Install Oracle 8i On Windows 2008

Install Oracle Database On Windows
Wanted to connect to Oracle database 8i from C#.net 4.0 Visual Studio 2010 that is on a 64 bit Windows 2008 r2.I was able to connect to newer version of Oracle using ODP.net But when it comes to 8i i get the error message that it is not supported anymore.I tried to install Oracle9 i Client but i was getting an error message as 'OUI Cannot determine the platform of the system'. Is it because Oracle 91 cannot be installed on 64 bit Windoes 2008?My question is what should i do to connect to Oralce 8i to read data?Biju Jacob.