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Can you recommend a version of emacs that works in Windows 98 or older? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by jmhimara@alien.top to c/emacs
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The emacs website has versions down to 22, but none of them seem to work correctly on Windows 98. I managed to get emacs 22 running, but it does not display correctly on screen. Only the -nw version runs correctly.

Is there any version that works well on the older OSes?

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[–] javajunkie314@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like https://ftp.gnu.old/old-gnu/emacs may have what you need. There's a windows directory in there too.

This old FAQ mentions that (at the time) Emacs 20.7.1 was the latest version, and describes it working on Windows 95/98/NT. I do see 20.7 on that FTP server.

Good luck! (And may God have mercy on you :D)

[–] jmhimara@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are you accessing that website? The link is not working for me (site can't be reached error).

[–] javajunkie314@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Hmmm. I typed it by hand, so let me check I didn't mess it up

Edit: Ha, yep. s/.old/.org/. I've fixed it.