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   /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:53 JST /dev/urandom

   trying to get a windows 95 virtual machine running, but the ISO i got isn't bootable so i'm starting with (free)DOS

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:39 JST /dev/urandom

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     it does! enjoy this 1024x768 256-color screenshot

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:41 JST /dev/urandom

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     fun fact: virt-manager may not show sb16 as a valid sound card model that qemu supports, but you can type it manually and it will work!

     i wonder if the same will work if i specify cirrus as the graphics card, because i don't want to be stuck at 640x480 16 colors for this thing

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:42 JST /dev/urandom

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     okay, now it complained about an NDIS error, i removed the corresponding network driver from the configuration, and it boots

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:43 JST /dev/urandom

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     the system blue-screened after i set up the date and time

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:44 JST /dev/urandom

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     okay, i had to do some mount -o loop magic in order to make a floppy drive image containing the amdk6upd tool, but it seems to work now? let's see if it will boot in normal mode

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:46 JST /dev/urandom

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     booting in safe mode shows me this weird error message (it's not actually meaningful text in russian or any other language i know, so no alt text this time), but it eventually loads

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:47 JST /dev/urandom

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     correction: i can run it without those virtualization techniques!

     all i need to do is launch qemu directly and then specify the machine as isapc apparently

     now i'm supposed to boot into safe mode and run some sort of amdk6fix to help it work

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:48 JST /dev/urandom

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     googling the error message led me to a message board that told people to disable VT-x/AMD-V and Nested Paging, but i can't do that bc i'm running the virtual machine in KVM/QEMU

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:49 JST /dev/urandom

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     well, that's disappointing. there's some sort of protection error that doesn't let me start the system

     also, you can tell it was written by boomers because two spaces after a period

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:50 JST /dev/urandom

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     Remove all disks from devices and press the "Done" button.

     rips out the hard disk from the computer

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:51 JST /dev/urandom

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     i like the pop-ups that explain all the features, because sure, the concepts of the modern desktop paradigm are pretty well-known at this point, but windows 95 literally invented it, like they had to tell people about the right mouse button and the task bar and the long file names

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:51 JST /dev/urandom

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     i do think it's kinda funny that the installer for windows 95 is based on windows 3.11

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:52 JST /dev/urandom

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     huh, that's neat, the russian windows 95 install image also has belarusian and ukrainian as available languages

     guess they divided the regional variants even more, because when i was installing windows xp back in the day, the russian install disc only had russian

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     /dev/urandom (rnd@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:04:53 JST /dev/urandom

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     think i can install windows now

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 06:05:24 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @rnd can you get it to emulate an S3 Vision964 for 32-bit color? :thinkveryhard: