this 486 computer ive got came from this guy that had it for sale, it sems his friend apearently was japanese, and i was wondering if its possible without needing to re-install windows 98?
like getting the text all back to english, and how do i recover the driver for its LAN modem, i accidently removed it...
98 is pre-MUI, so you will need to reinstall.
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so i cant keep the files thats on it? by the way, would it really be best to reformat the computer with the same system?
You can keep the files but you will need to install another OS unless you want to keep using the Japanese W98 😉
I would backup the drivers first! Maybe they are hard to find.
wrote:You can keep the files but you will need to install another OS unless you want to keep using the Japanese W98 😉
how can i do that? with keeping the files on it yet installing a diffrent OS on it
Back them up or move them elswhere. New OS doesn't mean you need to format...
well, most of that stuff cant really be used, so what the hell, ill just reformat it and put windows 98 back on it thou floppy, did a 486 useally come with windows 98?
wrote:did a 486 useally come with windows 98?
No, because when Win98 came out, 486s were already out of the way and OEM computers shipping were mostly of the Pentium MMX/Pentium II/Cx6x86/K6 kind 😀
A recent OEM 486 (like... 1996 clearance sales recent) would have Win95 at best shipped with it.
so if i should make it original again, then it would be windows 3.1, right?
Depends. If it's one of those VIPs (VLB/ISA/PCI) motherboards it probably is well into the Win95 era. If not it probably shipped with Windows 3.1, or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
its is one of those types.
iirc, DBCS windows's String Handling APIs works quite differently than english Windows.
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wrote:its is one of those types.
One of what types?
I would personally go for 95. If it runs 98, it must be pretty beefy for a 486 anyway. Windows 3.1 is limited for software support.
it does have enough power to run windows 98, you might not think because of its size, it has isa and pci card connectors.
Technically alot of 486s have the 'power' to run Win98
the factor instead is the patience you have on opening IE4-enabled explorer windows 😀
I wouldn't recommend installing Windows 98 on a 486 PC. Even Microsoft recommends a Pentium class computer.
Windows 95, without the ActiveX desktop plugin, should run adequately on any 486 PC. 8MB RAM is the minimum I would recommend.
If you are installing the ActiveX desktop plugin, then you require a fast 486 CPU with preferably 16MB of RAM.
the cpu is stuck forever in turbo mode.
wrote:I wouldn't recommend installing Windows 98 on a 486 PC. Even Microsoft recommends a Pentium class computer.
Windows 95, without the ActiveX desktop plugin, should run adequately on any 486 PC. 8MB RAM is the minimum I would recommend.
If you are installing the ActiveX desktop plugin, then you require a fast 486 CPU with preferably 16MB of RAM.
There is no point of the Active desktop or whatever it's called. If it is running Windows 98, I am sure it has at least 16MB of RAM so Windows 95 should run well.
What most people seem to forget is you can disable, or even remove, most of win98s Active Desktop functions using various tools and replace it's shell with win95s. Win98 would be useful on a high end 486 class with pci for the usb mass storage support alone. Of course finding a suitable usb expansion card to work in early some pci slotted systems might be a bit of a mission. A few vcf members have successfully done this on their systems though.
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