Windows 98 Gets USB4 and Thunderbolt Support Thanks to Vibe Coding Developer
Windows 98 is known for a lot of things, but in 2026, high-speed wired connectivity isn't one of them. That may be about to change, though, as a vibe coding developer has produced a driver for Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 that enables support for Thunderbolt 3 and 4, USB 3.x, and USB4.
Yeo Kheng Meng documented the process on his blog, highlighting hurdles with registry speed limitations, driver signing (no longer possible for legacy operating systems), and custom firmware development. He breaks down each section in great detail and notes that, throughout the process, he used Claude Fable 5.1 for planning, Claude Opus 5.5 for coding assistance, and Codex GPT 6 Astra as an adversarial reviewer.
USB-C wouldn't launch until 16 years after Windows 98 was released.Credit: PCMag
The result is a driver that lets USB3, USB4, and Thunderbolt 3/4 work on much...
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