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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. Don't forget... by SCO$699FeeTroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    About SCO's $699 licensing fee, you fucking fat cock smokers.

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

    Since when does "please don't hotlink images, my host will kill me" translate into "Cornhole my server until it's rectum bleeds." VALinux can afford the bandwidth, set up a fucking mirror you cocks.

    1. Re:You guys at slashdot are fucking retards. by MoronGames · · Score: -1, Troll

      So much for being polite.

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      hey!
  3. useless by Yim · · Score: 0, Troll

    Another one of those "See what I can do, mommy" achievements. What do you want, a junior G man badge? System 7 was bootable on a floppy, but I`m not going to go around and tout it.

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    -Yim
  4. Re:Speaking of Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, the kiddies have a new toy.

  5. Re:Die, server, DIE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you write an .asp that calls CreateObject() in a For...Do loop, say, 100 times, you can also achieve this effect, heh heh heh.

  6. I can do better. by Daleks · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can compress Windows 95 into a 1 bit file, hell a 0 bit file! I just need to decompress it with my special program that has all of Windows 95 as a hard-coded byte array.

  7. Re:128K Mac... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't recall how large the first few versions of the OS were, but I do recall that the OS (including the desktop "Finder", several utilities, control panels, and a printer driver or two), MacWrite, and MacPaint could fit on one 400 KB disk with room to spare. Such a disk shipped with the original Macs.

    Typical fucking Mac user - no fucking clue but jut HAS to speak up when there is a perceived "something better".

    Couple of points - firstly getting Win95 under 5mb is no big deal. Your mac is safe.

    Secondly the Macs have tons of stuff in ROM you muppet.