In the last few months there have been a lot of operating system installs to devices other than their intended targets.  Some of the more notable installs are Google Android on a Netbook, Windows 3.11 on a smartphone, Windows 95 on a smartphone,  and Mac System 7 on an iPhone.  The primary reason for most [...]

The history of operating systems is a pretty amazing one especially when you can see many of them together and compare them.  Webdesigner Depot has an excellent article on the history of OS interface design showing the various GUI based operating systems. One thing that is extremely evident when looking at the various designs is [...]

System 7 or “Mac OS 7″ is the latest legacy OS on a cell phone thanks to the guys at Mac OS iPhone. It is pretty surprising that every geek with a lot of time on their hands is deciding the coolest thing to do right now is install legacy operating systems to cell phones.

Who ever thought that Windows 3.1 would be installed to a cell phone? It took Marcinprv at FrazPC a full day to do it but he was able to get installed to his Nokia N95. The phone itself is running Symbian but he was able to install DOSBox and then Windows 3.1.

When someone says the phrase “Windows 95′s glory days” in my mind I typically remember having to fix other people’s problems with it.  However when Windows 95 first released it was widely accepted as an excellent operating system and Microsoft could not produce enough of it fast enough.  On launch day people were grabbing as [...]