"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.

The app spits out benchmarking scores for five things: single-core CPU performance, multi-core CPU performance, 2D graphics performance using GDI, 3D graphics performance using OpenGL, and disk speed ...

The US Library of Congress has added the Windows 95 boot sound to its National Recording Registry (NRR). That means the sound is now part of a list of recordings that are “culturally, historically, or ...

Whaddaya mean you don't recognise it? It's the Windows 95 start-up sound, and it's recently been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings. Alongside "Goodbye ...

It’s official — the sound that computers made when rebooting on Microsoft Windows 95 is now a historical sound. The jingle was officially added to the National Recording Registry (NRR ...

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 ...

Windows 95 startup sound added to National Recording Registry Library of Congress recognizes cultural, historical significance of iconic sound Microsoft's Minecraft music also included in NRR's ...

I opened 49 packs across all our preview products for my IGN Journey Together preview, and pulled 18 rare cards. Compared to sets like Prismatic Evolutions, feels downright generous. But it’s ...

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Even now, he still reacts like Pavlov's dog to the Windows 95 boot screen. The wallpaper, designed by designer Chang Yu, is based on the mahjong puzzle game 'Microsoft Mahjong,' released in 2012.

Windows NT remains a major milestone and the basis of most versions, even Windows 11, having replaced the underlying DOS core. In the years that followed Windows 95 and its not-very-different ...