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Windows 95 in 4.47MB

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the seriously-small-operating-systems dept.

Silvorgold writes "BOFH of MSBetas.net has been able to compress Windows 95 into 4.47 megabytes, making it the world's first sub-5mb bootable, registry editable, command-promptable, usable version of Windows 95. He has written a small description about what he did, and also included screenshots (with his digital camera), and don't worry, these aren't fake screenshots."

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  1. Die, server, DIE! by mu_wtfo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the screenshots :) Oh, and don't hot-link to them, my host will kill me. Thanks!"

    Yes. Yes, he will.

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  2. Doesn't seem very solid... by KFK+-+Wildcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Already /.ed and not yet 5 comments? Oh wait, it's Windows95.

  3. BSOD by MesiahTaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it have a full-featured blue screen of death?

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  4. Slashdotted by bazik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, the Contiki server was up for a longer time ;)

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  5. 4.5 megs, that's nothing... by GrodinTierce · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for Windows 95 on a floppy.

    Tierce

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  6. Uses by john_smith_45678 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Complete list of uses for this:










    [end list]

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  7. Re:Wow, that was fast. by CrowScape · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haha! Got it down below five megs WITHOUT ditching Solitare. The boy sure does have his priorities straight ^_^

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  8. he thinks that OC12 is enough for /. ;) by radek · · Score: 5, Funny

    From their forum:
    <BLOCKQUOTE>
    #7 - BOFH - Aug 7, 2003 00:52<BR>
    Eek... I think we're on an OC12, though, so we should be okay... :: prays :: I hope that b/w limit doesn't kick in
    </BLOCKQUOTE>

  9. making windows 95 useable by tychoS · · Score: 5, Funny

    making it the world's first sub-5mb bootable, registry editable, command-promptable, usable version of Windows 95


    Making Windozz 95 useable - now that is an accomplishment!
  10. Re:how soon and EULA by yanestra · · Score: 5, Funny
    What's next, a clause that says you can't ever remove Windows?

    Remove, err, Windows? How? By removing the computer?
    Everybody knows that without Windows, no computer is able to work.

  11. Re:5 megs.. that actually means a lot of things.. by zerocool^ · · Score: 5, Funny

    most of the extra bloat in windows is the enourmass device driver database (that makes the automagical plug and play thing work).

    A lot of it was also the weezer buddy holly video in .avi format.

    ~Will

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