{"id":2845,"date":"2016-05-03T19:57:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T18:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2016-05-03T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:02:02","slug":"would-you-like-windows-95-on-your-wrist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/would-you-like-windows-95-on-your-wrist\/","title":{"rendered":"Would You Like Windows 95 On Your Wrist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 30 years ago if you told someone that you were choosing an Apple over a PC you\u2019d probably get a very strange look. But times have changed and today Apple are the manufacturer of choice for anyone who loves their tech. Of course some people would still like the idea of turning the clock back and running retro software on the latest cutting edge technology.<\/p>\n<p>Good examples of this are the people paying NES emulators on their smartphones \u2013 or the XBox Live Arcade where people could play Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage and other classic games. Or maybe you\u2019d be more interested in the Facebook developer who placed Doom on his Apple Watch!<\/p>\n<p>But a man called Nick Lee has gone one step further. Not content with emulating classic gaming, he decided to run a classic piece of computing history on his Apple Watch \u2013 Windows 95.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">Why Put Windows 95 on Your Wrist?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"win95\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95-321x214.jpeg 321w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95-140x94.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Nick explained, the hardware on the Apple Watch puts the top of the range desktop PC\u2019s from the mid-90\u2019s to shame. The 520MHz processor is about twenty-five times faster than the processor in PC\u2019s of the time and no PC\u2019s had anything close to 512MB of memory. So Nick was confident that he could get his retro-OS fix on his wrist by running Windows 95 on his favourite wrist watch.<\/p>\n<p>Nick mentioned that Windows 95 isn\u2019t the first retro OS he has ran on his wrist watch. He previously ran Mac OS 7.5.5 on his watch \u2013 although this was not a fully functional version of the OS. This version of Windows 95 is fully functional (although we\u2019ll come to how well it works later) and fully interactive. The \u201chow\u201d he did it is long and complicated \u2013 but the good news is\u2026 if you want Windows 95 on your wrist\u2026 you can get Windows 95 on your wrist! As long as you use an X86 emulator called the Bochs emulator.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\">How Well Does Windows 95 Work on Your Wrist?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"win95w\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w-321x214.jpeg 321w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w-140x94.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/win95w.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want an OS which is incredibly user friendly and quick to boot up, then the smartwatch version of Windows 95 is not for you! It takes about one hour to boot up Windows 95 on the Apple Watch \u2013 which meant that Nick had to build a machine which jiggled the watch\u2019s crown to stop it falling asleep (pictured above &#8211; committed, isn\u2019t he?)<\/p>\n<p>Once it starts running\u2026 well, let\u2019s just say that 30 year old operating systems were not built with the practicalities of a small touch screen in mind. While the built in Apple Watch software would certainly not be suitable for running Windows 95, Nick managed to make a few changes which allows it work quite well. After messing about a little with the watch\u2019s software he altered the settings so they could track a single fingertip. This allows him to move the mouse pointer where he wants it to go by tapping the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is a little slow and it appears as though it doesn\u2019t appear to be all that user friendly \u2013 it works! As you can see in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=3&amp;v=Nas7hQQHDLs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a>, the result is a pretty functional version of Windows 95 indeed. It\u2019s pretty amazing that a system which required a huge tower full of the latest cutting edge technology can be ran on a tiny little wrist watch today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images: <a class=\"owner-name truncate\" title=\"Go to davidak's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davidak\/\" target=\"_blank\">davidak<\/a>, <a class=\"link avatar avatar--inline u-baseColor--link\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@nickplee\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"avatar-text\">Nick Lee<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 30 years ago if you told someone that you were choosing an Apple over a PC you\u2019d probably get a very strange look. 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