Win98 users complain that blender 2.46 does works so they can find there :
http://www.zoo-logique.org/3D.Blender/index.php3?zoo=com a version of the executable which seems to start corectly. They have just to doxnload te file w98_blender080527.zip, copy the content in the Blender 2.46 folder and create a shortcut on the w98_blender080527.exe file.
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