Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

4 Best Windows 95 Emulator For PC
EmulatorClub ^ | July 22, 2021 | Amaan Rizwan

Posted on 11/19/2021 7:25:49 AM PST by fireman15

Windows 95 brought together the features of MSDOS and Microsoft Windows products into one operating system. The user-interface upgrade at the time blew the competition away.

The 32bit operating system paved the way for Microsoft’s firmer grip on the PC/Desktop market. Robust sales and reception laid the groundwork for the company’s future OS installments.

Relish the nostalgia and run Windows 95 on PC without having to install it on your partition. There are few ways to do that, some involve online on your browser, and others rely on your PC’s emulation capabilities.

Best Windows 95 Emulator Windows 93 Winodws 95 via DOSbox PCJs – Windows 95 Windows 95 on PC

(Excerpt) Read more at emulatorclub.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; History; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: computerhistory; microsoft; windows; windows95; windowspinglist
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last
These are all just for fun. The most light hearted and probably most well known is the "Windows 93" emulation which runs in your browser. It was put up by two Frenchmen yeas ago. I enjoy the Midi Jukebox with hundreds of midi music files. There are dozens of versions of Stairway to Heaven. I would recommend you start with stairway-5.mid. And don't forget to click on the dolphin Totally not a virus icon as you are getting ready to leave from a time when viruses were meant more as a joke than a secret way to steal your account and personal info.

Here is the link directly to the Windows 93 page if you do not feel like going to the article first.

https://www.windows93.net/

I have emulators installed for many operating systems on our laptops up to Windows 11. I really like the BlueStacks 5 Android emulator, it can give the Apple fan boys a chance to dip their toes in Android without actually buying a device. I have a lot of useful apps installed on it from the Google Play Store and the Amazon App Store. In my opinion the Android book reading apps are superior to anything available for Windows 10. My two favorites are ezPDF Reader Pro and Moon+ Reader Pro. I paid about $5 for each of them, but they both have free versions to try. Both of them work well on every Android device that I own. BlueStacks has a variety of Android emulators and is used as a gaming platform by many. Here is the link to BlueStacks. It is completely free.

https://www.bluestacks.com/

1 posted on 11/19/2021 7:25:49 AM PST by fireman15
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: dayglored

Ping.


2 posted on 11/19/2021 7:27:28 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Army Air Corps

Retro computing is inexpensive.


3 posted on 11/19/2021 7:32:16 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: fireman15
Part of the joy in running those early Windows systems was dealing with the error messages. Sure, it took years off my life. But it was fun.


4 posted on 11/19/2021 7:37:57 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fireman15

I’m just happy being able to run Windows 10 with the appearance and function of Windows 7.


5 posted on 11/19/2021 7:39:32 AM PST by glennaro (Although I don't believe in "big conspiracies", neither do I believe in "big coincidences")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fireman15
Hahahahahaha...I saw this and thought in these same shouting red caps in my brain (Channeling my inner Chris Farley):

"WHY IN THE NAME OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY WOULD ANYONE DO SUCH AN EVIL THING AS RUNNING WINDOWS 95 IN EMULATION?"

6 posted on 11/19/2021 7:46:56 AM PST by rlmorel (If the Biden Administration was only stupid or incompetent, some actions would benefit the USA.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Army Air Corps

Bkmk


7 posted on 11/19/2021 7:49:05 AM PST by FL_Native
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: fireman15

Windows93 didn’t have a Hearts game? What’s the point?


8 posted on 11/19/2021 7:49:25 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: fireman15
The user-interface upgrade at the time blew the competition away.

Apple is still here.......................

9 posted on 11/19/2021 7:51:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rlmorel

Old software that is not capable of running on anything higher than that version.

We have some test software that is used in our production testing that cannot be upgraded..........................


10 posted on 11/19/2021 7:53:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Dr. Sivana
Windows93 didn’t have a Hearts game? What’s the point?

I know that you are joking. There are dozens of browser based emulators with hearts...

https://archive.org/details/win3_Heartsfo

11 posted on 11/19/2021 7:54:53 AM PST by fireman15
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger
We have some test software that is used in our production testing that cannot be upgraded..........................

I have a Windows XP tower set up in my basement partially because I have hardware and software that cannot be run on later versions.

12 posted on 11/19/2021 7:58:50 AM PST by fireman15
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: rlmorel

I think I still have some windows95 installation floppies. I wonder if it would install on new hardware. 🤔 First thought is no way, but then again if I remember right win95 installed out of the box with very minimal hardware driver requirements.


13 posted on 11/19/2021 7:58:57 AM PST by z3n (“If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” -Charlemagne)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: fireman15

I know that problem well......................


14 posted on 11/19/2021 7:59:24 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: fireman15
There are dozens of browser based emulators with hearts...

I know. I prefer the non-browser version, and there is a good one for Apple iOS. For pure nostalgia, though, nothingis better than the easily defeated Windows 95 non-browser version.
15 posted on 11/19/2021 8:12:37 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: z3n
I think I still have some windows95 installation floppies. I wonder if it would install on new hardware.

If you have a USB floppy drive the easiest way to get everything working would probably be to use them to set up a virtual machine in virtual box. If you do not have a USB floppy drive you can just download images from archive.org. There are many to choose from.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=windows+95&and[]=mediatype%3A%22software%22

https://www.howtogeek.com/329301/how-to-install-windows-95-in-a-virtual-machine/

16 posted on 11/19/2021 8:14:17 AM PST by fireman15
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Army Air Corps; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Windows 9x Nostalgia ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Army Air Corps for the ping!

17 posted on 11/19/2021 8:19:51 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: fireman15; Army Air Corps
Personally I haven't found any compelling need to go all the way back to Win95; I find that Win98SE does everything I want to do LOL.

Of course, those applications (they weren't quite full-up operating systems yet) are running as VMs under VMware (typically Fusion on a Mac) because they don't have drivers for modern hardware, but VMware takes care of all that. I imagine VirtualBox does a good job of that also.

The mid-90's version of MS-DOS (6.x) runs successfully in a VM too, and prints out a correct value for the amount of free disk space (in bytes, mind you).

18 posted on 11/19/2021 8:26:31 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: rlmorel

lol, same here... I was like WHY?


19 posted on 11/19/2021 8:26:37 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: fireman15

Thanks, will save to run old software.


20 posted on 11/19/2021 8:31:01 AM PST by Robert357
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-62 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson