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How a boot-chain hack brought Windows 98 to a locked-down internet appliance

Have you ever wondered whether it's possible to run Windows 98 on internet appliances like the Compaq iPAQ IA‑2 or Netpliance i‑Opener? Well, Dave Luna (Dad's Computer Lab on YouTube) might have just ...
Hackaday

Modern AI On Vintage Hardware: LLama 2 Runs On Windows 98

[EXO Labs] demonstrated something pretty striking: a modified version of Llama 2 (a large language model) that runs on Windows 98. Why? Because when it comes to personal computing, if something can ...
The Financial Express

This Windows 98-inspired launcher on Apple App Store was designed with Claude AI as an experiment

Claude took the challenge and embraced the role so convincingly, even simulating modem dial-up delays before responding. It inspired the developer to turn the concept into a real mobile app. In an era ...
Game Rant

Concept Imagines What Steam Would Have Looked Like on Windows 98

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...