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The Operating System

Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) is an operating system released by Microsoft in 1999 as an update to the original Windows 98. It aimed to address several issues and provide enhancements to the user experience. Windows 98 SE included improvements such as better support for USB devices, improved stability and performance, updated drivers, and additional features for internet connectivity. Despite being considered a significant improvement over its predecessor, Windows 98 SE was ultimately superseded by newer versions of the Windows operating system, and support for it was discontinued in 2006.

The Web Browser

The WebTV Viewer allowed website developers to preview and develop how their sites would look on the WebTV web platform.

Browser User Agent

When contacting webservers ‘Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0’ will identify itself as ‘Mozilla/3.0 WebTV/1.2 (Compatible; MSIE 2.0)’.

Run Period

For ‘Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0’ Period Sites in Period Browsers is currently searching for pages archived between 1999-08-03 and 2000-02-03.

Emulation Platform

Hardware emulation for this platform is currently provided by the QEMU Project.

Links

Windows 98 SE can be downloaded at the WinWorld Library. WebTV Viewer 2.0 can be downloaded from the evolt browser archive on Archive.org.

Screenshot

Examples of Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0

• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing a page from 'Pizza Express'
20:00, 24/08/16
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing a page from 'City of York Council'
4:00, 24/07/26
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing a page from 'Winamp'
12:00, 24/07/04
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing a page from 'York Press'
20:00, 24/06/12
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing a page from 'Yorkshire Water'
4:00, 24/05/22
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing Channel 4
20:00, 24/04/30
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing North Yorkshire County Council
20:00, 24/04/09
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing Penny Arcade
6:00, 24/03/18
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing Napster
0:00, 24/02/11
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing Angelfire
0:00, 23/12/24
• Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0 showing The Royal Family
12:00, 23/11/09
• Napster on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 23/09/26
• Bletchley Park Museum on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 23/08/12
• National Railway Museum on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 23/06/29
• University of Aberystwyth on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 23/05/15
• Lspace.org on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 23/04/01
• TheRegister.co.uk on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 23/02/17
• Think Secret on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 23/01/04
• Space Jam on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 22/11/22
• Tesco.net User Homepages on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 22/10/09
• University of York on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 22/08/27
• University of Aberystwyth on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 22/07/14
• Natural History Museum on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
0:00, 22/06/01
• Open University on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 22/04/18
• Her Majesty's Treasury on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 22/03/08
• Universities and Colleges Admissions Service on Windows 98 SE x86 with WebTV Viewer 2.0
12:00, 22/02/10

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