Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots up an old computer so he can play around with Windows 95 again. Baca has made a hobby of assembling old PCs with new-in-box vintage parts, ...

If you’re still using a computer you bought during the Clinton administration, interesting news: Crystal Dew World, developers of apps like CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark, have released an update ...

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 — all ...

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. It’s enough to turn off the parts of my brain that would normally despise the look of a big, gray, plastic box and transform me into a drooling retro devotee ready to ...

We've all seen countless attempts by people trying to run older console games on a PC, either through reverse engineering the code or the use of emulators, but one plucky hardware modder has decided ...

Released on August 24, 1995, Microsoft Windows 95 was one of the most anticipated software launches at the time. It was a huge change over the previous release Windows 3.1, adding a bunch of new ...

Windows 11 still has ancient icons buried deep within They're languishing in obscure system files A Microsoft blog post highlighted a collection from the Windows 95 era in a DLL file If you thought ...

Recently I wondered if I could download Steam on to my Mum's far from sprightly desktop (I'm trying to offer her a PC Gaming education). Unfortunately, it turns out my Mum has held on to an HP Pro ...

Anthony "decryption" Agius writes about Trying To Find Meaning In Owning An Old Mac. Following in the footsteps of his father's late-life interest in classic cars, he bought an SE/30 from 1989 and ...