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Why The Launch Of Windows 95 Was Such A Huge Deal
The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers.
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Ex-Microsoft exec unearths first-ever copy of Windows 95, in pristine condition and hidden from view since its release
Seen by some as the most important operating system ever made, Windows 95 took the world by storm when it was released 29 years ago on July 14, 1995. It turns out that some current and former ...
US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks
The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from ...
"Everyone knows we have to do it." The FAA shockingly still uses Windows 95 and floppy disks for air traffic control, but now that's changing
Recently, the FAA announced a plan to replace its aging Windows 95 and floppy disk-based air traffic control systems with ...
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You can now benchmark a Windows 95 PC with CrystalMark Retro
"I decided that Windows 95/NT 4.0 compatibility was necessary to call ourselves a true retro benchmark," Hiyohiyo, the President and CEO of CrystalMark Inc., wrote in the release notes.
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The first-ever copy of Windows 95 shows up, unopened and pristine
Windows 95 was a huge success for Microsoft, but had its flaws Windows 95 became a huge success for Microsoft after its release. Its strengths included not only a new design with the combination ...
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The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings
Brian Eno's Windows 95 startup jingle and the Minecraft OST are now preserved in the USA's Library of Congress The new Windows 11 Insider release has a weird bug where it plays the Windows Vista ...