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Yes, You Can Run Windows 95 on a Calculator

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It may have been clunky and full of bugs, but even so, Windows 95 changed personal computing forever when it was released. The intimidating text-based interface of operating systems like DOS was replaced with a user-friendly Start button and plug and play hardware in one fell swoop. We may want to forget the way Microsoft executives danced on stage for the release event, but we will never forget Windows 95.

Redditor Far-Temperature3580 has a Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX II graphing calculator, and wondered what it would be like to run Windows 95 on it, because why not? As it turns out, it is possible — but definitely not advisable.

The TI-Nspire CX II has a large, full-color display and a relatively powerful Arm processor, so it’s not as ridiculous a platform for running a desktop operating system as it may first seem. However, while the calculator’s Arm processor may have...

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