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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
The FAA still uses Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, but that's changing

By Brendan Lowry Published

News Recently, the FAA announced a plan to replace its aging Windows 95 and floppy disk-based air traffic control systems with modern upgrades and tech.

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GBS WINDOWS for Game Boy
This Game Boy cartridge runs Windows 3.1 — sort of

By Sean Endicott Published

Windows This Game Boy cartridge places a replica of Windows 3.1 in the palm of your hand.

Windows
Windows 95 virtual machine running Solitaire
Why was Windows 95's setup so simple? An engineer explains.

By Kevin Okemwa Published

WINDOWS Veteran Microsoft Engineer Raymond Chen reveals why Microsoft decided to make Windows 95 setups so simple instead of using more graphics.

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Windows95man
Windows95man drops new track 'Paperclip,' a love letter to Clippy

By Jennifer Young Last updated

DJ CLIPPY 'Paperclip' is the new track from Windows95man and you can stream it today

DJ CLIPPY
Nintendo 3DS running Windows 95
A TechTuber nostalgically runs Windows 95 on a Nintendo 3DS with 256MB of RAM and a stylus pen — but painfully slow boot times hashed his mellow

By Kevin Okemwa Published

NINTENDO 3DS You can run Windows 95 on a Nintendo 3DS but it's probably not worth the hustle.

NINTENDO 3DS
installing Windows XP on the iPhone
An avid tech YouTuber gets Windows XP to run on the iPhone, but Apple's JIT restrictions prevent the OS from firing on all cylinders

By Kevin Okemwa Published

NOSTALGIC XP You can install Windows XP on the iPhone but expect performance issues and longer boot times.

NOSTALGIC XP
Windows 95 virtual machine running Solitaire
Celebrating 29 years of Windows 95 — How Microsoft's operating system evolved since the iconic Start menu was introduced

By Ben Wilson Published

Win95 is 29 Join me in reminiscing how Windows 95 introduced the iconic Start menu and taskbar, which had a lasting impact on modern computing and remain a core part of Windows 11.

Win95 is 29
Windows 95 kernel error
Microsoft dev says Steve Ballmer didn't write the text for the Blue Screen of Death: "There are three different blue-colored screens, and each has a different author"

By Kevin Okemwa Published

BSOD? Microsoft Developer Raymond Chen explains how the Blue Screen of Death error came to be by highlighting the three types written by different authors.

BSOD?
Windows95man dancing in front of a denim egg
Windows95man has made it through to the finals of Eurovision 2024, and we are cheering him on

By Jennifer Young Published

WIN95 FTW Finland submitting bonkers music to Eurovision isn't out of the ordinary, but their latest entrant DJ Windows95man looks like he could work here, and for that he has our support.

WIN95 FTW
Backporting Lego Island Rebuilder to Windows 95
YouTuber nostalgically ports 'thousands of apps' from Microsoft's Graveyard to Windows 95

By Kevin Okemwa Published

BLAST FROM THE PAST In a 51-minute-long video, YouTuber MattKC documents how he ported "thousands of apps" back to Windows 95. He embarked upon the process by backporting the .NET Framework to Windows 95.

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