Re: Windows 98 on Virtual PC

Windows 98 should run. It isn't supported but that just means help from MS, not whether or not it will run. There are many Win98SE offerings on eBay. Don't buy an upgrade edition. You won't be able to install it without an earlier version to upgrade. Buy what's called a full edition.

"Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0001HW.C399BB46002938D3F0182648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:00:39 +0000, Mac G wrote
(in article <tomacguy-47B97A.12003827122007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C399A7610025F8B1F0182648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sally Thompson <sallynewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have Virtual PC 7.0.3 on my iMac G5 (PPC) running OS X 10.4.11, and I run
Windows XP Professional within VPC.

I have a language CD that I used to run on a Windows PC which needs Windows
95, 98 or NT 4.0. I uninstalled it from the old PC some time ago when I
sold
it, and have recently tried to install it on this version of XP but without
success.

Can I install Windows 98 SE on my VPC in addition to XP?
<snip>

I don't see a supported Win98 solution for you on the G5 and Tiger X.4.
Win98 is supported on Parallels, but you need an Intel Mac to run
Parallels.
VPC 6 supports Windows 98, but it doesn't run on the G5 and probably
won't run on Tiger.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827904
Of course you could always give VPC7 & Win98 a try, the FAQ below says
there may be some limitations.

A good VPC7 FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/using.aspx?pid=usingvirtu
alpc&type=howto&article=/mac/library/how_to_articles/virtualpc/vpc_top10q
uestions.xml

Thanks so much for the quick reply. Yes, I can see now by reading those
particular links that I can't run Windows 98 on VPC 7, and I can't install an
earlier version of VPC on the G5. Up the creek without the proverbial
paddle, in other words!

I will go off and ponder another solution - but thanks for putting me
straight.

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK



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