to get it running on a 98 system..

It's possible to install Virtual PC 4 for Windows on Win98.

Then, you can run a virtualized copy of 32-Bit Windows XP/7, which in turn runs PCem.
I know, it's a very unorthodox solution likely.

But if you've got a hot-rod Win98 PC.. It's an alternative to dual-booting, Windows 98 will still be in control. 😀

VirtualPC won't virtualize on CPUs that old and it certainly won't have support for the Direct3D backend or SSE2 in a WinXP guest. IIRC VirtualPC on an A64 emulated at 486DX4 speeds which are completely unsuited for this.

leileilol wrote on 2022-02-04, 19:15:

Jo22 wrote on 2022-02-04, 12:28:

Hi! Just like to say there's another workaround to get it running on a 98 system.. […]
Show full quote

Hi! Just like to say there's another workaround to get it running on a 98 system..

It's possible to install Virtual PC 4 for Windows on Win98.

Then, you can run a virtualized copy of 32-Bit Windows XP/7, which in turn runs PCem.
I know, it's a very unorthodox solution likely.

But if you've got a hot-rod Win98 PC.. It's an alternative to dual-booting, Windows 98 will still be in control. 😀

VirtualPC won't virtualize on CPUs that old and it certainly won't have support for the Direct3D backend or SSE2 in a WinXP guest. IIRC VirtualPC on an A64 emulated at 486DX4 speeds which are completely unsuited for this.

That old? Excuse me, but I ran the later versions, 2004/2007, on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 back then just fine . The host ran on XP.
Since v4 for PC platform is from 2001, I thought it should fit. 🤷‍♂️

Edit: Yes, right, Direct3D acceleration support is missing in Virtual PC, of course.
To make this thing work, VPC 2 or 3 for Mac and a Voodoo 1/2 card would be needed.
Except maybe, I suppose, if we count that MMX 'support' Windows 98/DirectX 6 as acceleration. 😉

Edit: I found an review that might be useful.

"[..] Technically speaking, VirtualPC is somewhere in the middle of VMware Workstation and Bochs. Some large parts of VirtualPC 4.03 for x86 are emulated, while other parts are virtualized. VirtualPC 5 under Macintosh is quite different from its x86 counterpart, as it is 100% emulator, as with Bochs. [..]"

Source: https://www.osnews.com/story/1054/review-vmwa … 32-vs-bochs-14/

Edit: Hm. It seems that the PC version was in an earlier stage still.
The later Virtual PC 200x did mainly emulate Real-Mode instructions and privileged instructions.
V86 and other things were virtualized in 200x.
This was apparent, if EMM386 was loaded. Doing so increased performance in DOS VMs.

Edit: Typos fixed. I'm fighting the spell correction on my smartphone. 😢