First post, by computergeek92
I was looking at videos on Youtube showing that Windows 95 runs pretty good on a 386DX 40, well except for the laughably slow frame rate with the 3d cube screensaver.. 😜 So now i'm thinking of someday owning a late model 386 just for the fun of it, making the slowest PC that I can run Windows 95 without it being terribly slow. I know I need at least 8-16mb ram for this project, but i'm also looking at other 386 chips to attempt to break the 386DX40's lead. Tell me, how much slower is a 386DX 33 from a 386DX 40? And what about a 386SX 40? I know that pre-486 cpus did not support clock multiplying, so 33MHz to 40MHz would improve other buses in the system too. Also I just love how the 386SX mobos look ridiculously underpowered. They have even less chips than on a 386DX mobo! Has anybody ever tested Windows 95's original releases, (Windows95A or earlier) on these 3 chips with 8mb+ and can stand it enough to live to tell the tale? 😁
Dedicated Windows 95 Aficionado for good reasons:
http://toastytech.com/evil/setup.html