WolvesHunt Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 despite the CFW Vs OFW or as some like to call it hackers vs Legit, I was doing some thinking. Linux why bother? lets get windows working. Now that would be something. Maybe to play some old 9.x games or something. I decided to spend some time with my PS3, Loaded DosBox up, Yes old dos games can be played now. Thanks to native USB keyboard and mouse support on the ps3. Once I had my 10GiGs of ever single dos game fomr 1980-2000 loaded on my ps3 I thought it be time to try getting windows to load. ok I know 95 BSOD at the Control Panal but 98 had some other surprises. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Why would I care about 95/98 on my PS3 when I can just install DosBox on my PC which is less than 2 feet away Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Smith Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hah very cool. Why would I care about 95/98 on my PS3 when I can just install DosBox on my PC which is less than 2 feet away Same reason I have my classic XBox running ScummVM or my Wii running Gentoo. Because it's there. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Why would I care about 95/98 on my PS3 when I can just install DosBox on my PC which is less than 2 feet away Because you can :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Because you can :) Actually I can't, because I don't run CFW. And i'm not a pirate, so theres no reason to run CFW :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Why would I care about 95/98 on my PS3 when I can just install DosBox on my PC which is less than 2 feet away Because its geeky and fun Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Smith Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Actually I can't, because I don't run CFW. And i'm not a pirate, so theres no reason to run CFW :) Contrary to the fanaticism and Sony propaganda, there are valid uses. Every console I've owned has been hacked in one way or another, and (gasp) not one pirated game on them. Useful things beyond the "just because" situations.. VNC clients, listening in with ShoutCast, media players, checking up on my servers from a different part of the house, etc etc. None of which are official, and surprisingly none of which are illegal. So sick to death of this "CFW=pirate" nonsense. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexalex Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Will Sony demand Neowin to surrender every name and IP address of members reading/watching this post ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerzdawg Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 So sick to death of this "CFW=pirate" nonsense. Agreed - while the majority of people do use it to play "backups" there are some people who just like the possibility of doing something different with their console. I love playing Fate of Atlantis on my Wii, I like knowing that I can play Atari's Pitfall on my TV without breaking out my ancient 2600... I ignore those who are ignorant to "CFW" being used as something other than playing downloaded or copied games. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Actually I can't, because I don't run CFW. And i'm not a pirate, so theres no reason to run CFW :) CFW isn't just used for piracy, I have it on my PSP and I don't pirate PSP games, homebrew is a godsend and sadly CFW is a requirement for it on Sony devices. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvesHunt Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I just did it because I can. With the recent PS3 PSN network down I have nothing to lose at the moment. Its not like I can get online anyways. Yes its completely pointless. But some how its Cool in a geeky/nerdy way. Stay tuned I may attempt to do a Windows XP Install. Wrap it around some sort of back end code that will let me emulate a x86 1 GIG Intel Generic and possible get it to use the 256mb Main memory. If I can wrap XP around such code I mite be able to get the wifi to work as well. As for CFW VS OFW Im don't really have a option on the matter. Until PSN gets online there not much a PS3 can do at the moment anyways. OH on a side note PLAYING DOS Games on a 50Inch is amazing. Duke Nukem, Jill of the Jungle, The original Test Drive 3 The Passion, Doom1 & 2, Chuck yaguers Air Combat, maelstorm, and so many others never look so good. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I was a little surprised to see how long it took to boot, and then how laggy the system seemed. Is it a limitation of Dosbox? Why does the system say it has a 486 cpu and only 16mb ram? I have no problem with CFW being used for things like this. It harks back to the early days of computing when people tinkered with things to see what can be done "just because I can". (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvesHunt Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 I believe its limitations set by dosbox, I can have ever set the amount of ram. The 80486 is do to the fact the PS3 using a PPC/Cell CPU so we have to emulate a X86 cpu instead. Dose box doesn't give much option to witch CPU to emulate. I could Set the Ram size in the cfg file but sing how PS3 shares the 256/256 Main memory and Video card all in the same ram chips makes setting the ram slightly problematic. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593937250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Actually I can't, because I don't run CFW. And i'm not a pirate, so theres no reason to run CFW :) The entire point of this thread is an activity that is not piracy related that requires CFW Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593938290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 You are going to need a more modern VM if you want it to remotely boot faster. None of the SPU's will be working with this either, but there aren't any VM's that can use them otherwise I'd imagine the performance would be quite a lot better. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593938346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvesHunt Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 You are going to need a more modern VM if you want it to remotely boot faster. None of the SPU's will be working with this either, but there aren't any VM's that can use them otherwise I'd imagine the performance would be quite a lot better. I was thinking if I can some how recompile the Qmeu (or what ever it is called) The OSS Vm software Linux comes bundled with. Possible get that to work under The PS3 and using the command line and reconfigure the .cfg files I don't see why I could not get away with a Xp boot? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/993246-windows-95-98-on-ps3/#findComment-593938380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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