Installed and booted Windows 2000 on a newer Ivy Bridge era machine, used BlackWingCat's stuff and drivers for this machine
BlackWingCat's extended core with PAE enabled and more than 2 thread support slowdowns boots times considerably even on SSD, but OS runs very fast after booting
Specs:
Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.3 Ghz
12 GB DDR3 1600
Gigabyte GA-H61M-USB3H
ATI Radeon HD 5670
Kingston A400 120 GB SSD