Windows 95 launched at Apple Watch

Windows 95 on than just any run. Her run in the browser on different smartphones, using an emulator - and smart watch with Android Wear. Now it is the turn and Apple Watch. Indeed, the characteristics of hours - 520 MHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB of main memory, several times greater than the recommended requirements for installing the OS. Therefore, the developer Nick Lee decided to try to run Windows 95 on this device.

In the end, everything turned out, the system is interactive, it is possible to work and not just watch the boot screen, as usually happens in such cases. However, to install third-party software developer at the clock had to tinker, bypassing Apple restrictions. Finally, after modifying the application development environment for WatchOS, everything worked out.



For information on how this can be done, the developers recommend to see in this post of his colleague. Source Code Nick posted on GitHub.



Another complication - is that the display clock is disabled, if it is not used. Nick had even come up with a special apparatik who stepped crown digital clock to activate the display. The final development was interesting - all the menus work, many functions of the system are also active. However, due to the fact that all this is emulated, the OS is loaded for a long time - about an hour. Yes, and work on Windows 95 Apple Watch can not be called a super-fast.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/275150/