Florin Iucha wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:18:47AM -0700, Peter Clark wrote: > > So...I'm making a linux box that will replace the two old laptops my > > wife and I are using. Only problem is that my wife has a couple of > > 'doze programs that she likes. I am a little reluctant, but I figure > > that since rebooting is such a pain, eventually she'll just come to > > love Linux and forget all about Windows. Ween her away nice and slowly. > > However...(please don't smite me!) I don't have a copy of Windows. I > > don't want to go to the store and shell out $90 for a copy that will > > only be used .01% of the time. So, does anyone have a copy that they > > would be willing to sell for a low, low price? Win9x, if possible, no > > ME/NT/2000. Someone out there must have a Win95 disk that they don't > > use. > > And yes, I've thought about WINE. I don't think it will be a > > solution for the programs we have for at least another year or so. > > It might be against the license agreement the original purchaser has. > If it's an OEM version it sure is. Unless sold with hardware. Any old crappy HD or some nasty MB ( 286/386 or so ) you have lying around will do. They don't have to work either. We sold a coppy on ebay with an old 80 Apple HD that had locked up. If legality is really a problem this will cover your hinderparts. :-) sim