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T-R-A



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:02 am Reply with quoteBack to top

Got to thinking about something while on computing.net's Win95 board.

What would be the smallest "usable" installation of Win95 given the following parameters:

1. Has to have the Explorer interface (not IE, just windows explorer)
2. Has to have the following "accessories": A calculator, text editor, system tools (i.e. defrag/scandisk)
3. Has to have internet and e-mail capabilities via dial-up or network.
4. All programs must operate in Win'95 (not a DOS-box), but anything can be 16-bit replacements for any of the Windows 32-bit equivalents' (you'll understand what I mean if you saw my response at computing.net).

Bonus:
Throw an "office-suite" at it and keep it all under 40MB (not counting swapfile)...

Any takers?...

I'm thinking of trying it out one free weekend day on an old clunker, just to see the results...
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:37 am Reply with quoteBack to top

This would have to be Win95, not Win 3.1 skinned to look like 95, right?

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T-R-A



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:29 pm Reply with quoteBack to top

Right....

No Calmira, no Geos, etc...
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:13 am Reply with quoteBack to top

I've gotten windows 98 down to 80mb including internet exploder, MS Works, some games (8mb)
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