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Which netbook can work with windows 98 properly?


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If you have installed successfully windows 98 into your netbook (e.g. HP2133 mini-note, Dell inspiron mini 910, Asus EeePC 901, etc.) and it works properly, would you mind share your experience with us? :hello:

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I'm working on Windows 98 on a Asus EEE PC 900.

It works, but a few features are not available.

Graphics: VBEMP9x driver

- The native 1024x600 resolution is available.

- Some minor DOS window application related issues

- No Direct Draw support

Chipset: Intel chipset utility.

LAN card: Atheros NDIS DOS driver.

Wireless: I have not tried this one.

Web Camera: Did not tried to use it.

Sound: No driver available.

Power management: It is possible to enable ACPI

- Limited selection of the ACPI button events (no suspend option).

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I INSTALLED WINDOWS 98 ON A HP MINI 210. THE USB, NETWORK CARD AND WIFI DO NOT WORK..

IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN THESE WORKING..

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A couple years ago, I bought two new HP 2133. Price was really good ($200 each?). They had 512 mb ram, 4 gb SSD drive and SUSE linux.

I replaced the SSD with 160 gb seagate drive, formatted it as FAT32 and tried to install win-98. At the time, I didn't get very far (I don't think it fully installed) so I gave up and increased the ram to 2 gb and installed XP on them (but kept the drive as FAT32 and made it dual-boot DOS/XP). If I were to try again, I'd use the win98 setup switches to bypass ACPI.

One thing I found strange about the 2133 is that you can't set the correct date and time through the BIOS. Don't think I've ever seen a BIOS where you couldn't do that before.

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