Re: Windows 98 on period accurate hardware
Bozo User <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:31:11 -0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-98se |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 2024-01-30, H1M3M <[email protected]> wrote: > Renn Datravern wrote: >> Is it correct to assume that a AMD Athlon/Athlon XP machine is >> period accurate for Windows 98SE. I built a machine for someone that >> uses a Athlon XP 1700+ with Windows 98SE because I didn't have any >> spare hardware. >> >> Would this be considered correctly period accurate? I usually try to >> stick with Pentium II/III or AMD K6-II. >> > > I got an AMD Athlon XP clocked at 1.6 ghz back in 2001, months before > Windows XP released. Everyone was still using Windows 98SE due to the > Fiasco ME was, so i would say it was still accurate for the final part > of the period. > > If I remember correctly... > > - AMX Athlong XP (K7) 1.6ghz > - 256mb DDR1 ram > - Radeon 7500 64MB That was my setup except for Athlon 2000 (1666 mhz) and a Geforce 2 MX instead of a Radeon 7500.