Windows 95 app lets you relive the past on Windows, Mac, Linux

[HEXUS]

And today the app was updated to enable floppy disk support.

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[Fogoldgaming]

Ha ha. Revolutionary at the time. Ran on my old Apricot 486 just fine.

[philehidiot]

Bugs which means it uses 18-20% CPU whilst doing nothing? Sounds like Windows 95 working perfectly.

I remember cheering after the 4 hour marathon attempting to install this... delightful piece of software that I refuse to call an OS. It was a GUI running on DOS. You could quit and return to DOS. Generally, I'd say an operating system is not something you can just quit.

[spacein_vader]

Bugs which means it uses 18-20% CPU whilst doing nothing? Sounds like Windows 95 working perfectly.

I remember cheering after the 4 hour marathon attempting to install this... delightful piece of software that I refuse to call an OS. It was a GUI running on DOS. You could quit and return to DOS. Generally, I'd say an operating system is not something you can just quit.

By that reckoning the first consumer OS Microsoft released after DOS 6.22 was XP in 2001.

[cheesemp]

I'm sorted of surprised to see this get so much noise. I jumped into the source code and it just wraps the v86 javascript (an x86 VM) library into an electron app. You can visit the v86 website and run Windows 98, DOS and other OSs straight in a web browser. The v86 guys should be getting the glory...

[[GSV]Trig]

Ooof Windows 95, I wonder if the Buddy Holly video is still in there that came on the CD version...

[peterb]

By that reckoning the first consumer OS Microsoft released after DOS 6.22 was XP in 2001.

Yes, that would be true. But windows 95 was revolutionary in its day - well - revolutionary for Microsoft. There was a formula going round

Windows_95 almost=Mac_84 - but for people used to WFWG 3.11 - it was pretty amazing.

[maverick77_uk]

Out of interest, how is this getting around Windows 95 IP license? AS I'm guessing it is in effect running an actual copy of Windows 95?

Also, would this be usable for running old games that refuse to work on modern Windows...? May look into this!

[OilSheikh]

More importantly, does anyone have a floppy disk ?

[Mulletan]

More importantly, does anyone have a floppy disk ?

I have one stiffy left, it is has been a very nice coaster for my mug of tea since the day I lost the coaster somehow and this poor disk was on the desk. Now to find a working 3.5" drive to see what is on it....

[Jonj1611]

I remember when I fired up Windows 95 for the first time and tried the dodgems type game and thinking pfffft, games aren't going to catch on if you can only play them in this tiny window. Back to DOS I go.

For all Windows faults I'm glad I dont have to mess around with config.sys and autoexec.bat anymore. And the never ending joy of changing jumpers on the soundcard praying the CD drive will work

[Wrinkly]

Ha ha. Revolutionary at the time. Ran on my old Apricot 486 just fine.

I used to work for an Apricot dealer. Got to visit the factory in Glenrothes.

[philehidiot]

By that reckoning the first consumer OS Microsoft released after DOS 6.22 was XP in 2001.

There a borderline case for Windows 2000 being the first since DOS. I used it extensively as it was way more stable than Windows 9x but it did struggle with games so we dual booted (we being me and my brother back in the day). I used W2K as a consumer OS for productivity (i.e. school work) and it was basially a step between NT and XP. I suspect Microsoft used it partially as a testing platform for XP but that's totally conjecture.

I still use NT 4 on a system and there are piles of floppy discs at work. They become a PITA so they often get accidentally exposed to the powerful magnets which caused me so many problems...

[Slogbelly]

Every old is new again. Retro!

[3dcandy]

Win 98 was my first exposure to Microsoft as I still used Amiga's up until about 1999. I had some website work to do and the local dealer made me a pc in return for the website for his workplace (which apparently shifted him loads of pc's). Intell 200MMX cpu if I remember correctly. I learnt quickly but still preferred the Amiga OS until XP came out with the much faster cpu's and stuff

[Iota]

More importantly, does anyone have a floppy disk ?

Yes, I still have a Sony external USB floppy disk drive kicking around.... and the original DOOM on floppy disk(s)