Chinese programmer installs Windows 95 on iPhone 6

[jazmunda]

http://www.cultofmac.com/302642/chinese-programmer-installs-windows-95-on-the-iphone-6/

Why? You might want to file this under the “why would you bother but my inner geek applauds you”. Yes that is impressive but I really struggle to see what you do from there.



Everything worked great, he says, except he discovered he couldn’t upgrade to Windows XP.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Why? You might want to file this under the “why would you bother but my inner geek applauds you”. Yes that is impressive but I really struggle to see what you do from there.

This reminds me of the show where Art just bought Windows 95 and had people calling in about Windows 95 installation and if they could/should do it.

[area51drone]

Where does he go from here?   He plays all the fucking 90's games he wants.

[area51drone]

This reminds me of the show where Art just bought Windows 95 and had people calling in about Windows 95 installation and if they could/should do it.

That was an awesome show, I remember it too...

[Kelt]

http://www.cultofmac.com/302642/chinese-programmer-installs-windows-95-on-the-iphone-6/

Why? You might want to file this under the “why would you bother but my inner geek applauds you”. Yes that is impressive but I really struggle to see what you do from there.



Everything worked great, he says, except he discovered he couldn’t upgrade to Windows XP.

Patching an ancient OS on a horrible piece of modern hardware... all he needs do now is install an app onto it that rapes children and we have a Perfect Storm O Reasons as to why all technology should be burned in the name of Ned Ludd.

Except for the Internets... you leave the Internets the fuck alone.

[area51drone]

At the time, Windows 95 kicked ass.  It was light years ahead of Windows 3.1, and IMO it was superior to the current Mac OS at the time.   I still enjoyed using xwindows back then, but I was never operating my own PC with it back then, although I could have been if I wanted to run unix.   But 95 had better multi-tasking and a much cleaner interface, plus all the good programs ran on 95.   When I had the chance, I ran NT, and since then I don't think much has really changed.  I still run XP on the computers I use the most.

[Kelt]

Windows 95 was pretty good... certainly saved a shitload of time and headaches trying to remember Command Lines for simple tasks.

To be honest I remember very little about the transition from DOS to Windows, but I do remember thinking that it was surely only a matter of days before we built a city on Mars, and the Interplanetary Rocketpantsâ,,¢ to get us there.

I remember Vista, though, and I recall it making me think it was surely only a matter of says before every computer on the planet went fuck-shaped and blew us all up with an unscheduled nuclear war.

I don't ever remember thinking anything about an Apple product without also thinking, "I wonder why people put up with this kind of shit?"

The answer, I discovered, is because the edges are rounded.

You can â,,¢ rounded edges.

So, fuck you the ends of a starfishes legs... Apple thought of that way before you did.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I just upgraded to Win95 in anticipation of the next version of Firefub.

[zeebo]

I just upgraded to Win95 in anticipation of the next version of Firefub.

Firefub only officially supports Windows ME but you can try the unofficial backport for Win95 put together by a Russian malware consortium. 

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Firefub only officially supports Windows ME but you can try the unofficial backport for Win95 put together by a Russian malware consortium.

Thanks zeebo.  The only information I could find was in Esperanto.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Windows 95 was pretty good... certainly saved a shitload of time and headaches trying to remember Command Lines for simple tasks.

To be honest I remember very little about the transition from DOS to Windows, but I do remember thinking that it was surely only a matter of days before we built a city on Mars, and the Interplanetary Rocketpantsâ,,¢ to get us there.

I used to use Norton Commander before that. NC was pretty good actually.

[zeebo]

I used to use Norton Commander before that. NC was pretty good actually.

Kinda reminds me of the glory days of WordPerfect, when word-processing meant bad-ass keyboard commands.  These spoiled GUI-raised kids can't appreciate those times.  Anyway I can always bring up vi on my linux box to recapture the spirit.

[Juan]

vi? Emacs all the way.

[wr250]

Kinda reminds me of the glory days of WordPerfect, when word-processing meant bad-ass keyboard commands.  These spoiled GUI-raised kids can't appreciate those times.  Anyway I can always bring up vi on my linux box to recapture the spirit.

real men use ed
or cat ,echo and sed.

[b_dubb]

vim is really popular with a lot of open source web developers

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Kinda reminds me of the glory days of WordPerfect, when word-processing meant bad-ass keyboard commands.  These spoiled GUI-raised kids can't appreciate those times.  Anyway I can always bring up vi on my linux box to recapture the spirit.

I like XTerm & EMacs. And yes, I'm a CLI junkie.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

real men use ed
or cat ,echo and sed.

Heh heh heh
Don't forget awk, find, ls, and grep.

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[Coffeeman]

I like XTerm & EMacs. And yes, I'm a CLI junkie.

God, me too. I run Gentoo Linux as my main OS, and it's a PITA much of the time, but it's a thrill to watch it build.

[scottydawg]

 Somehow over the years I saved the Windows 95 games file on a CF Card. I now have the file on my Samsung Q1 Ultra touchpad running Windows XP. The games work fine. It's fun playing Ski Free, Fuji Golf, Reversi, Minesweeper and Tri-Peaks. And of course the old version of Solitaire where you pick a card off the stacks and the others underneath don't automatically flip over!