Running Windows95 in Android device?

Remember the days, of installing Win95 in 386DX and 486 Hardware with 4MB RAM, 110 MB HDD configurations?

Imagine running an OS which needs a minimum of 16MHz Processor (aka 386DX), 4MB of RAM, with a Hard disk foot print requirements of 35-40 MB in a Mobile device hardware clocking @ 2.2GHz, in 8-Core, 64bit with 3GB RAM rocket base

Now, I happen to live again the moments by allowing Win95 meeting the extremes! The hardware of my choice is a LeTV Le 1s - clocking @ 2.2GHz (Full 64-bit Octa-Core CPU with 3GB of RAM)

The New Bios Boot Screen of my LeTV Phone

Yes, it is Win95 with IE

Voila-Win95 desktop & mouse inside my LeTV phone!

The Control Panel

The Cute Window Explorer

Who will forgot the 16bit REAL DOS mode!

It is Internet Explorer-version 3.0

Note the Restart in MS-DOS mode

I tried the Safe mode prompt too :-)

Note the Safe mode warning across the corners!

Remember, you have to manually shut down your AT

 

No Load of CPU! (which is expected)

One of my earlier installations of Windows CE in Android

I remember the moments I tried installing Windows CE in an Android Tablet

Marriage of the Old OS with the Latest Hardware!!! went smooth.. once again ;-)

Micro-Controller on Steriods: a juicer Raspberry Pi 3 - 64bit

After its launch in February 2016, I got a first hand experience of the 64bit beast, the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B - the third generation Raspberry Pi. This is a likable move for micro-controller enthusiasts who were living in boring Pi 2 era!

The Quad Core Beast

The first impressions are:

• Voila- you have Wi-Fi build in !
• Powerful Quad Core CPU under the hood
• 64bit Architecture
• Bluetooth LE

I choose the Raspbian-Jessie Operating System, based on Debian Linux.You knew Jessie right? A popular character in Toy Story 2. Of course I choose it not because of Jessie alone ;-) It is a complete OS with Office suite and Language Editors (BlueJ, Greenfoot, etc). The image size is around a whooping 4.3GB and for 8GB card owners there will not be enough room to live! Remember the days, when we tried Red Hat in 4GB Seagate drives!

Easy 802.11n Wi-Fi

On the communication aspects, I created a hot spot in my phone and was able to connect immediate without any hassles with the Pi3 Wi-Fi module

The website specified the following differences comparing to the earlier "Grand Boards"

• A 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
• 802.11n Wireless LAN
• Bluetooth 4.1
• Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Pi 3 at its naked glory

Overwhelmed by the Quad Core CPU, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE, it seems like the intense of  WWIII between Micro Controllers and Micro Processors!