Windows 95 VM

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Install PCEM
Configure it to be some sort of Pentium with a graphics card if you want.

I have it set up running 98se, shit's pretty cash.

You might need an image of a windows 95 boot disk floppy.


I don't have any issues with it. I was playing Mechwarrior 3 inside it, which is normally tempermental, but it worked fine in pcem.

You might need a pretty powerful computer, though, I don't know. I'm running it on a workstation with an i7 and 16gb ram.

The app itself is maximized, it renders the screen at a smaller resolution


I can't even find any tutorials on how to run the thing.

The closest I found was a youtube video where a dude didn't explain anything.

Just install it in Virtualbox/VMWare nigga.

Keep in mind it has some issues, particularly when it comes to sound. I get an annoying screeching sound anytime I try booting up certain games like WinDoom, but it's not like I can't easily run Doom in a better sourceport on a new OS anyway.

Buy a used, PIII/ Athlon PC with an AGP graphics card.

Ah, yeah, it's a bit of a pain in the ass. Helps if you're familiar with slogging through ancient hardware already.

First you gobba find and download all the ROM files for all the various PC pieces
Here's a link: sendspace.com/file/e4sw15
Then extract the whole rom folder into your PCEM directory and merge it with the existing rom folder.

Then go Settings>Configure
and set the machine to something like the Award 430VX PCI, pick some kind of pentium processor, a video card, sound card, etc.

Then when you restart, it should boot to the bios of that kind of computer you picked. But is that shit over? No. You don't have any hard drives yet, only virtual floppy drives.

Go Disc>Configure Hard Discs.

Under C: click New. Pick a name, I doubt it matters. Set it to have 63 Sectors, 16 heads, and however many cylinders it takes to get as much drive space as you want. maybe like 4000 to get 2gb. Make one of the other hard discs a CD-ROM.

Now go into BIOS, set your boot order to boot from CD first, then HDD, load your Windows 98 disc image into the virtual CD drive, and futz with it until you get it to install windows 98.

Good luck

You need VBE9X or SciTech Display Doctor.


Some games don't work on XP, that's the whole point.


Building from scratch is pretty fun if you're into that sort of thing. I used Qemu to install the OSes and disk mounting software + nocd patches for games, so I still haven't even needed a CD or floppy drive.