Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 08/17/2018 04:43 AM, mechanic wrote:

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True there are no guest additions available to Win9x virtualbox
machines, but the recommended video driver from SciTech solves the
window size issue and comes on a convenient .iso file that can be
loaded simply into the virtual machine.

It worked for me, larger screen and (more important for what I wanted)
more colors. The .iso was easy to load, although I have now set up
Samba. However, I still wish for mouse integration.

As to internet access, it would have been easier if I had remembered
what I did in 1995. Install TCP/IP. Apparently, you were expected to
have no use for a web browser unless you had a modem.

In Windows 95? IIRC, it came with its own Internet stuff compared to
Windows 3.x. I remember using Trumpet Winsock for dial-up Internet
services with shell accounts (SLIP and PPP). UNIX shell accounts were
using non-free TIA and free open source SLiRP binaries.


Still working on the browser, thanks!

Mine (Win95 CD) came with MSIE4, and I wanted to see how my website did
with that. Most JavaScript will not work, but CSS does.

Amazing that there are available files of lots of win9x install
.iso's on't interweb, also that the product keys are also easy to
find, although some trial and error was necessary (on my part).

While I still have the CD I bought, it's nice to have an alternative.

There is Win 3.1, but I don't really want it, and internet access is
even harder to set up with that. Maybe NT4 someday.

Augh. Yeah, not Internet friendly back then.
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