Retro Potato: Longtime Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recently responded to an intriguing retro-tech question posed by a game developer on X. The developer inquired about the three distinct ...

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It’s been 30 years since Windows 95 launched. [Ms-Dos5] and [Commodore Z] are celebrating with an epic exhibit at Vintage Computer Festival East 2025. They had no fewer than nine computers — all ...

Windows 95 was an amazing operating system that would forever transform the world of home computing, setting the standard for user interaction on a desktop and quite possibly was the OS which had the ...

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TL;DR: Windows Classic Remastered is a concept OS aired via a YouTube clip, combining contemporary features with a look that takes us back to Windows 95. The result ...

Though it was often cloaked by a wonderful blue sky full of fluffy clouds, the absolutely hideous puke-green-not-quite-teal color used by Windows 95 for its default background has long baffled me. I ...

TL;DR: The FAA still relies on outdated 1990s technology like Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, causing risks and delays. A major modernization project, costing tens of billions and ...

The boot-up chime for Microsoft Windows 95 is being preserved in the Library of Congress, the National Recording Registry announced this week. The track was produced by famed songwriter Brian Eno, who ...

Following the recent buzz surrounding Windows blue screen of death (BSOD), a Microsoft Windows veteran dev has talked in some detail about its origin going back to Windows 95, NT, and 3.1. On the ...