With a machine able to POST it was time to install an operating system. There is not really much of a debate about which one to pick.
I made a mistake when I decided to get the software in the original boxes. The version of Windows 98 was still sealed. And I could not get myself to crack it open. So I did the only logical thing. I bought it again in the OEM version.
Sadly no bootable CD but it came with a boot floppy that automatically configured the CD drive. The installation was as smooth as I remembered it.
I was always amazed by the quality of Microsoft stuff from that era. Back then, you could take the HDD out of an old machine, insert it in a completely different PC, and the thing would boot all the way to a 640x480 desktop. All you had to do was install a few drivers.
Windows 98 came with support for the Matrox Mystique out-of-the-box. I only had to use the drivers that came with the SoundBlaster Live and network card to get them working.
The next thing I wanted to be able to do was transferring files from/to the Quake PC. All I had to do was to enable File Sharing in Windows 98 and check the SMB 1.0 option in Windows 11 Features list.
Once again, I tip my hat to Microsoft for its remarkable focus on backward compatibility. That being said, transfer speed was slower than I anticipated. So I only transferred a single file, ftpserver3pro.zip for Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server Pro. It is a marvel of a stand-alone FTP server with blazing fast transfer speed.
The only weird thing about it is that it is skinned for Windows XP so you get a little bit of a visual mismatch. Overall it is well worth it given how useful it is.
If you don't have a Windows machine available, you can also just run an FTP server and use Internet Explorer to download Quick ‘n Easy FTP Server Pro. Modern browsers have dropped support for FTP but IE4 will have it forever!
The latest version of winrar supporting Windows 98 is wrar311.exe. It allows to decompress anything that was ever compressed (except 7z :/). I also followed the example of LGR[2] and register my version after all these years of free-loading.
ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ اِمْرَأَةً ( Thalatha 'ashrata ) Thirteen women Masculine ( Kitab )
– As the user types a number in Arabic text, the app suggests the correct form of the following noun in real time. tarkib adadi
Noun: كِتَاب (Book - Masculine singular). Number 3 must be feminine: ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ ( Thalathatu kutubin - Three books). | - These are "simple" numbers, not compounds
In Arabic grammar and linguistics, Tarkib Adadi (التركيب العددي) refers to a numerical phrase or the specific structural relationship between a number ( ) and the object being counted ( ). It is one of several types of "and"). - Grammatically
| | Range and Examples | Key Characteristics | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1. Al-A'dad al-Mufradah ( الأعداد المفردة , Single/Primitive Numbers) | 1: wahid ( واحد ), wahida ( واحدة ) 2: ithnan ( اثنان ), ithnatan ( اثنتان ) 3-10: thalatha ( ثلاثة ) to 'ashara ( عشرة ) Also includes 100 ( mi'a ), 1000 ( alf ), etc. | - These are "simple" numbers, not compounds. - They are declinable ( mu'rab ) words, meaning their endings change based on their grammatical position in a sentence. - They follow specific gender agreement rules. | | 2. Al-A'dad al-Murakkabah ( الأعداد المركبة , Compound Numbers) | From 11 to 19: 11: ahada 'ashara ( أحد عشر ) for masc., ihda 'ashrata ( إحدى عشرة ) for fem. 12: ithna 'ashara ( اثنا عشر ) for masc., ithnata 'ashrata ( اثنتا عشرة ) for fem. 13-19: thalathata 'ashara ( ثلاثة عشر ) to tis'ata 'ashara ( تسعة عشر ) | - These are formed by combining two numbers (e.g., "three" + "ten"). - They are generally indecclinable ( mabni ) . Most are built upon the fatha ( -a ), meaning their ending doesn't change regardless of their position in a sentence. - Exception: 12 where the first part is declinable as a dual noun. | | 3. Alfazh al-'Uqud ( ألفاظ العقود , Tens Numbers) | 20, 30, 40... up to 90. 20: 'ishrun ( عشرون ) 30: thalathun ( ثلاثون ) 40: arba'un ( أربعون ) | - These are the "tens" numbers. - They are declinable ( mu'rab ) and are treated grammatically like the sound masculine plural ( jam' mudhakkar salim ). - They are invariable for gender , meaning they do not change whether the numbered item is masculine or feminine. | | 4. Al-A'dad al-Ma'thufah ( الأعداد المعطوفة , Conjoined Numbers) | Numbers from 21 to 99, excluding the tens. 21: wahid wa 'ishrun ( واحد وعشرون ) 52: ithnatan wa khamsun ( اثنتان وخمسون ) | - These are formed by combining a single number (1-9) with a tens number using the conjunction wa ( و , "and"). - Grammatically, it is treated as two separate words. The first part (the single number) follows the rules of al-a'dad al-mufradah for gender and case, while the second part (the tens number) is treated like alfazh al-'uqud . |