You could use that in Win95, and the 8194/A driver was even on the CD-ROM version, but it wouldn't be pleasant. Why? Well, let's talk video, for starters: EGA had only just been released, but the last EGA driver was for Windows 3.1. However, reality bites, as you're likely to have to have swapped hardware during that point.
It's unclear whether the kernel in the original distribution would support this CPU.Īs for Windows, you can potentially upgrade from 1.0 (theoretically supported from November 1985 to December 31, 2001) to Windows 10, almost 30 years later. Note however that the Pentium Pro, required by Debian 9, was only released in November 1995.
Upgrading from 1.3 to 2.0 also required manual work due to the libc5 -> libc6 transition:Īnd APT wasn't included until 2.1 (slink) in 9 March 1999: Possibly this process was similar in previous versions - upgrade dpkg, then let it handle it. You could upgrade to bo (1.3, 5 June 1997) but it required some manual file replacements: although it existed in 0.91 - this states that manual upgrades from 0.90 would *not* work:
This probably relied on dpkg, which was publicly introduced in 0.93: Instructions were provided for upgrading from Debian 0.93, which shipped in March 1995, to 1.x versions: (Personally, I got my first distribution, S.u.S.E.
A New Windows - Windows 10 Announced By Microsoft.Nonetheless, every legend comes to an end. Without any doubts, Windows XP was a legend that in many ways helped to shape the PC market as we know it today and outlived at least one of its successors. In fact, it should be pretty safe to use the OS on computers not connected to the Internet and not using USB drives (or other potentially insecure storage devices). Therefore, it is safe to say that Windows XP will still be in limited use after whopping 17.5 years on the market. Finally, it is time for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 (released in late 2008, two years after Windows Vista) to go.Įven though Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 operating system will no longer be supported by Microsoft, many organizations and individuals will keep using it either to maintain compatibility with software or hardware applications they use (for example, manufacturing equipment made in the 1990s or the 2000s) or for other reasons. Subsequently, Windows Embedded Standard 2009 reached EOL on January 8, 2019. The company then ceased to support its Windows Embedded for Point of Service SP3 and XP Embedded SP3 in 2016. Microsoft’s Windows XP Home and Professional SP3 designed for client PCs reached end-of-life on April 8, 2014. Meanwhile, the continuous support of Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 enabled some users to receive security updates on Windows XP Home and Professional SP3-based machines through the use of a registry hack. Given the name, the operating system was aimed at Point of Service embedded applications and therefore was not intended for client computers.
The software giant on April 9, 2019, ended extended support for its for Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 OS, which was the last OS based on the Windows XP with SP3. Being one of the longest living consumer operating systems ever, Windows XP’s 'official' lifespan totaled 17 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Microsoft this week ended support for the very last Windows XP-based operating system, essentially marking the end of the platform and an era.