The goal was to have team members test each application with Windows 95, identify any issues, and ensure broad compatibility ...

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Microsoft tested Windows 95's compatibility by buying every PC program in the Egghead Software store, crashing its register ...

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The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking contractors to modernize its decades-old computer systems within four years.

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Although often focused on music, spoken word, and field recordings, the 2025 inductees include one of the most iconic sounds in digital history: the Windows 95 “Reboot Chime.” In August 1995 ...

The Microsoft Windows 95 reboot chime was selected to be a part of the registry, as was the Minecraft soundtrack. "These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture.

As it turned out, IBM's plan to recapture the PC market from cheaper clone makers by including proprietary BIOS, expansion bus ... after its debut, with Windows 95 (codenamed "Chicago").

TL;DR: CrystalMark Retro 2.0, a free benchmarking tool from Crystal Dew World, now supports Windows 95, 98, and Me, after a year of development. It allows users to compare retro and modern systems.

The BIOS-based approach wasn't ideal anyway ... All things considered, the Windows 95 setup team was in theory forced to write its own graphics library from scratch. And that was just for starters.

However, other than a BIOS call to plot a pixel on the screen, it didn't do much else. No problem – an engineer could write the requisite code. Windows 95 required a VGA-compatible graphics card, so ...