Windows 97

[ideeman1994]

Here's a small operating system I made a few years ago...
It's a small OS based on Windows 3.11, along with MS-DOS 7, Calmira and Mask98 for the "Windows 95" look. Supports also FAT32.


3.0 Version (french):

You can download it right here:
Windows 97 [fr]
Windows 97 [fr] (qemu version, the emulator is included)

The Archive includes a bootable CD image, along with a floppy image in case the computer doesn't support CD booting. Also has a "Live CD" option, making it able to start from RAM.

There's also a version designed for the Sony PSP here:

Windows 97 PSP version[fr]


3.5 Version (english)

I updated to the 3.5 version, translated in English:
Windows 97 [en]
Windows 97 [en] (qemu version, the emulator is included)



Here are some screenshots:










Changelog:

1.0 beta Version:
First features:
-Calmira FR
-Win32s
-MS Video
-Winfile's update for 2000
-The € symbol
-All3D
-CD-ROM support

1.0 stable Version:
-Corrected some bugs
-Added Mask98
-Improved install program

2.0 Version:
-Added USB support
-NTFS support
-Added Live-CD support
-Some other bugs fixed
-The install program now uses a GUI
-The CD now contains Win3.11 files for installing other drivers

2.5 Version:
-Modified IO.SYS
-New background, bootscreen and banner
-Improved Mask98
-Added some other MS-DOS files
-Now possible to shutdown and restart the computer when exiting Windows (only on ACPI compatible computers)

3.0 Version:
-Updated from MS-DOS 6.22 to 7
-Added FAT32 support
-The directory structure of the hard drive has been reorganized
-Possibility to enable/disable USB
-Mostly all the drivers are loaded in the extended memory

3.5 Version:
-Translated to English
-Fixed other bugs (files missing)

To-do:
-Extensions CD
-3.5 French version




Hope it'll help any person who needs a small but powerful OS for an old computer

[iBetaTosh]

http://www.betaarchive.com/imageupload/ ... .47507.gif
My concept for the english version setup. Click on the link and the picture will be there.

[vizerous]

It is very interesting stuff, thanks. I will test how it run on my Amd386DX, though I think it should run fine.

[zinamo]

Thanks, I'll try the PSP version!

[ideeman1994]

You'll need a custom firmware for the PSP version to run

[chrisjose1913]

great stuff i will try this on my very old laptop later.

[Pwned]

You'll need a custom firmware for the PSP version to run

If you sign EBOOT.PBP via PSCRYPTER 2.0 (doesn't always work, though), it will work also on official firmwares.

[ideeman1994]

Yeah I forgot... You can sign PBPs now, which I didn't do on this one...

[Arrum]

Looks nice/interesting. I would like to see an English version.

[zinamo]

You'll need a custom firmware for the PSP version to run

Yes, I know... no problem, I have it!
Anyway, I have also downloaded the qemu version and tried it on my android mobile phone... is super fast! the only little issue I have is that I cannot use the any cd-rom image. If anyone is interested on how to run windows images on android let me know, I'll post a guide

[ideeman1994]

Yes, I know... no problem, I have it!
Anyway, I have also downloaded the qemu version and tried it on my android mobile phone... is super fast! the only little issue I have is that I cannot use the any cd-rom image. If anyone is interested on how to run windows images on android let me know, I'll post a guide

Already made it on an iPhone pretty cool, but pretty slow too...

[zinamo]

nope, on android with my Motorola Milestone2 (european version of the Droid 2) with 1.0 Ghz and 512Mb of ram runs very well... it's like it was on a real pentium machine.. By the way, I used bochs to run it, not qemu and don't know if someone compiled bochs for iphone.

Off Topic:
I also tried Win xp with a super super resized installation, but takes about 5 minutes to boot and is very laggy and unusable, windows 98 works but it's slow too (after installing office 2000 became visibly laggy)... on the other hand, windows 95 runs great! I created an 1.5 Gb image for it (and also gave access to one folder onto sd card) and I installed ms office and some other software, it's laggy when I play games, for the rest is good and your version appears to be even faster altought I didn't have much time these days to use this...

By the way, you did a great job

[Pwned]

Bochs for iOS
DosBOX for iOS

[zinamo]

Bochs for iOS
DosBOX for iOS

good to know

[ideeman1994]

Okay, I just finished the English version, now the only thing I've got to do is to pack everything in my installation program... Hopefully it'll be available for download by the end of the weekend

[ideeman1994]

Aaaaand... Here it is!

Version 3.5
Windows 97 [en]
Windows 97 qemu version (emulator included)[en]

I'll update the post in a few hours

[windows8_ftw]

I think it would be cool to multi-boot Windows 95, Windows 96 (if it exists), Windows 97, Windows 98, Windows 99 (Neptune anyone), and Windows 2000.
But this looks amazing.

[GoCheckINC]

Any way i can do this in dosbox, after the "format" it says my HDD is unavailable @_o?

--Edit--
You have to mount the iso as X. and mount another one as if it was a HDD and type autoexec. works like a charm.

[ideeman1994]

I wouldn't install it on DosBox... It's very tricky to make it run on this emulator... However VPC, Vmware, Virtualbox, qemu and Bochs should work fine

[Jdar2]

DLing Right now........ Gonna Run It And See How it works.

[trustBA]

Can you show the changelog between version 1.0 to 3.5?

[ideeman1994]

Sure! I'll do it right now

EDIT: Done! I used some titles to tidy everything up

[trustBA]

So how to make setup like the screenshot above so I want to make custom OSes?

[gamelover101]

Does it support TCP/IP and/or LAN networking?

[ideeman1994]

Does it support TCP/IP and/or LAN networking?

As much as Win 3.11 does

So how to make setup like the screenshot above so I want to make custom OSes?

I used the Windows 95 preinstallation kernel (contained in the MINI.CAB), with a custom install program as shell (Inno Setup 16bits)