8i Personal Edition

I recently loaded the CD Pack and am trying to get into SQL Plus. I keep getting a Protocol Adapter Error. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this? I am running Windows 98 (I also tried it on a machine running Windows Me but received same error). The documentation hasn't been very helpful.

The link takes me to the 9i download site, which I have already downloaded but not installed. I am taking a class which is using 8.1.7 and would like to keep it as compatable as possible. Are there big differences in the two versions or is it safe to go ahead with the install and assume the two will work the same?
Thanks.

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