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AI-assisted vibe coding brings Thunderbolt 4 support to Windows 98 SE: A developer by the name of Yeo Kheng Meng recently commissioned AI to create a driver that ...
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Vibe Coding: Windows 98 gets Thunderbolt - | Golem.de: The free, AI-developed driver is also supposed to run on Windows SE, XP, Vista and 7.
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USB4 in Win 7, XP & 98: XHCI98 combines retro and modern: A hobby coder has developed working XHCI drivers for older Windows versions, enabling them to control ...
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Key FactsXHCI98 Brings USB4 Support to Windows 98
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- With support from Claude and ChatGPT, Yeo Kheng Meng developed an XHCI miniport driver for older Windows versions.
- Supported systems include Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista and 7, in 32- and 64-bit versions where available, plus USB 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, USB4, Thunderbolt 3 and 4.
- The revised version also replaces usbport.sys for full USB 3.x support and adds a Thunderbolt 3 stack for USB4 and Thunderbolt 4.
- Windows 98 through Vista still require CSM-compatible MBR booting and suitable graphics and sound drivers for gaming.
Was Windows Me really the worst version of Windows?: Windows Me was never intended to be the successor to Windows 98, and it lasted just a year before being ...
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Relive the glory days of Windows 98 right in your browser: This free browser-based simulator lets you explore the apps, games, and internet culture that defined ...
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Take a break with a fake update: There's practically nothing you can't find on the internet: ingenious, curious, nostalgic, and lovingly pointless things ...
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The Completionist: 1990-1999 takes you to a whole different decade in this spinoff of the original
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Tech problems? Even astronauts can’t outrun them: Artemis II’s commander couldn’t get Outlook to work on his personal device, proof that astronauts are just like ...
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This Windows 98-inspired launcher on Apple App Store was designed with Claude AI as an experiment
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Someone hacked Windows 98 onto a year 2000 Internet appliance just because they can
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OpinionWhy legacy memory is scarce - | and new memory not yet fully available: There has been noticeable uncertainty in the memory market since the end of 2025 ...
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Time travel to 1995: Gaming with Microsoft Cairo?: After successful experiments with the never-released Windows version "Neptune," Reddit user JayPointSystems ...
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Modder builds retro handheld PC with Windows 98 and Pentium MMX: Hardware modder Changliang Li has developed a handheld PC from old components ...
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Microsoft was apparently so embarrassed by Windows 98's infamous on-stage Blue Screen of Death it built a new testing room on campus to ensure it would ...
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5 apps I always install on every new Windows PC - and why they're essential: For productivity, entertainment, and simply a better user experience ...
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Nvidia reportedly signs another blockbuster AI supply deal, this time with Elon Musk's xAI — investment will support $20 billion Colossus 2 Memphis ...
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Elon Musk Gambles Billions in Memphis to Catch Up on AI: xAI aims to win tech arms race with ‘Colossus’ data centers, thrown up at lightning speed; city divided ...
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Elon Musk Suggests 'Macrohard' Project Will Fuel New Hardware: Musk recently had the 'Macrohard' logo painted on a new xAI supercomputer in Memphis.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display: Zuckerberg's demo fail wasn't the most cringe in tech history
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It wasn't supposed to work, but someone booted this retro Windows OS on one of 2025's fastest CPUs
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Windows Classic Remastered concept is the fusion of your favorite versions of Windows
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xAI gets permits for 15 natural gas generators at Memphis data center: Elon Musk's AI company has been operating more than twice that number without permits ...
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Air quality tests around xAI’s Memphis data center raise questions: A legal group is questioning why a key pollutant was omitted from air quality tests near ...
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Windows 98 is coming (PCGH-Retro, June 25): Windows 98 is coming - on June 25. Every day, PC Games Hardware takes a look back at the still young but eventful ...
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About Windows 98 SE and Thoroughbred (PCGH Retro, June 10): About Windows 98 SE and Thoroughbred - | that happened on June 10. Every day, PC Games Hardware takes ...
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NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’: The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus ...
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3dfx: World's first notebook with Voodoo4 M4800 tested: Last year, modder and Voodoo enthusiast Daniel Simionescu of sdz-mods.com introduced the world's ...
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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires one-million-square-foot property in Memphis
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xAI’s “Colossus” supercomputer raises health questions in Memphis: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI plans to continue using 15 gas turbines to power its ...
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AIDA64 drops Windows 95, 98, and Me, adds Radeon RX 9000 series support: AIDA64, a popular Windows diagnostic tool, received an update. In addition to adding ...
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Modern Discord hacked into Windows 95 and 98, slimmed down version keeps core functionality intact
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Discord now runs on Windows 98 (and even Windows 95) with this unofficial client: Discord Messenger, from developer iProgramInCpp, is a free Discord-compatible ...
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AI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB of RAM — Open-source AI flagbearers demonstrate Llama 2 LLM in extreme conditions
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LLaMA language model tamed by ancient Windows 98 computer with 128MB RAM: In a video shared on X, EXO Labs fired up a dusty Elonex Pentium II 350MHz system ...
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Nintendo 3DS: But can it run Windows 95?: The Nintendo 3DS is able to run the venerable Windows 95 desktop operating system with the help of the MS-DOS emulator ...
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Here what Windows 11 looks like with the classic theme from the 90s: Miss the good-old days of Windows 95 and 98? Someone just modded Windows 11 to look like ...
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To much fanfare, Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001 and released to the general public in October that same year ...
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When Windows 98 crashed: 5 keynotes where something went wrong: When a new product is presented today, viewers sometimes experience cinematic productions. But
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Defragment your hard drive like it was in the 90s – this website lets you experience it
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Windows 98: Hard drive defragmentation as a "retro game": Our older readers who have already had a Pentium or Pentium II and Windows 98, which was released on ...
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Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn: Remembering Finger, 84, who learned as he went and left his mark on many.
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RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time: ICQ will cease operations June 26. If you know, you know.
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User dares: Windows 98 only installed with the help of 39 floppy disks: Before the age of broadband Internet downloads, USB memory sticks and optical data ...
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.NET framework brought to life on the NES console by Microsoft programmer: During this year's Build conference, Microsoft programmer Jon Peppers introduced his ...
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When Steve Jobs didn't have WiFi: 5 keynote speeches that went really wrong: If a new product is presented today, viewers will sometimes experience cinematic ...
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Thousands of apps ported back to Windows 95 twenty-eight years later — .NET Framework port enables backward compatibility for modern software
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