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Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. It's notable for improved USB support, the ability to use multiple monitors, and the introduction of the Windows Driver Model (WDM). An update in the form of Windows 98 Second Edition was released a year later. It was superseded by Windows Millennium Edition.

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Does Visual Studio 2008 support windows 98?

We're looking at upgrading from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008. I discovered the following disturbing comment: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sehtctf.aspx "Beginning with Visual C++ 2008, Visual C++ does not support targeting…
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Is the .NET Framework usable on Win98?

I need to write a little tool for a customer to be run on Windows 98. Since this is a very small project I'd hope that I could avoid having to go native C++ and use C#. The .net Framework 2.0 download claims to support Windows 98. Are there any…
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Can I run an application compiled in Visual Studio 2005 on Windows 98?

I have built a program in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and it works fine. The problem I am having is the the machine it needs to be used on is running windows 98. As far as I can tell I need to install the re-distributable for vc++. Can I install…
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Do Python and wxPython run on Windows 98?

I'm trying to write an application that should work both on Windows 98 and XP. I decided to go with Python, but I'm having trouble even installing it on Win'98 (Python 2.7 installer says something about missing features of Windows Installer, but…
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How to execute another file in Assembly 16-bits

I was developing a simple BIOS reseter, just for learning. So I have the principal file, that's the Menu, called Reseta.com, yes, it's a model tiny without stack. And I have a A.com, where's the code to reset, So I need to execute A.com with my main…
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How can I get Visual Studio 2008 to support Windows 9x?

My question is related to this one: "Does Visual Studio 2008 support windows 98?" The accepted answer to that question is "NO", and to support Windows 9x you will need to continue using Visual Studio 2005. I prefer to believe anything is possible…
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Make 16-bit code work in WinXP or Vista (or alternately how to find Win98 retail licenses?)

We have thousands of DOS programs that were all written in the 80s using 16-bit C, comprising over 1,000,000 lines of code. Many of these programs utilize libraries that directly access the screen, drive, etc. (and we don't have the sources for…
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How to send keyboard input to dos application running in window mode in Windows98

My question is about very antique techologies. I have a task to automate old DOS software (spectrometric) that is running in Windows mode in Windows 98. I made two different solution hovewer both of them doesn't work with DOS application: First…
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g++ programs for windows 98

I am trying to make programs for an old computer running Windows 98 second edition, but they won't run. The programs are written in c++, and they are compiled with MinGW (g++ version 4.8.1) installed on a Windows Vista computer. For testing I tried…
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Will a C program for Windows 98 run in Windows 7?

I am performing this project but there is problem of program . we chose a program based on the 'C' language that runs on window 98. But we need to run this program in window 7. So same program will run or not? if not then what to do.
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Windows 98 SE - Calling OutputDebugString from a 16-bit console app

I would like to be able to call OutputDebugString from a Turbo Pascal 7.0 console mode program. The host PC is running Windows98, which as far as I can tell supports OutputDebugString. I can't find any header files that declare the entry point and…
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SET Command equivalent in DOS 7

I have an old MS DOS computer running DOS 7.10 (ver command gives: windows 98 ver 4.10.2222). I have to make a batch script that basically runs a command 10 or whatever times. I tried using the for command but it gave me ILLEGAL Command For So now I…
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Guest Additions won't install in Windows 98

I'm trying to set up file sharing between my Mac OS and Windows 98. I think the reason it's not working at the moment is that I haven't installed Guest Additions. However, Guest Additions .iso is attached in Media Manager. It also looks fine in…
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How to use 16-bits Assembly inline on Delphi on Windows98?

Today I was playing with my old computer and trying to use 16-bits Assembly inside Delphi. It's works fine with 32-bits but I always had problem when I used interrupts. Blue Screen or Freezing, that was making me believe that's not possible to do…
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How can I target Windows 98?

I have a pressing need to develop an application for Windows 98, and do not have the option of using a different operating system. In this day and age, is there any modern SDK that I can use to develop the application? What would be awesome, is if…
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