[wellylug] Windows 95 in virtualbox

Euan Cochrane ecochrane at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 12:20:41 NZST 2010


I have a working image of windows 95 with sound running in virtualbox.

It is a bit of a mission but with some perseverance it can be done.

Email me and we can talk more.

Euan

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> Hello,
> I'm experimenting with virtualization using Virtualbox. It works
> beautifully
> with XP, but I really want Win95. Has anyone had any success getting a 95
> guest OS to work on an Ubuntu host? I can get it to run, but I have no
> sound
> and only basic graphic functions. Any suggestions?
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> Ray
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> From: John Durham <john.modec at xtra.co.nz>
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> On 6/04/2010 3:22 p.m., Ray Smith wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm experimenting with virtualization using Virtualbox. It works
> > beautifully with XP, but I really want Win95. Has anyone had any success
> > getting a 95 guest OS to work on an Ubuntu host? I can get it to run,
> > but I have no sound and only basic graphic functions. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Ray
>  From memory, win 95 was not too good apart from basics like running
> applications in its limited way. The main change from version 98 was a
> better graphic environment with less bugs. By the time it came out
> issues such as the internet and security were still little known for
> many. There wasn't much to hack so few people did it. Innocent days...
> An old sound card might be recognized by it, but newer ones could
> result in 'drivers not available'.
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