What's the fastest (officially supported) Windows 98 PC?
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Published 2020-11-05
This is part 2 of "The QUEST For The ULTIMATE Windows 98 PC". Watch part 1 here: • The QUEST For The ULTIMATE Windows 98...
You may notice at 19:23, the system information dialog says "Windows Me" instead of "Windows 98". Rest assured, it's still 98 (the version number 4.10.2222 A is very specifically 98SE, Me's would be 4.90.3000). This is actually an odd side effect of installing the USB mass storage device drivers. I'm not sure why, maybe those drivers were backported from Me? Feel free to try the driver if you'd like to see for yourself: vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=1035
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Someone asked for the elongated Windows 98 sound, so here's the link: drive.google.com/file/d/13Ey9hOIDZLkrFlQAV-962D4cF…
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All Comments (21)
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What about the slowest computer that supports windows 10? Hehe
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Ayy thanks for the shoutout! Also, the Minecraft game itself was completely unpatched. The only things that were patched were the dependencies for the game.
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"The only nut I'm feeling is one directly into my eye." (9:48) - MattKC, 2020
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this channel is basically THE right one to discover at night. I also like messing around with old and new hardware, trying impossible things just like installing windows 7 to my pentium III laptop (and it just worked fine after upgrading to 512mb ram)
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That elongated Windows boot sound is like an itch I can't scratch.
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"how could a driver that shipped with it already be causing problems?" it's windows 98. it just comes with the territory.
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I believe the CPU compatibility could be improved by using the third party tools to expand the BIOS into its individual parts, replacing CPU microcode by a newer one, putting it back together and flashing it (I did that on my motherboard to update PXE ROM and AHCI/RAID ROM part and it still works to this day).
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I appreciate that you show the system not working at 8:06 - its good to see the troubleshoot process and a good learning opportunity for anyone watching.
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I worked on a museum where we had three computers which the visitors could interact with. They were all running different versions of Windows. 95, 98 and 2000. Part of my daily routine was to start em up, I remember the one with 95 was the fastest one and 98 and 2000 took forever to boot. Funny thing is that we where running them until 2016 and they did their job mostly alright without any major problems. I loved hearing the nostalgic boot up jingles every morning :)
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Chat: Did you do it? Matt: Yes Chat: What did it cost? Matt: Everything
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opposite Linus Tech Tips
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HOLY SHIT! THE FIRST GAME YOU FIRST PLAYED!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT GAME WAS CALLED FOR 21 YEARS! I remember that game from what I was 7 years old in SECOND GRADE and I could NEVER figure out what it was!!! It's Chips Challenge!!! OMG.... You have no idea how absolutely SHOCKED I was to see that game image pop up at 22:01 at 1AM while I'm watching this..... You've given me straight NOSTALGIA into my veins! THANK YOU!
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I hate going through endless troubleshooting, but watching someone else do it? Unending fun!
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Bro these games are mandatory: - CS 1.5 - Unreal Tournament GOTYE - Battlefield 1942 + Desert Combat Mod
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Really cool you have subtitles on this over half hour video. I don't need it myself, but personally I just like to have them on and there are people who do need to have subtitles, so really cool you bothered to actually put them in and not use the really bad YouTube auto-generated ones.
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Now we need a follow up where you get the e8600 running on the motherboard by inserting its microcode into the bios
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I can't believe how much effort was put in this video. I love it.
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8:16 That's the most true statement I've ever heard about programming.
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Legit this is such a cool video. You put so much work into it obviously and months and months of time. Awesome work man. I genuinely love all your content. The videos from your streams are great too
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the pinball sounds were pure nostalgia. 98 was my first OS (was probably cheap seeing as xp and 2000 had to have been out by then) and I loved it dearly.
