Thread: Calibre in Windows 98se
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Old 01-30-2012, 06:35 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Robbie447 View Post
Hi everyone.. This is my first time here as a registered user. I was looking for some info and didn't see what I needed so I figured I'd ask directly. I wanted to try out Calibre on a computer running a much updated version of Windows 98se. Unless I was misinformed elsewhere I *believe* that Calibre version 0.7.14 should run on it, so I downloaded a copy from archives. The problem is that the MSI installer version the program uses requires a newer version of Microsoft Installer than Windows 98 can install so there was no way to install the package to test it. A further complication by the fact that I'm on dial-up so huge downloads take some serious time so two questions.. Will Calibre run on Win98se, and if so what is the newest version that will.. and is there anywhere to get the installer in another format that would work with Win98? I grabbed the MSI installer but haven't tried the other tar.gz archive. Does that just contain another MSI file or is it a different install system once you open the archive? Thanks for any help..
At the top of the Windows download Page: XP appears to be minimum

W98 was the last DOS based kernel. XP is the NT based kernal.

If your hardware is really old as 98SE (ie P3), I would run Linux (dual boot if you have lots of free HD space).
Linux has way less overhead than XP and Calibre will use the rest
BTW if you go the Linux route, forget the Distribution version... Waaaaay stale. Use the command line on the Linux page.
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