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This was about 9x non-WDM drivers. There are several versions of the WDM. First partial implementation was included in Win95 OSR2.1. WDM versions: Windows 98: 1.0 Windows Me: 1.05 Windows 2000: 1.10 Drivers for WDM v1.1 are usually incompatible with older versions because older WDM have no support for many features, like using MMX or SSE instructions or Hardware Acceleration (except for Sound in Win98SE)...

http://www.cwdixon.com/support/win98_support/device_drivers.htm

7950GT is faster then 7800GTX. 7900GTO is faster then 7950GT. 7900GTX is faster then 7900GTO. -------------------------------------------- 7950 GX2 is a 2 x 7950GT but only one half is working in win98, so basically this is 1 7950GT with 50MHz lower core clock speed. 7950 GX2 is a good card but i think there is no benefits from GX2 cards for 9x users, but if you allready have one you won't have to puchase other card.

The patch can be started in windows. Going into dos mode is not needed. For fresh WinMe installation just limit memory pages in C:\Windows\system.ini and system can start without patch. [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 you can edit your system.ini from your WindowsMe boot disk using (CD letter):\tools\oldmsdos\qbasic.exe Of course that's only if you have a cd drive, othewise you need to make a bootable usb...

Driver Genius Professional Edition 2007

All useful software during that era (9x-2003) wasn't free. However, there were a trial versions. So, try this -> Old Camtasia it is 30 trial version... Good luck.

Revolution Pack setup a System-wide hook. KernelEx too, just different methods. So, at some point cross redirection happens, i guess...

No need for DirectX.

Steam is needed for Half-Life 2, and there is no legal way to play it without Steam. But Steam is not necessary for Half-Life (1), Blue Shift and Opposing Force, you just need to find the retail CD, search for Sierra Half-Life BestSeller Series or Sierra Half-Life Generation Bundle...

@Bruninho No problems with the profiles and address bar. Bookmarks not working.

If you possess a cygwin installer and local copies of cygwin packages you can select which package to install. And yes, this version is newer than Cygwin-Lite. A customer asked me to port some software to 9x platform for in-house use, so i use it to recompile that software...

nope, just KernelEx with upd v20 compatibility option set to xp sp2, it works even on 98fe.

it's too big for upload, however there is a compact version with 400+ packages included. https://github.com/whitone/cygwin-easy/releases/tag/2007.03.21 To make it work on 9x system: 1) Download Cygwin-Easy-2007.03.21.iso and extract(cygwin folder only) to C:\ 2) Goto C:\cygwin, create cygwin.bat @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i 3) Create shortcut on desktop to cygwin.bat (Cmd line: C:\Windows\Command.com /E:4096 /c C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat) 4) Open MS-DOS Prompt and type: subst P: C:\ Now cygwin can be started... Good luck.

So, you're looking for an additional compatibility layer?

But something like this already exists, it was called Win32s.

You should check the dev_id to find the right driver. I didn't try it on QEMU but one of my workstations have integrated Ensoniq ES1370, and only working driver is http://ftp.dyu.edu.tw/pub/e64w9xup.exe.html

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=09727497856158428001

If you need informations (more then you can find in motherboard manual) read some old books. I recommend "The BIOS Companion" by Phil Croucher ISBN: 0-9681928-0-7. I can take a photos of my bios settings(Abit BH6), (if you want?) so you can get the idea what to do with your system.

Some features must be disabled, features like System/Video BIOS caching,shadowing, Memory hole etc...

Yes,-> 440BX. https://www.anandtech.com/show/556

I am quite sure that it is possible, but working on a project like this in 2020 would be a waste of time. You'd better ask RLoew's son if he want to release the "DllHook" this may help you run the player application on Win95.

REGEDIT 4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Command.com\Command] @="COMMAND.COM /K CD %1"

Ability to encrypt the system partition was introduced in v5.0.

For Win7 systems TrueCrypt v7 can be used to mount v1.0 container, without corruption.