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Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of... by ChuckNorris89 on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:16PM (#34140196)
You can even run stuff from Windows 98-2000 if you're lucky.
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Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of... by Joeri on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:59PM (#34140618)
Ecco Pro was last built in 1997 and still has an active user community on windows 10.
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Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of... by int_19h on Monday December 26, 2022 @09:47PM (#34144444)
If you mean running apps made for those platforms, I wouldn't say that you have to be particularly lucky to do so. Even apps that try to write into shared registry or their own installation folder mostly work (because Windows emulates it by transparently creating writable copies).
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