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Michaelif you’re reinstalling Windows 98 today because of its 25th birthday and need something to listen to, I’ve got great news
Matt Wells@MichaelKlamerus and they went out of business why? 🤔
FELSQUALLE.COM@mattwells @MichaelKlamerus Slightly too modern, but do you remember this?
https://soundcloud.com/stanlepard/1996-internet-starter-kit-velkommen-original-mix
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1996 Internet Starter Kit - Velkommen - Original Mix
This is the remastered unedited original mix from 1996. An edited version of this piece was also used as the OOBE setup music for Windows 98 and Windows XP. Composed, produced and performed by Stan L
Pardal@felsqualle @mattwells @MichaelKlamerus this just made me unlock a core memory. Thank you for that link!
Dan Hiester@felsqualle @mattwells @MichaelKlamerus OMG YES I do remember that! And I also remember asking: “So… is this… the future, now?”
Space Quest Historian@MichaelKlamerus Is there a rip of this somewhere?
@SQHistorian not that I know of but it seems like it’s a pretty straightforward compilation?
https://www.discogs.com/release/18992800-Various-Music-To-Install-Windows-98-By
@MichaelKlamerus @SQHistorian Spotify playlist incoming: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GPkYSKXbnST8C8QQRG9pt?si=28962e909319427d
@mattwells @MichaelKlamerus I don't know what I was expecting, but this wasn't it.
@mattwells @MichaelKlamerus I think I was expecting more the sort of limp-dick soft rock you'd hear in a mid-90s supermarket.
@SQHistorian @MichaelKlamerus yeah it's basically Music to Shop at Barnes & Noble By.
@mattwells @MichaelKlamerus Hahahaha... There should be a whole series of these.
@SQHistorian @mattwells be the change you wish to see in the world
@MichaelKlamerus @mattwells I'm already doing a 4x record of The 7th Guest music. I've got my hands full in the music department. 😅
Thom@MichaelKlamerus It's just a one track CD of 'Yakety Sax' and you're supposed to listen to it on repeat?
mhd@MichaelKlamerus Does this include a radically slowed down Vapourwave "Start me Up" remix?
nimstodon@MichaelKlamerus @cherdt i fee like you need to see this
Chris Herdt@nim @MichaelKlamerus a lot of hallmarks of 1998 graphic design (Photoshop 5 era) there. Drop shadows. Gradient fade. They could have done that with Photoshop 4, but it would have been a lot more work.
Tony@MichaelKlamerus oh wow, that's really not terrible
https://www.discogs.com/release/18992800-Various-Music-To-Install-Windows-98-By
https://www.discogs.com/release/18992800-Various-Music-To-Install-Windows-98-By
@orlovsky yeah, I was surprised too
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GantSentinel@MichaelKlamerus Why would I install Win98? It was obsolete before it was even released. Lol
Allen B. Skye@Gant696 @MichaelKlamerus Lots of folks kept ‘98 around because of compatibility for gaming. XP didn’t handle some of ‘98 (and earlier) era games very well because the kernel was a bit different.
@raddude12 A bit? It was a completely different kernel. My point was that DOS was always obsolete to UNIX. Look at Sun.
@Gant696 I dunno. Windows 98 was on a fuck of a lot more machines than UNIX ever was. It may have been inferior to UNIX, but to call it obsolete is silly.
Robots can be gay deal with it@MichaelKlamerus someone has already recompiled this CD on Spotify if you wanna listen. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7pkSQWXFBUzTnHAHyTseSp?si=v0vkzwP3RpmoHmLvHL-W8A
Riley S. Faelan@MichaelKlamerus : Does it come on 98 LP records, one for each floppy?
cameronbosch 
@MichaelKlamerus Borders... I remember when the one near my house closed and was replaced by a Modell's... Which closed less than 5 years later. The store front is still empty to this day...
hexephre@MichaelKlamerus this has "lo-fi beats to chill and study to" vibes and im here for it
Ken '|<3ns41' 🌻 🫰🏻@MichaelKlamerus I have a copy, it's a good album. 😊
ＣＭＤＲ░Ｎｏｖａ🌊(駅陰ヌ)@MichaelKlamerus Funny that this album is not on Apple music haha
BlowUpRadio.com@MichaelKlamerus someone made a playlist recreation on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjkZEdKLYMYarji7IlyYLsOHXazj_ezLq
Music to Install Windows 98 By
@BlowUpRadio thanks!
GayPunkRock 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Odradek@MichaelKlamerus wrong version, but song stuck in my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOwQKWiRJAA
Bob Rivers - Windows 95 Sucks!
Andrew Benedict-Nelson@MichaelKlamerus next up, the dozen or so songs that came with the first version of iTunes. I remember they included Monday by Wilco, Collide by k d lang… couple others from various genres
Shannon Kay@MichaelKlamerus This is amazing. And it’s a Borders album apparently.
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isa 
@MichaelKlamerus @satanskrapfen Do you also have a link for that or just great news?
@f2k1de @satanskrapfen Someone made a link containing all the tracks for it on Youtube. There's a Spotify playlist as well. It's just a compilation album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJEjFh2FOzA&list=PLjkZEdKLYMYarji7IlyYLsOHXazj_ezLq&index=4
"Comin' Home Baby" Herbie Mann
@MichaelKlamerus actually a pretty good album. Can’t go wrong with the ‘Velvet Fog’.
Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑@MichaelKlamerus Oh look, it's the worst mouse ever.
When some designer looked at the concept of ergonomics and went "to hell with that!"
Raphael@MichaelKlamerus Say about Windows 98 what you want, it was better than both it's immediate predecessor and it's immediate successor.
J. Russell@MichaelKlamerus this great dog walking music.
Though, regarding Win98, I think on my (oldest and first computer) IBM ThinkPad 600, I'll keep its Windows ME installation.
Mendie 
Can't I just have that one track that Win XP had, as it was installing itself, instead?