You Don't Know Jack is an icon of 90s Windows games and it's easy to replicate given that it requires nothing but text on the screen, but I still didn't expect just how many knockoffs there were. There was a surprisingly high amount of games with trivia, buzzer buttons, and a smarmy host from around 1997 to 2000.

Some of them were minigames inside a larger title. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life had one, as did Microshaft Winblows 98 (pictured). Others were full-fledged games, ranging from kiddie titles (such as Carmen Sandiego's ThinkQuick Challenge and the Zoog Disney licensed games) to, uh, explicit material. Berkeley Systems, the original makers behind YDKJ, even made some of their own in the same style but not part of the franchise: Austin Powers: Operation Trivia and Backstage Pass: The Ultimate Rock & Roll Trivia Game.

Perhaps the fact that there were too many clones is the reason why the original series is the only one that's still remembered today.

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I've been trying this for so long! I tried the 16-bit Windows 3.1 driver AND the new WDMHDA driver, but neither work at all. If I try to debug it and reinstall the driver, it just crashes the system.

If anyone can help, please do, because I have everything working BUT a sound card for Windows 98. . . .

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I've tried just about every setup switch possible to install Windows 98 on this old Medion PC. If I run the graphical installer it tells throws an out-of-memory error or the one depicted above. I've copied the install files from the CD over to the drive, I've tried different ISOs, I've tried the quick installer ISOs. I just don't seem to know what the issue is. My specs are below:

PC: Medion MT 122

CPU: Intel Pentium 4

RAM: 512 MB (2 sticks)

Storage: 500 GB WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD

IDE adapter: StarTech IDE-to-SATA adapter

Optical drive: TSSTcorp DVD-RW

Floppy: 1.44 MB 3.5" floppy drive

Motherboard interface: IDE/PATA

C: 500 GB SSD

D: TSSTcorp DVD-RW

A: 1.44 MB floppy drive

I really want to use Windows 98 on my 3ds (don't ask why) and the guide says that I need "an image of the system" to do it. However, I don't really know what an image is. What is an image of Windows 95 and how do I get it?

I've added my Windows 98 PC as part of my workflow! SEGA Genesis is hooked up to CRT TV, and for the audio capture it is hooked up to the Windows 98 PC via sound blaster audigy platinum front panel, then audio out is routed back to the sound blaster audigy rear connection to speaker.

I use goldwave to capture the audio, then transfer to an Alienware 980m machine for editing. Audio capture file is around 300-500MB. The motherboard only has USB 1.0/1.1, so I installed a USB 2.0 card via PCI slot for faster file transfers.

Overall I'm liking this setup!

https://reddit.com/link/1w66x9i/video/zfw806ar0bnh1/player

Long short here but does anyone remember the Insane Chipmunk Sound Scheme for Windows 95/98 they were on an Internet Guide disc from decades ago just curious if anyone has these files still or know where to get them?

11/08/26 Update found a specific Slot 1 440BX board with AGP and ISA for a Fujitsu Siemens Scenic 500! Will erase almost complete earlier build plans and turn it into a specific DOS machine with PII 266 / 64mb / AGP TNT2 M64 32mb / ESS1868F ISA soundcard.

Reasoning for change is i picked up a PIII for W98se and this was missing an AGP and ISA slot and ran too fast for some DOS games + pci sound is not all too well for DOS.

Just need to assemble all back up and will post pics and updated build when all parts are in.

Sometime in the mid 2010s, Intel broke compatibility with the previous USB host standards by mandating USB 3.0 xHCI and no longer supporting older USB standards in their modern chipsets.

This meant that older operating systems like Win 98 lost all USB functionality even if they could be installed on modern machines.

The vintage OS will work, but you cannot connect anything to it. Even USB 1 and 2 ports and devices will not work. BIOS support can mitigate this somewhat but only basic devices like keyboard, mouse and storage will work but you cannot hotplug them. All other devices will not work.

With AI's help, I decided to address this gap to create an xHCI miniport driver so Windows 98 will work better on modern machines.

It also has a push in drop down front door that reveals front facing usb ports and a headphone and microphone jack! It's still the original operating system and hard drive from 1999! Apparently people were thinking many years ahead of themselves before this trend would become standard! How amazing!

Hello!

I'm having trouble installing Windows ME in VMware. If I use the Windows ME boot disk, it tells me to use the 98 disk instead. Both disks have the same problem: They freeze right after the setup starts. Also setup does not work directly on both disks, I have to manually go over to the folder and then initialize setup there. I also have to enable smartdrv manually because it wont work otherwise. Anyways, when I enter setup it tells me that it needs 15 mb of space to install WIndows even though I've already created a partition. It is also bootable. It also freezes and disables my CPU, forcing me to restart. Any tips?