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> Is it even possible to pay for a license for these old versions of Windows? Not from MS - they don't sell or support it any longer. But, you can easily find
by cr0sh 7y ago
> Is it even possible to pay for a license for these old versions of Windows?
Not from MS - they don't sell or support it any longer. But, you can easily find real install CDs with actual licenses on the used market. Check Ebay and thrift stores, sometimes used book stores, too. I've also found a healthy offering of old OS install software at hamfest swap meets (where if you're lucky, you'll also find for sale - and relatively cheap - older computers, such as S-100 bus machines from the 1970s).
That's the only way you'll be able to get a "legal" version of the operating system.
- tecleandor 7y agoI once had access to one of their subscriptions for startups, were you haves, among other things, access to their software, and they have old releases on their directory you can download, as Windows 3.11 and the like. I don't know how is the licensing for that (only while you hold subscription to the site?).