SoftWindows95 up and running on an Indy R4000
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SoftWindows95 up and running on an Indy R4000
Today I thought I would mess around with my Indy, equipped with an R4400 @ 200MHz, 128MB RAM and XZ graphics.

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So I went ahead and set the desktop up in a 24-Bit colour mode, gave it a custom background and installed SoftWindows95 onto it, just to see how well it would work, if at all.

The good news is, that it in-fact does work, although rather slowly! Smile

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Here's the system's verbose hinv:

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07-27-2019, 08:59 AM
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RE: SoftWindows95 up and running on an Indy R4000
Here's the video:

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07-27-2019, 03:42 PM
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(07-27-2019, 08:59 AM)Irinikus Wrote:  The good news is, that it in-fact does work, although rather slowly! Smile

You must have a lot more patience than I do. That's all I can say. LOL.

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07-27-2019, 07:05 PM
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RE: SoftWindows95 up and running on an Indy R4000
This video shows the Installation and running of Hexen95 and Doom95 in SoftWindows95 on an SGI Indy R4400 @ 200MHz.

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