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need OS for very slow PC

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i have a pentium(thats just Pentium) 133MHz cpu, with 64 mb of RAM and about 2GB of space between two empty drives and need an OS for free, can anyone email me win '95 or '98(not SE) install disc/floppys or find a place to get it, i have looked and cant anything for these systems(i chose these because they are the only ones that will work on my system other than DSL, which i cant get to install) i want windows on it, TIA.
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Email windows? >_<

Did you follow the instructions here to install DSL?

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i will try those instructions later(that pc is a b itch to set up), i meant copying all the contents from each disc and zipping them then sending(if its not tooo much trouble)
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Linux?
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Re: need OS for very slow PC

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Not much that's worth using on a PC that speed. You really need 128MB ram to comfortably use linux with a GUI, and any windows pre-2000 is unusable to me anymore, from horrid memory management and lack of support.
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