Lee wrote:

There is one minor sticking point with current Flash with KernelEx
use. In my case I could install a very high version, but can NOT
use it because my CPU doesn't have the internals to use the more
modern instructions required for said Flash of recent vintage.

I really can't believe that Java is any different in that regard,
but I hear nothing on that front at all. Especially to what
versions would be the maximum for the various defective CPUs of
ancient design. My MMX CPU is stuck with Flash 9 dot something

I don't want to sound too beligerant or condescending when I say this,
but I have no sympathy for anyone running win-98 on anything less than
an 800+ mhz P3, and by rights there is no excuse to NOT be running
win-98 on even a low-end P4 system.

For several years now, you could practically go to any garbage dump or
municipal waste electronics drop-off depot and walk away with the guts
or chasis of a P4 machine made in 2004 or 2005 and for about $50 add a
new hard drive and install win-98 on it.

I'm seeing refurbished IBM desktop machines with 512 mb ram, 40 gb hard
drive, 2.8 ghz P4 for sale at surplus electronics stores for $100 (and
they come with XP pre-installed). If you have your win-98 CD, it's just
a matter of re-formatting the drive and installing win-98 on them.

I really don't understand why people don't do themselves a favor and get
their head out of their ass and take their hard drive out of their P2
systems, throw the systems in the garbage and pick up a used or dis-used
or refurbished P4 machine.

I've been building DOS/Windows-based PC's from component parts since
1987, so putting together a PC from spare parts, and installing many
various versions of Windows from the boxes and boxes of Software CD's
that I have is second nature to me, so maybe I'm over-estimating the
computing IQ of people out there (like Lee) that are still running
Win-98 on original 12-year-old hardware.