moonlit Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 /me has something of a task ahead of him... I need you guys to wish me luck... I intend to install every OS I own (including several versions of MacOS, RISCOS and Amiga Workbench) on one computer using a selection of emulators and virtual machines... I'll post screens and info as I progress and I'm hoping it doesn't screw up *again* as I've tried this about 4-5 times already... but I will not cease! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computermann24 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Owch! You better have a Massive Hard Drive. I tried this a while back with no success... (windows 3.1 just doesnt work with a 64bit Processor :p) - Make sure in that collection you install Ubuntu :p If you have a Intel Processor or a AMD64 you can run MacOsX - Which will be quite cool. But the older versons of Macos will be slow! It will be cool if you could set up a bootloader to boot into every os.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 I'm afraid I'm leaving Linux/BSD for the moment because if I were to try and include every distro I would collapse (though possibly not before my hard drive)... I am going to install: Windows 1.01 -> Windows XP including some betas and service packs along the way, some versions of Mac OSs (including Rhapsody if I can get the thing to work in VMware) and some random others like RISCOS (Acorn Computers), Amiga Workbench and most likely some versions of Atari TOS and some other non-GUI based OSs too depending on how it goes... /me cracks knuckles, breaks out FDISK and sighs deeply... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computermann24 Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 lol - good on ya... Good luck! You may have a few problems with the older versons of windows as they are designed for a 286-486 Processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Yeah Windows 1.01 -> Windows 3.11 FW would be the leat likely to work but I have tried them and they do work with a little careful planning (like Windows 1.x and possibly 2.x won't work on MSDOS >5.0)... Talking of such issues, anyone know where I might find the Windows NT3.x 'Wrong CPU' patch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 OS2!!!! come on moonlit, you can't forget OS2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 Oh god yeah! You saved a near tragedy! *adds OS/2 1.x and Warp to the list* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveMan Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Tell us how you got Windows 1 working, I have a copy but it refuses to run on VMware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 If memory serves well, to get Windows NT working on a 1GHz+ CPU you have to under clock it to like 400MHz, other wise you will keep getting install errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Which version? I'm not sure, it was a long time ago, but I swear I was running NT4 on a machine with a processor just shy of 1GHz with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 oOk... Windows NT 4.0 and above are fine on most CPUs regardless of speed however Windows NT 3.51 (and below, I believe) it's picky about what it will install on... anything above a couple 100MHz and it will error, tell you you've got the wrong processor and then promptly die... I'm working on sorting a patch for that as we speak... VaKo: To get Windows 1.x to work you need to use anything below MSDOS 5.0 to run it on... you need to get hold of the files rather than a disk image because of course VMware won't boot from a 380k floppy... It does work though providing you don't go above MSDOS 5.0... It doesn't seem to mind excessive RAM and spare GHz on the CPU... I guess it can't even *see* the RAM, let alone be worried about it... the CPU I'd have though would've caused it to panic but it seems ok on my 1.73GHz Athlon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainchick Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 hehe goodluck moonlit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garda Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 wow moonlit is crazy, i'm totally loving it screenshots please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 screenshots on their way in the next couple days... :D mission begins in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... *me boots his 386 only to find it's too new for Windows 1.01...* ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Now what would be fun, would be to install windows 1, and upgrade step by step to vista... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Roffle! Wouldn't that be like tech-suicide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalada Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Moonlit this is sweet, keep me informed on what you are doing. We're getting you on Life in Hex for this! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 No probs! I will be installing some betas too, but I'm watching the required HDD closely ;) Yeah at some stage in the near future, you might all find me on Life In Hex (www.lifeinhex.com) talking about this :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Progress reports on the LiH forums (www.lifeinhex.com/forum)! Project Classic OS is in progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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