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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."

3 of 476 comments (clear)

  1. wow. by mushroom+blue · · Score: 0, Redundant

    site killed before first post. that's gotta be a record.

  2. Re:You guys at slashdot are fucking retards. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Um, they didn't hotlink the images.

  3. Windows95 source code... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    main()
    {
    char[50000] make_app_look_big;

    if (detect_cache())
    disable_cache();

    if (fast_cpu())
    set_wait_states(lots);

    set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
    set_mouse(action,jumpy);
    set_mouse(reaction,sometimes);

    printf("Welcome to Windoze 3.999 (we might get
    it right or just call it Chicago)\n);

    if (system_ok())
    crash(to_dos_prompt);
    else
    system_memory=open("a:\swp0001.swp",O_CREATE);

    while(1)
    {
    sleep(5);
    get_user_input();
    sleep(5);
    act_on_user_input();
    sleep(5);

    if(rand()<0.9)
    crash(complete_system);
    }
    return(unrecoverable_system);
    }