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It wasn't supposed to work, but someone booted this retro Windows OS on one of 2025's fastest CPUs

Windows 98 booted on a modern Ryzen 9900X using a PCI SATA card and BIOS tweaks. Required PCIe-to-PCI adapter, disabled ACPI, and an NVMe partition ≤8.5GB for compatibility. 3DMark ran on retro GPUs ...
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Someone got Windows 98 running on a smart toaster and the internet is loving it

A developer managed to get Windows 98 running inside a smart toaster using a tool called Toast.exe, and the internet is having a field day with the results. When you purchase through links on our site ...